Four VAD patients at Quex House front door

Four patients are in front of the main door to Quex House. One, whose left leg is amputated is sitting on a chair. Another is sitting on the arm of the chair. The other two are standing alongside. Three men are holding cigarettes.The men are wearing the patients uniform of hospital blues - blue serge jacket and trousers, usually worn with a white shirt and red tie. The trousers of the man on the right of the photograph have been rolled up as they are too long for him. Hospital blues were provided one one size only. The man on the left of the photograph is wearing a full-length overcoat. All of the men are wearing carpet slippers which were provided for the men to wear indoors at the hospitals. Typically these were made by local Hospital Supply Depots staffed by volunteers. 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

Alongside Amputated Brichington Commandant Depots Detachment Hospitals Patients Percy Provided Quex Recuperation Rehabilitation Rolled Serge Slippers Staffed Typically Usually Voluntary Volunteers

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