photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2004-01-38-1

Description

Panoramic group portrait photograph of 2nd London General Hospital at St Mark's College in Chelsea, February 1919. Photographed by Panora Limited, 1919. Associated with Royal Army Medical Corps, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Services and Voluntary Aid Detachment. 2nd London General Hospital was located at St Mark’s College, 552 King’s Road, Chelsea. To turn the College and adjoining secondary school into a hospital, sanitary annexes were added with wards able to accommodate 260 patients in total. The Hospital was opened in mid September 1914 and in its first few weeks, over 200 patients had been received. The Hospital closed in 1919.

Campaigns

World War One (1914-1918)