Masseur at work, Quex Park VAD Hospital

Jack Hedge, Masseur, at work in C Ward of Quex Park VAD Hospital in 1917. He is watched by eight patients and a VAD nurse. Jack Hedge was the Birchington postman and a member of the local St John Ambulance Corps. C Ward was located in one of the galleries of the Powell-Cotton Museum (currently Gallery 3 (2014)). Behind the screened glass to the left is one of the dioramas of African mammals that continue to be a feature of the Museum. The photograph was one of a number commissioned by Major Powell-Cotton from AH Siminson, photographer of St Lawrence, Ramsgate. It bears his embossing stamp in the bottom right corner. 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

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