No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire
Staff and patients in Ward F1 at the No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Reading Union Workhouse. The beds are equipped with wooden frames and pulley systems to support injured limbs. The workhouse, on Oxford Road, later became Battle Hospital
Picture No
10418950
Media ID
47549371
Size
5400px x 3591px
(4.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Photographed and published by the Qualis Photo Co., London
Date
circa 1916
