WWI
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WWI
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Information relating to the use of Hackford House & Reepham Town Hall as a Red Cross/VAD Hospital during WWI plus photographs of troops assembling/parading in Reepham Market Place.
Many of these images were used in the Reepham Archive Exhibition in 2014. The display boards are shown in the RA Exhibition Collection.
Many of these images were used in the Reepham Archive Exhibition in 2014. The display boards are shown in the RA Exhibition Collection.
Collection Items
November 1914
Newspaper cutting describing the facilities provided for wounded soldiers who began arriving in Reepham to recuperate in November 1914.
Reepham VAD Hospital
Annual summaries for Reepham's hospital in WWI, dated 1916 & 1917. They detail the number of beds and names of staff, the numbers of admissions & discharges made and a report on additions made since 1914 when the hospital opened.
Winifred Pates VAD Nurse
Photograph of Winifred Pates when she was serving as a Red Cross nurse at Reepham's Hospital (VAD 52) during WWI. The second image shows her 'pink card' detailing her term of work and address.
Town Hall Ward
Reepham Town Hall set up as a hospital ward for recuperating soldiers. Dr. Perry stands at centre back.
Hospital Blues
Group of soldiers in their 'Hospital Blues' outside the back of Hackford House, later to become the Bircham Centre. The house included a room or rooms for recreation and for extra beds.
Red Cross Hospital
Extract from a booklet issued to publicise the efforts made to the convalescence of wounded soldiers. Photograph taken at the back of the Bircham Centre
VAD Personnel WWI
List compiled from the Red Cross website of people involved with the running of Norfolk VAD 52 hospital based in Reepham.
Army Band in the Market Place
Two images of an army band - Royal Artillery? - providing entertainment in Reepham Market Place during WWI watched by Reepham families, other uniformed troops and some recuperating soldiers in their hospital blues.Item #1112 – GB-REE-2112100959 is a…
Cavalry & Wagons in the Market Place
WWI : Cavalry & wagons in the Market Place.Photograph probably taken on the same day as Item #1326 - Cavalry in the Market Place - GB/REE/2302142000Note open window positions.
Cavalry on the Move
WWI : Cavalry moving through the Market Place with a few spectators.Photograph probably taken on the same day as Item #709 - Mounted soldiers passing Gibbs' shop - GB/REE/2004151304
Army Cyclists in the Rain
WWI army cyclists in the Market place with full kit, some wearing wet weather capes.
Sgt. Arthur Collison
Group photograph of Members Sergeants' Mess, 2/5th Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Sgt. Tailor A Collison, a Reepham man, is at the left hand end of the middle row. This is Arthur Collison (1881-1927), a tailor and a son of Arthur…
Sgt. Tailor A Collison, a Reepham man, is at the left hand end of the middle row. This is Arthur Collison (1881-1927), a tailor and a son of Arthur…
Dr Perry with a group of Nurses
Dr. Perry with a group of 10 of the nursing staff at Reepham Red Cross Hospital during WWI.Nurses Gibbs & Dewing are in the back row.
Nurses at Reepham Red Cross Hospital
Two photographs of six nurses based at the Reepham Red Cross Hospital during WWI.
Includes Nurses Gibbs & Dewing.
Includes Nurses Gibbs & Dewing.
Lady Grace Barry
Studio Portrait photograph signed Grace Barry and dated April 5 1919.
Lady Barry was the Commandant of the Reepham Red Cross Hospital. She is wearing the M. B. E. which she was awarded in Feb 1919.
Lady Barry was the Commandant of the Reepham Red Cross Hospital. She is wearing the M. B. E. which she was awarded in Feb 1919.
Frank and Ethel Leiper
Photograph of Frank Leiper and Ethel Keeley, their marriage certificate (1918) and her VAD card. Ethel Keeley was the VAD night nurse at Reepham Hospital during WWI. She gives this as her address on their marriage certificate. Frank was wounded and…
Evelyn Gibbs
Portrait photograph of Miss Evelyn Gibbs inscribed 'daughter of Mr. Edward Gibbs, Market Place, Reepham'.
During World War I Miss Gibbs served as the Assistant Commandant in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) of Hackford Military Hospital ,…
During World War I Miss Gibbs served as the Assistant Commandant in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) of Hackford Military Hospital ,…
Embroidered Red Cross Badge
Embroidered Red Cross Badge in a gold frame. The badge was worked and given to Miss Evelyn Gibbs by one of the wounded soldiers during the First World War. Evelyn served as Assistant Commandant in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) in the Hackford…
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