Some may not be aware of the military history associated with Whitchurch Hospital.

During the First World War, the hospital was renamed The Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital and officially opened on the 9th of June 1915

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#firstworldwar
#welshmetropolitanwarhospital

Happy #StPatricksDay to all our Irish friends
We would like to share this beautiful painting by Private Michael Keenan while treated at the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital in 1916

Thank you to Pat for sharing the painting & Jan for researching Michael’s story

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#FirstWorldWar

Day 26 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social

#ArchiveObject

A lovely framed certificate presented to the hospital for its service during the First World War

#WW1
#FWW
#militaryhospital
#welshmetropolitanwarhospital
#shellshock
#orthopaediccentre
#ColGoodall
#MatronRaynes

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#Star

Horatio Ellis Evans awarded the Star medal
Photo taken in 1916 when awarded the Military Medal.
On recovering, re-posted overseas and killed in action on the 17th September 1918
🙏🏻 to Jan for researching

#WeWillNeverForget
#militaryhospital

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107 yrs ago Horatio Ellis Evans killed in Salonika, Greece. He was treated at the Hospital in 1916 & awarded the Military Medal.
On recovering, re-posted overseas & killed in action - 17th September 1918

Thank you Jan for the research

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#WeWillNeverForget
#militaryhospital

Day 29 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social

#ArchiveCollection

One collection is a few #postcards

#WelshMetroplitanWarHospital
#CardiffCityMentalHospital
#FWW
#militaryhospital
#WilliamDean

#ilDouchey has fuck’d everybody
#BRICS wants #obedient squishy #Vance, now that #Democracy, #HumanRights, #Journalism & #RuleOfLaw is fucked

#WalterReed 💊 #MilitaryHospital keeps #ElPresidente in his puffy pins

Day 2 #ExploreYourArchive

#EYAHeroes

“Wounded Heroes entertained”

Monmouth Guardian and Bargoed and Caerphilly Observer
1 December 1916
(Welsh Newspapers online)

📷 two postcards from the archive

#eyafocusweek
#archives
#Firstworldwar
#militaryhospital

Day 14 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social

#UnusualArchives

These telegrams from 1939 are unusual we think… preparing for casualties

#emergencyhospital
#standby
#clearhospital
#WW2
#militaryhospital
#postoffice
#telegram

come on… he’s #toxic & #WalterReed #MilitaryHospital tired of pasting him together to fuck everybody over

just let him go, who’d know if they just laid off his meds, & let him keel over?

they don’t have to risk themselves going full #RasputinRemovalServices

Last day of the #ArchiveAdventCalendar

#MerryChristmas  

Ending with a favourite Christmas postcard from the First World War

Thank you for all your support, we have really enjoyed joining in

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#hospitalChristmas
#HistNursing
#militaryhospital
#matronraynes

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