Patients Collection (page 4)

Smallpox patient arriving at Long Reach, near Dartford
A smallpox patient arriving at Long Reach, near Dartford. Patients were transported by river ambulance from London then transferred to the hospital buildings via a tram. Date: circa 1900

South Wharf River Ambulance Station, Rotherhithe
The South Wharf River Ambulance Station, Rotherhithe, from where smallpox patients travelled by river to a hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Date: circa 1900

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

Quex Park VAD patients & staff in hall of house
VAD hospital patients and staff in the hall of Quex House in March 1915. The hall was used as a recreation space for the patients

Three Belgian hospital patients in the garden
Three Belgian hospital patients sitting on a grass bank in the garden at Quex Park. The man on the left is holding something - a letter or photograph perhaps and the other two are looking at it

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

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

VAD Hospital stores, Quex House
The Billiard Room of Quex House was used as the Hospital Stores during the War. Two VAD nurses are seated either side of a table. One is sewing, the other is writing

Patients and nurses in front of Quex House
A group of patients, with five VAD nurses, in front of Quex House in about 1915. On the left can be seen the Winter Garden, a large conservatory joined to the drawing room of Quex House

Two patients and two nurses in the Hospital Mess, Quex Park.The patient on the right is wearing the hospital uniform of hospital blues - blue serge jacket and trousers

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

Patients and nurses in garden at Quex Park
A group of patients and nuses gathered in the garden at Quex Park, beside the buildings of the Powell-Cotton Museum. The men include Australian and Scottish soldiers

Five patients on the Winter Garden steps Quex Park VAD Hospi
Five patients are standing on the steps of the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House

Loading an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station
Loading a stretcher into an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916. Several men, including service personnel and a civilian are assisting lifting a stretcher holding a patient into the top

Patients waiting for VAD transport
Three stretchers with patients are on the ground at the back of some vehicles. The patients have probably just arrived by ambulance train at Ramsgate Town Station

Ambulances arriving at Quex Park VAD Hospital
Major Powell-Cotton is supervising the removal of a stretcher from an ambulance at the front of Quex House. The stretcher is being carried by two VAD Hospital patients wearing the patients uniform of

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

Birchington Girl Guide Troop at Quex Park June 1920
The Birchington Girl Guide Troop photographed in the garden of Quex Park on 11 June 1920. The Troop had attended the presentation of certificates to members of the Birchington VAD Kent/178 to mark

Three Patients (one in bed) with nurses Date: 1916

Studio photograph of sitting hospital patient
Studio photograph of Private Wilber Avery, 724244 of the 12th Canadian Field Ambulance. He was a patient at the Quex Park VAD Hospital from 8 April until 11 June 1918, suffering from Myalgia

Three men in the gardens of Quex House, with saw
Three men are standing in the garden of Quex House. One is holding a long saw. The man on the left is in civilian clothes and may have been employed at Quex Park

VAD Hospital patient with donkey, Quex Park
A VAD hospital patient is standing with a donkey outside the back door to Quex House. On the reverse of the photograph is written Jenny

Three men standing by wooden escape ladder at Quex
Three men are standing by an extendable wooden ladder. Two of the men are wearing the patients uniform of hospital blues but the trousers only

Five patients and two nurses outside Quex House
Five patients and two nurses photographed on the front doorsetp of Quex House. Four of the patients are wearing the hospital uniform of hospital blues worn by Imperial military hospital patients

Four VAD patients at Quex House front door
Four patients are in front of the main door to Quex House. One, whose left leg is amputated is sitting on a chair. Another is sitting on the arm of the chair. The other two are standing alongside

British patients with Quex cannon collection
Four Imperial VAD hospital patients standing by some of the cannon collection in Quex Park. At the time of the First World War these were grouped in front of the Round Tower on the Quex Park estate

Three Belgian hospital patients outside Quex House
Three Belgian hospital patients standing outside the front of Quex House. The verandah behind them was outside the Drawing Room where A Ward was situated

Group of Belgian and British soldiers at Quex Park, with three members of the VAD staff. The Belgian men are wearing civilian clothes. All the British soldiers are in army uniform

Belgian patients at Quex Park
Photograph of four Belgian patients of the Quex Park VAD Hospital standing/sitting on the fence in front of Quex Park. On the left is Oscar Van Audenhove

Photograph of three VAD patients at Quex Park VAD Hospital. The man on the right is Artieme Mettrie who was a patient at the hospital between 14th November 1914 and 13th May 1915

Studio photograph of Jules Deruwez
Studio photograph of a Belgian soldier patient in civilian clothes. On the reverse is written in pencil in the hand of Major Powell-Cotton Jules Deruwez 8.2.15

Studio photograph of two Belgian NCOs
Studio photograph, taken at American Studio, 1 Arcade Steps, Margate of two Belgian NCOs. On the reverse is written P. Ente, caporal, , He. de Ligne, Birchington 3 novembre 1914; M

Studio photo of three patients
Photograph by a Margate stuido photographer of three Belgian patients. They are wearing their uniform overcaots and two are wearing caps. Numbers have been written above them on the photograph

Four hospital patients ready for croquet
Four Imperial VAD hospital patients ready for a game of croquet in the garden at Quex Park. The men are are in shirtsleeves and wearing the trousers of the patients uniform hospital blues

Sir Andrew Clark
SIR ANDREW CLARK Medical : doctor who included Gladstone among his patients. Date: 1826 - 1893

Hysteria Patient / 1887
Hysteria patient at La Salpetriere lying in an ecstatic state, with her arms crossed over her body. Date: 1887

Hotel Dieu, Interior
HOTEL-DIEU, PARIS nuns, nurses and patients - some of them sharing beds Date: 15th century

Mesmers Patients
Mesmers patients in padded Salle des Crises Date: circa 1780

Doctor with his patient
Doctor at the patients bedside Date: 1914

Nurses by Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare
Promotional postcard for Nurses by Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare; music Philip Braham. First produced at Palace Theatre, Southampton, 10th May 1915

The Knock by Jules Romains
Promotional postcard for Dr Knock by Jules Romains, translated into English by Harley Granville-Barker. Date: circa 1925

American Navy sailor patients in the sickbay on the USS Brooklyn Cruiser in America Date: circa 1900s

Thanet VAD Motor Transport Group and stretcher bearers outside The Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children (date - journal). Sir Alfred Yarrow opened this home in 1894

Patients in the Mess, Quex Park VAD Hospital
A group of patients gathered in the Mess of the Quex Park VAD Hospital. The Mess was sited in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory between Quex House and the Museum buildings

Christmas 1918 in Hospital Mess at Quex
A group of patients and staff, together with the three Powell-Cotton daughters are gathered in the Hospital Mess in the Winter Garden at Quex Park VAD Hospital pn Christmas Day 1918

Patients in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
Two patients in bed near the garden window in A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Alongside them stand two members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment

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