Nurses & Patients, Front Verandah, Quex Park
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Nurses & Patients, Front Verandah, Quex Park
Nurses & Patients, Front Verandah, Quex Park. The Verandah, which was outside A Ward, offered a sheltered, south-facing outdoor space. Hannah Powell-Cotton, Commandant, is seated, 4th person from the left. Standing alongside her is her daughter Mary Powell-Cotton (1910-1998). Standing behind her is Nurse Fanny Watson. Seated, at the left, is a lady civilian - she may have been a visitor. Standing, alongside the bed in the centre, is Camille Van Dyck, a Belgian soldier who remained at Quex for the duration of the war and worked as a hospital orderly. He had suffered the loss of his speech through shock and his home was in occupied Belgium. 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
Media ID 14241606
© The Powell-Cotton Museum Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
1998 Alongside Behind Belgian Camille Civilian Commandant Cotton Duration Dyck Facing Fanny Hannah Nurse Offered Powell Quex Remained Sheltered Space Verandah Visitor Ward Watson Worked
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