Patients & Staff, Quex Park

Group of patients, VAD nurses and Quex House staff at the front of Quex House, Autumn 1917. Seated in the centre are (left to right) Major Powell-Cotton, Mrs HB Powell-Cotton and Dr Worthington, the Medical Officer. Seated on the ground, third from the left is Mary Marlowe; 2nd right Fanny Watson; 4th right Dora Watson; 6th right Hilda Stone. Seated, 1st left is Miss Glass, Major Powell-Cotton's Secretary. Standing behind, 3rd left James Cornford, Head Gardener; 1st right Jack Hedge, Masseur; 3rd right Camille Van Dyck, Hospital Orderly. The patients are wearing hospital blues, the uniform of military hospital patients.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

1866 Birchington Camille Commandant Cottons Detachment Dora Dyck Fanny Gardener Hedge Hilda Marlowe Masseur Orderly Patients Percy Quex Recuperation Rehabilitation Voluntary Worthington

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