Studio photograph of Artieme Mettrie
A studio photograph of Artieme Mettrie. On the reverse is written Souvenir de l'yser 24-12-17 avec mes meilleurs amitiez Artieme Mettrie'. The card has been stamped by a military censor. Artieme Mettrie was a patient of the Birchington VAD at Quex Park. He was admitted on 14 November 1914 and left on 13 May 1915 and returned to active service in Belgium. He had had a finger amputated. He came from Antwerp. 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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