Hospitals Collection (page 3)

Duchess of Westminsters hospital at Le Touquet, WW1
The casino at Le Touquet, converted into a hospital by the Duchess of Westminster for British and Allied soldiers in 1914, pictured covered in snow

Grand Duchess George of Russia - her English hospital
The Grand Duchess George of Russia (1876 - 1940), formerly Princess Maria of Greece, daughter of King George I of Greece and sister of King Constantine of Greece

St Oswalds Hospital, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The building, designed by Henry Stevens, was originally the Ashbourne Union workhouse erected in 1848 on Dark Lane (later Union Street)

Royal Bath Hospital, Harrogate, Yorkshire
The Royal Bath Hospital, opened in 1824 at Harrogate, Yorkshire, to provide spa treatment for the poor. It was rebuilt in 1889 and closed in 1994. Date: 1940s

The Little Hoppers Hospital at Five Oak Green, Paddock Wood, Kent, which prior to its role as a hospital for the many local hop pickers, was the Rose & Crown public house

Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Cinnamon Gardens and Eye Hospital, suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Roume Polyclinic in Dakar, Senegal
Carriage passing the Roume Polyclinic in M餩 na - Dakar, the capitol of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1930

Hospital in Kindia, Guinea (then French Guinea). Date: circa 1920

British Hospital in Port Said, Egypt
Front view on the British Hospital in Port Said, Egypt Date: 1923

Entrance to Luna Park in Heliopolis, Cairo
Entrance to Luna Park in Heliopolis, a suburb north-east of central Cairo. The Cairo Luna Park was an amusement park opened to the public in 1911 and a popular tourist attraction

Maseru Hospital, Basutoland, South Africa
Maseru Hospital, Basutoland (now Lesotho), South Africa. This two-storey sandstone building was constructed circa 1904 with approximately thirty beds. Date: circa 1904

Edwards Clements, Jeakes and Company
An advertisment for Edwards Clements, Jeakes and Company, cooking, laundry and heat engineers. Their products are ideal for use in institutions, such as hospitals, workhouses, asylums and infirmaries

At the Oldway military hospital in Paignton, Devon, WW1
A group taken at the military hospital established at Paignton, Devon during the First World War. From left to right, front row, Dr FitzSimon, Mr Paris Singer (owner of the mansion)

British Red Cross Society, Duchess of Westminsters Hospital
A collection of eleven original images relating to No. 1 British Red Cross Society Hospital, more commonly known as The Duchess of Westminsters Hospital, named after its Founder

Sketch cover, Lady Michelham as a nurse, WW1
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring Lady Michelham, formerly Miss Aimee Geraldine Bradshaw, at the time she was working on an ambulance train given by her husband

Hatfield House as a military hospital, World War Two
Hatfield House, ancestral home of the Cecils, as a military hospital in World War Two. The 4th Marquess of Salisbury offered its use

Lady Furness as a nurse, WW1
Lady Furness, formerly Ada Daisy Hogg, first wife of Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness, pictured in nursing uniform in 1917

Advert for the Olva sleeping blanket, WW1
Advertisement for the Olva improved sleeping blanket, a great improvement on the ordinary sleeping bag. Invaluable for officers on active service

London AFS fireman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2
London AFS fireman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz

London AFS firewoman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2
London AFS firewoman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz

Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport
Administration block of Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. The hospital was opened as Stepping Hill Infirmary by the Stockport Union in 1905 to improve on the medical facilities that existed at

Shirley Warren Infirmary, Southampton
Ward interior at Shirley Warren Infirmary, Southampton. It was erected by Southampton Incorporation (Southamptons poor relief authority) in 1902 at a site on Tremona Road, Shirley Warren

Union Workhouse, Braintree, Essex
Entrance to the Braintree Union workhouse, Essex. Some of the workhouse staff are just visible in the doorway. The building, designed by William T Nash, was erected in 1837-8 on Rayne Road

Brook War Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London
The main entrance of the Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London, in its First World War guise as the Brook Military Hospital

Hospital Ward Maids
A nurse wheels a patient forward in his metal bed so that the daily Ward Maids can clean and polish the floors at Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, England

Eminent woman surgeon
Eminent Woman Surgeon, who is also an ardent Suffragist (to wounded Guardsman): " Do you know, your face is singularly familiar to me

Hospitals for fighting ships 1916
Floating dock on which works is often taken place to repair battleships, a box-like structure with pontoon floors and side-walls

Vifilstadir Health Hotel, Iceland
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Hospital in Dakar, Senegal
Hospital in Dakar, the capital of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: 1910s

Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Brighton, Sussex. circa 1890

Government hospital in Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

The Dispensary at the London Hospital, Whitechapel
Patients with a variety of ailments being administered medicine at the Dispensary at the London Hospital in Whitechapel, East London in 1888. Date: 1888

New buildings at the London Hospital, Whitechapel
New buildings of the London Hospital in Whitechapel, East London, opened in 1887 by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Top left is the library of the medical college

Frances Ivens Scottish Womens Hospitals
Portrait of Frances Ivens (1870-1944), Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Womens Hospitals unit at the Abbaye de Royaumont 1914-1919

Scottish Womens Hospitals Royaumont
A fleet of ambulances outside the Abbaye de Royaumont, France, where the Scottish Womens Hospitals based their first unit in 1914. They worked with the French Red Cross. Date: circa 1914

Scottish Womens Hospitals WW1
Two paper flags sold to raise funds for the Scottish Womens Hospitals at the front. The SWH was founded by Dr. Elsie Inglis, a member of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies

US Veterans Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1941

General Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles General Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

LA County General Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles County General Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 1930s

Colonial Hospital, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Colonial Hospital, Upper Charlotte Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. Date: circa 1940

Telegram mobilising VAD 1914
This telegram, sent to Birchington late in the day on 14 October 1914, was the call to mobilise the local Voluntary Aid Detachments to set up their hospitals

Spectators at Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients watching the Three-legged Race for hospital staff at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Cock Fighting at Birchington Sports Day
Two VAD Hospital patients taking part in an event called Cock Fighting at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Sack Bumping Race, Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients taking part in the Sack Bumping Race at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Birchington Sports Day, Egg & Spoon Race
In conjunction with Birchington War Weapons Week in late May 1918, the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington organised a Sports event

VAD patients at the Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients at the Sports Day held at Woodford House School field in Birchington during War Weapons Week. The Quex Park VAD Hospital

Nine hospital patients in Winter Garden, Quex Park
Nine hospital patients sitting in the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House

Stretcher bearers waiting for ambulance train arrival
A group of civilians are standing by parked ambulance vehicles inside a station building at Ramsgate Town Station. On the ground nearby are several stretchers

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