Patients and nurses in garden at Quex Park

A group of patients and nuses gathered in the garden at Quex Park, beside the buildings of the Powell-Cotton Museum. The men include Australian and Scottish soldiers. All are wearing the blue serge jacket and trousers of the patients uniform of hospital blues'. A white shirt and red tie completed the uniform, but these men are wearing a variety of shirts and ties. On the right a patient is sitting in a cane Bath Chair. On the left a patient is lying in a four=wheeled cane bed. The patient sitting in the middle on thr ground has in front of him a small mascot figure on which a regimental cap has been placed. 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. Major Powell-Cotton was the VAD Transport Officer for the Isle of Thanet area, responsible for organising the transport of patients from the stations to the local hospitals

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