Three Belgian hospital patients in the garden
Three Belgian hospital patients near the pond in the garden at Quex Park. On the left is Sgt Emile Verheyen from Ghent, a patient between 14 November 1914 and 29 March 1915. He was married to a Belgian girl in Ramsgate in 1916. 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
Picture No
11005537
Media ID
47631614
Size
1800px x 1020px
(1.1MB)
Credit
© The Powell-Cotton Museum Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photographic print
Date
1914
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