Mrs Mary Holmes and a Belgian patient
Mrs Mary Holmes (Lady Superintendent) and an unknown Belgian patient standing outside the Winter Garden, Quex Park. 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
10991786
Media ID
47627655
Size
1128px x 1725px
(1.2MB)
Credit
© The Powell-Cotton Museum Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photographic print
Date
1915
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