Nurses & Doctor, Quex Park
Nurses of the Birchington VAD, together with Medical Officer, Dr Harry Worthington, outside Quex House in early 1915. Seated (left to right) are Alice Cobb, Quartermaster, Hannah Powell-Cotton, Commandant, and Mary Holmes, Lady Superintendent. Nurse Fanny Watson is standing, first right. 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
Pick your License
1866 Birchington Cobb Commandant Detachment Fanny Museum.birchington Percy Quartermaster Quex Recuperation Rehabilitation Superintendent Voluntary Worthington
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > POW
