Convalescent Collection

WW1 silhouettes, wounded soldiers and medical care
Silhouettes of wounded soldiers and medical care during the First World War. From the top: stretcher bearers, a field ambulance, the casualty clearing station, a train taking men off to the base

Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children, Broadstairs, Kent
Staff and children in the grounds of the Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children at Broadstairs. Date: circa 1907

St Annes Home, Herne Bay, Kent
In 1876, the former Pier Hotel in Herne Bay (centre of picture) became a convalescent home for pauper children from the South Metropolitan School District

Ida Hospital, Cookridge, Leeds
The Ida Hospital for convalescent patients at Cookridge, near Leeds, opened in 1888 following a bequest by John North. The single-storey ward wings had verandahs on which beds could be placed in

George Woofindin Convalescent Home, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshir
George Woofindin Convalescent Home, Mablethorpe, near Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1920s

Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex
The entrance to the Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. The site began life as the Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital (or Northern Hospital)

Sister and patient, Convalescent Police Seaside Home, Hove
A nursing sister and her patient in the surgery of the Convalescent Police Seaside Home at 205 Kingsway, Hove, East Sussex

Our Soldiers: how they are Made and Mended
A series of intricate images by silhouette artist, H. L. Oakley showing scenes on the Western Front in a mounted regiment followed by the transportation of an injured officer to hospital

Childrens Convalescent Home, Wilby, Northants
Staff in the grounds of the Childrens Convalescent Home, Wilby, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Date: Date unknown

The Transport and General Workers Union Convalescent Home, Littleport, East Cambridgeshire, within the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England Date: circa 1920s

Prince Edward Childrens Convalescent Home, Hunstanton
A nurse and patients on the lawn at the Prince Edward Childrens Convalescent Home, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Date: circa 1918

Blackwell Recovery Home, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Date: circa 1950s

Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Wokingham, Berkshire, WW1
Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Bearwood, Wokingham, Berkshire. Date: 1917

St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex - Caple ne Ferne
London Transport Central Road Services (CRS) Employees Friendly Society Convalescent Home - " Caple-ne-Ferne" viewed from the Pevensey Road

Conisbrough Godfrey Walker Convalescent Home early 1900s

Chapel interior - Ormerod Children's Convalescent Home
The Chapel interior at the Ormerod Convalescent Home for Children, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire. Date: circa 1905

The Ormerod Convalescent Home, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancs
The Ormerod Convalescent Home for Children, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire. Date: circa 1905

Convalescent home, Southport, Lancashire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Sandhills and Convalescent Home, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

John Howard Convalescent Home, Kemptown, Brighton
The John Howard Convalescent Home, Kemptown, Brighton, Sussex Date: circa 1950

Roof Garden, German Hospital, Hackney, East London
Roof Garden for convalescent patients, the German Hospital, Hackney, East London Date: 1936

Outing for convalescent soldiers from the Cliveden hospital
An outing for convalescent soldiers from the hospital at Cliveden on the Thames, 1917. Dame Ethel Walker, Ara, Rba, Rp, Neac, Smp (1861-1951)

Queen Victoria opening Convalescent Home, Bristol
Queen Victoria opening Convalescent Home, Durdham Down, Bristol, 15 November 1899 Date: 1899

Postcard design artwork - Obey your Doctor and your Nurse. A nurse approaches a sickly child bearing a LARGE bottle of medicine. Date: circa 1937

Convalescent Tommy (taken to a picture gallery, instead of the anticipated picture palace): " I thort she said she was goin to take us to see the picture" ! Date: 1917

St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate - Dormitory
Beds in a dormitory at the St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Date: Date unknown

St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Dining Room
Tables laid for a meal in the dining room at the St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Date: Date unknown

Childrens Convalescent Home, Wilby
Childrens Convalescent Home, Brookhill, Wilby, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Date: Date unknown

St Gabriels Childrens Home, Westgate-on-Sea - Schoolroom
Windows open wide in the schoolroom of St Gabriels convalescent home and open air school, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. Date: Date unknown

Dolling Memorial Home for Working Girls, Worthing
Dolling Memorial Home for Working Girls, Teville Road, Worthing, Sussex interior. Opened in 1903 as a convalescent and respite home for working girls. circa 1905

Woodthorpe Lodge convalescent hospital, Woodthorpe, Notts
Woodthorpe Lodge convalescent hospital, Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire. circa 1905

German convalescent soldiers with hospital staff, WW1
German convalescent soldiers with hospital staff during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Queen Mary visiting convalescent soldiers, WW1
Queen Mary visiting convalescent soldiers during the First World War. 1914-1918

Beil Naura Officers Hospital, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Beil Naura Officers Convalescent Hospital, Basra, Iraq, with orange trees in fruit, during the First World War. circa 1916

Peaceful scene through an open window, WW1
Peaceful scene through an open window, probably painted by a convalescent soldier, First World War. 1914-1918

Convalescent Home, New Oxted, Surrey
1904

WW1 - Wounded Soldiers convalescing at St Lukes Barton Hill, Bristol - 6 September, 1917. Date: 1917

Brooklands Convalescent Home, Coggeshall, Essex Date: circa 1950s

WW1 - Convalescent Soldier and his bride
WW1 - Convalescent Soldier (right - in typical Hospital Blues Uniform that was worn by patients in Military or Convalescence Hospitals during World War One)

Kurunegala Rest House, Kurunegala, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Kurunegala Rest House, Kurunegala, North Western Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Carlton Hotel, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Carlton Hotel, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), a hill country retreat for British colonialists. Date: circa 1910

Childrens Convalescent Home, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
Children's Convalescent Home, West Kirby. Beds were placed on open balconies and colonnades. A wooden hut could be rotated to face the sun

Convalescent Home, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
Childrens convalescent home at West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside. Children sit outdoors in wheelchairs on beds. A caged bird, a pet for the children, is also shown. Date: circa 1912

Metropolitan Convalescent Home, Cooden, Bexhill-on-Sea
Exterior view of the Metropolitan Convalescent Home at Cooden, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. The building was completed in 1905, and demolished in 1988. Date: circa 1950s

Unformed full length image of the Maharajah of Gwalior
The Maharajah supported the war effort by providing a hospital ship and a convalescent home. His rewards were doctorates at Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh. WW1 Date: circa 1914

New Rest House, Negombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Front view of New Rest House, Negombo, Western Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1940

St Leonards-on-Sea Convalescent Home for Poor Children - Gir
Girls playroom at St Leonards-on-Sea Convalescent Home for Poor Children. Some girls play with the two large dolls houses, while others read

Nottingham Poor Boys Convalescent Home, Skegness
A seaside convalescent home at Skegness, Lincolnshire, for Poor Boys from Nottingham

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