A Crime Against Humanity
An article from the British Journal of Nursing titled 'A Crime Against Humanity'. Provides biographical information on Edith Cavell, as well as, giving details of her execution.
Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.
Wounded Tommies Enjoying Pastimes.
A photograph of wounded 'Tommies' enjoying playing games in the grounds of The Royal London Hospital. The photograph also shows some soldiers lying on stretchers on the ground. c.September 1915.
Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.
East London's Roll of Honour.
The roll of honour includes the names of all 73 members of the East London College Community who died during the war. As well as their date of death, the roll of honour includes biographical information such as, where they lived and what subjects they studied. For some of those who died there are even testimonials given by fellow students. The record of Walter William Busby is particularly informative. Busby was Captain of the 13th Essex Regiment when he died on November 13th 1916. The record describes how Busby grew up in East Ham and was a Scoutmaster of the 2nd West Ham Troupe of Boy Scouts.
Click on the links above to view individual pages of the Roll of Honour. PDF's may take a while to download depending on the speed of your internet connection.
Images Courtesy of Queen Mary University of London Archives.
Bringing up the Reinforcements 2.
The picture shows the babies born during the war. The inscription on the back reads: 'This is what I promised you. What do you think of it? Nurse Ponting had an operation for appendicitis last Monday she is going on very nicely the last time I heard. Did not see anything of the Zepps last night, but head 4 bangs which I put down to bombs where they were I do not know. From G. Walker.'
Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.
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Bringing up the reinforcements.
This picture shows some on the babies born during the war with the quip 'bringing up the reinforcements at the London hospital.' June 1915. It highlights how the normal work of the hospital continued throughout the war.
Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.
Soldiers in the Square.
This is one of a series of photographs that depict wounded servicemen enjoying the sunshine in the square at St Bartholomew'۪s Hospital.
Image Courtesy of St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives.
Postcard of the Square looking South West.
The postcard depicts recovering soldiers outside in St Bartholomew's Square. The soldiers can be seen to be milling around, socialising and enjoying the day.
Image Courtesy of St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives.
Postcard of Recovering Soldiers in St Bartholomew's Square.
A group of soldiers in uniform sitting in deckchairs in the Square in St Bartholomew'۪s Hospital.
Image Courtesy of St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives.
