part 23 - Driessen archive - Uxbridge convalescent Canadian Hospital
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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Uxbridge convalescent Canadian hospital [England]
brief history:
Hillingdon house was for sale in 1914 and bought in 1915 by the British government.
It was converted into an hospital and opened on 20 September 1915 for Canadian wounded military.
Later some huts were erected, with gym, theatre and a canteen. Closed in 1917.
Driessen archive:
1) Canadian Convalescent Hospital Uxbridge - outside view of large group of military with some nurses - photo postcard. [23-03001a/b]