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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. These are men of the local VAD Transport Group. The man standing by himself alongside the stretchers is Major PHG Powell-Cotton of Quex Park. Major Powell-Cotton was the VAD Transport Officer for the Isle of Thanet area, responsible for organising the transport of patients from the stations to the local hospitals. The men are waiting for the arrival of an ambulance training bringing more military patients for the local VAD Hospitals. This photograph is in the archive collection related to the Quex Park VAD Hospital. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919. The hospital was run by Kent/178, the Birchington Detachment. The Commandant was Hannah Powell-Cotton (1881-1964), wife of Major Percy HG Powell-Cotton (1866-1940) of Quex Park, founder of the Powell-Cotton Museum. Date: 1916

© The Powell-Cotton Museum Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Japan - Hot Springs of Kusatsu

Lantern slide of Japan Hot Springs of Kusatsu. There are several theories about the origin of Kusatsu Onsen. One theory, for instance, was that it was discovered by a legendary hero about 1, 800 years ago; another says by high priests in the Nara period. There are also a number of anecdotes related to historical figures from ancient times, the civil war (Sengoku) period, as well as the Edo, Meiji, and Taisho eras. Historical records show that Minamoto no Yoritomo, a Shogun of Kamakura period, came for bathing, and additionally, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8th Shogun of the Edo era had Kusatsus water delivered to Edo (now Tokyo). These anecdotal and factual stories point that the superior quality of the spring water has retained its popularity since early in the countrys history. (http:/kusatsu-onsen.ne.jp/foreign/kusatsu_onsen1.html). Part of Box 157 Japan, Boswell Collection, slide no. 34 Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Royal wedding 1893 - the bride and groom

The parents of the bride and groom at home; King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra (at the time, Prince and Princess of Wales), parents of George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936) pictured together with Duke Francis of Teck and his wife, the Duchess of Teck (cousin of Edward VII), formerly Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, parents of Princess May of Teck taking tea at White Lodge, Richmond, the home of the Tecks.
1893

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans