Soldier receiving an artificial leg 1915
A wounded British soldier having his artificial leg adjusted following his first trial-walk with it at Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospital in Roehampton. The hospital specialised in fitting artificial limbs to wounded British soldiers. It is estimated that there were around 250, 000 British amputees and one million soldiers altogether by the end of World War I
Picture No
10215385
Media ID
46343779
Size
4097px x 3477px
(1.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 16 October 1915, page 498
Date
1915
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