Disabled men from Roehampton at the Cenotaph, 1919
Limbless men from Queen Mary's Hospital at Roehampton visiting the Cenotaph in Whitehall, which was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, and built as a temporary structure in wood and plaster for the Peace Day celebrations in London. It was rebuilt in Portland Stone the following year as a monument to The Glorious Dead. Roehampton did pioneering work during and after the Great War providing men with false limbs and helping them to acclimatise to life and learn new skills for a future
Picture No
10942193
Media ID
46092476
Size
6221px x 4112px
(3.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Sphere, 2 August 1919
Date
1919
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