part 23 - Driessen archive - 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge [England]
source: Driessen archive - digital
archivist: Andreas Driessen op ten Bulten
cannot show the archive images, however photo's of them are available, for a small fee [$/euro 2.50 each, payment via paypal]
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1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge [England]
brief history:
Military hospital, set up within days of the outbreak of WW1 in 1914 and treated over 70.000 of wounded soldiers between 1914-1919.
It was a spin off the Addenbrooke hospital, matron of that hospital was also matron of the 1st Eastern General Hospital Cambridge.
Headquarters was on the grounds of Trinity college.
It was build on a former cricket field belonging to King's and Clare colleges, had a series of pre-fabricated buildings, post office, shop,
cinema and other recreational facilities.
Some soldiers were also offered beds in Addenbrooke hospital.
This military hospital closed in 1919.
Driessen archive:
1) Addenbroke's Hospital, Cambridge. "Pelham" postcard real photo series 0391. [23-00112a/b]
2) b/w R.A.M.C. (t.) 1st Eastern General Hospital, 1914. Trinity College, Cambridge - view at building. [23-00113a/b]
3) b/w R.A.M.C. (t.) 1st Eastern General Hospital. 1914. Trinity College, Cambridge - view of ward. [23-00110a/b]
4) b/w R.A.M.C. (t.) 1st Eastern General Hospital, 1914. Wounded Belgian Soldiers - postmarked 1915. [23-00103a/b]
5) b/w R.A.M.C. (t.) 1st Eastern General Hospital. 1914. Trinity College, Cambridge - view at tents. [23-00114a/b]
4) brown coloured postcard [by J. Palmer Clarke] 1st Eastern General Hospital, t., Cambridge, about 1915 - postmarked 1917 with view of
ward 1. [23-0101a/b]
5) brown coloured postcard [by J. Palmer Clarke] 1st Eastern General Hospital, t., Cambridge, about 1915 with view of ward 16. [23-00102a/b]
6) brown coloured postcard [by J. Palmer Clarke] 1st Eastern General Hospital, t., Cambridge, about 1915 ward 6. [23-00104a/b]
7) brown coloured postcard [by J. Palmer Clarke] 1st Eastern General Hospital, t., Cambridge, about 1915 with view of ward 9. [23-00105a/b]
8) brown coloured postcard [by J. Palmer Clarke] 1st Eastern General Hospital, t., Cambridge, about 1915 with view of ward 23. [23-00106a/b]
9) brown coloured postcard [by J. Palmer Clarke] 1st Eastern General Hospital, t., Cambridge, about 1915. Bowling Green. [23-00107a/b]
10) brown coloured postcard [by J. Palmer Clarke] 1st Eastern General Hospital, t., Cambridge, about 1915. Operating Theatre. [23-00108a/b]
11) coloured postcard First Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge. The Entrance. [23-00115a/b]
12) coloured postcard First Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge. Interior of a ward - postmarked 1918. [23-00109a/b]
13) coloured postcard First Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge. Matron's Garden. [23-00111a/b]
14) view of a big room with nurses and wounded soldiers - Kings College Hospital - photo postcard postmarked jan. 1916. [23-00116a/b]
15) view of hut ward with nurses and wounded soldiers - photo postcard written 31 dec. 1916. [23-00117a/b]