Nurses & Patients, Front Verandah, Quex Park

Nurses and Patients, Front Verandah, Quex Park, Birchington. The Verandah, which was outside A Ward, offered a sheltered, south-facing outdoor space. Hannah Powell-Cotton, Commandant, is seated in the centre. Standing alongside her is her daughter Mary Powell-Cotton (1910-1998). Standing behind her is Nurse Fanny Watson. Standing, sixth person from right, is Camille Van Dyck, a Belgian soldier who remained at Quex for the duration of the war and worked as a hospital orderly. He had suffered the loss of his speech through shock and his home was in occupied Belgium. Seated, second person from the left, is a lady civilian - she may have been a visitor. 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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