Nurses & patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
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Nurses & patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
Nurses and patients in the Winter Garden, Quex Park. This room was used as the Hospital Mess. Nurse Fanny Watson is standing, second left. The fifth nurse from the left is Hannah Powell-Cotton, Commandant of the Birchington VAD. The man seated at the right is Camille Van Dyck, a Belgian soldier who remained at Quex for the duration of the war and worked as a hospital orderly. He had suffered the loss of his speech through shock and his home was in occupied Belgium. 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. Date: 1916
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Belgian Birchington Camille Closed Commandant Cotton Duration Dyck Fanny Hannah Loss Mess Nurse Nurses Occupied Opened Orderly Patients Powell Quex Remained Shock Speech Suffered Watson Worked January
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This evocative photograph captures a moment of respite and camaraderie in the Winter Garden of Quex Park during the First World War. The Winter Garden, which functioned as the Hospital Mess, is filled with nurses and patients, all gathered around a table for a meal or a moment of rest. Among the nurses, we can identify two notable figures: Fanny Watson, standing second from the left, and Hannah Powell-Cotton, the Commandant of the Birchington VAD, who is fifth from the left. The man seated at the right is Camille Van Dyck, a Belgian soldier who had remained at Quex Park for the duration of the war and worked as a hospital orderly. He had suffered a loss of speech through shock and his home was in occupied Belgium. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on October 15, 1914, and closed on January 31, 1919. The hospital was run by Kent/178, the Birchington Detachment, and was headed by Hannah Powell-Cotton, wife of Major Percy HG Powell-Cotton of Quex Park, who was also the founder of the Powell-Cotton Museum. This poignant image offers a glimpse into the daily life of the hospital, where soldiers and nurses found solace and support amidst the hardships of war.
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