Studio photo of Arthur Colinet

Studio photograph of Arthur Colinet, Belgian soldier from Anor in northern France. He was a patient at the Quex Park VAD hospital between 11 December 1914 and 29 March 1915. He had a leg wound. On the back of the photograph is written (31/1/15) Un sourvenir d'un soldat belge. Arthur Colinet, cap. (caporal) corps cycliste, 1ere division de cavalerie, Armee Belge'. 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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