There is no message nor signature, so she could have sent it to herself as the inscription on the front says: a lovely souvenir of the Chateau Alexandra wonders if she knew it was a hospital or had she been to visit someone? Sadly we'll never know. It was posted to Mademoiselle Germaine Marlier, Rue de la Banque, Bar le Duc, Meuse, France on 18 September 1903 in Southampton and redirected to her in Meuse, on 20th September. The coloured one is from the 1920's, and the black and white one below is a view across the Solent. Photos of postcards courtesy of Alexandra Edwards (nee Rainey) World War One Postcards of the Royal Army Medical Corps and It was common practice for army hospitals to have postcards produced for sale to patients and visitors for their use before the day of every home having a telephone.Īnother tradition was to have them with a photo of individuals or groups wearing their uniform. The image below is a postcard of Netley Hospital which was available to patients so that they could write home. Has a collection of photographs of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital Netley. The book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing The site because it was near to Southampton so that hospital ships from around the British Empire could Train army nurses and doctors and to treat military patients to ensure their swift return to duty. Information photographs and history about Netley Royal Victoria Military Hospital the Cemetery and Country Park:Īfter the Crimean war Queen Victoria ordered a military hospital to be built in the UK. » TA Field Hospitals and Field Ambulances » Camp Bastion Field Hospital and Medical Treatment Facility MTF Helmand Territory Southern Afghanistan » Ghost Hunt at Tidworth Garrison Barracks » Royal Brighton Pavilion Indian Hospital » Medical Reception Station Brunei and MRS Kuching Borneo Malaysia » King George Military Hospital Stamford Street London » First Eastern General Hospital Trinity College Cambridge

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