The Casualties, Injuries and a "Lost" Generation
01 23743 Military Hospital, Harwich (1918) Valentines H&D FW
The Great Eastern Railway Military (V.A.D) Hospital, Harwich Quay 1915.
At the start of World War One in 1914, V.A.D ( Voluntary Aid Detachment) Hospitals sprung up throughout Essex to provide support for the Territorial Army training and for injuries to troops following fighting on the Western Front (Belgium and France).
The Great Eastern Hotel, was one of the many buildings in the Harwich area requisitioned by the Government in 1915, it was described as a Military Hospital staffed by Essex VAD, with Mr. Etherden as the Commandant.
The Hospital provided beds for 110 other ranks, particularly busy between May - October 1915.
At the going down of the sun...We will remember them.
At the start of World War One in 1914, V.A.D ( Voluntary Aid Detachment) Hospitals sprung up throughout Essex to provide support for the Territorial Army training and for injuries to troops following fighting on the Western Front (Belgium and France).
The Great Eastern Hotel, was one of the many buildings in the Harwich area requisitioned by the Government in 1915, it was described as a Military Hospital staffed by Essex VAD, with Mr. Etherden as the Commandant.
The Hospital provided beds for 110 other ranks, particularly busy between May - October 1915.
At the going down of the sun...We will remember them.
02 51160 Military Hospital, Harwich (1918) Valentines H&D FW
03 Great Eastern Military Hospital, Harwich (1915) H&D FW
04 G.E.R. Military Hospital, Harwich (Oct 1915) Steggles FW
In the photograph we see the V.A.D. staff on the steps and entrance to the old G.E.R. Hotel
05 Red Cross Nurses on Parade, Harwich (1916) H&D FW
06 The G.E.R. Military Hospital, Harwich (1915) Steggles H&D FW
07 Womens Suffrage Hospital, Dovercourt (1915) Farringdon H&D FC
Front View of Hospital, Women's Suffrage Hospital, Dovercourt, Essex (1915)
In this photograph we see yet another World War One hospital based in Orwell Terrace, Dovercourt (possibly No 9) the Women's Suffrage Hospitals, were set up alongside many other Hospitals in Essex to provide support for the Territorial Army training and for injuries sustained by troops following fighting on the Western Front (mainly Belgium and France). The Great Eastern Hotel, was another one of the many buildings in the Harwich area requisitioned by the Government in 1915, it was described as a Military Hospital.
In this photograph we see yet another World War One hospital based in Orwell Terrace, Dovercourt (possibly No 9) the Women's Suffrage Hospitals, were set up alongside many other Hospitals in Essex to provide support for the Territorial Army training and for injuries sustained by troops following fighting on the Western Front (mainly Belgium and France). The Great Eastern Hotel, was another one of the many buildings in the Harwich area requisitioned by the Government in 1915, it was described as a Military Hospital.
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