Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg41

Healing the Sick and Wounded

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Title Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. Pg41
Date 1916
Page number Unknown
Publisher Reading Standard
Description 224 pages bound volume
Horizon Number: 1246254

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HEALING THE SICK AND WOUNDED.

S T . LUKE ' S PARISH HALL , READING , was co n ver te d into a Red Cross Hospital by th e 34t h
Berks V . A . D . , a n d as a t o t h e r of t h e local h av en s of rest f o r o u r w a r -s c a r re d b r o t h e r s one is
im pressed by t h e clean line ss a n d c o m f o r t of t h e w a r d s a n d of t h e kindnes s a n d so lic itu de of
t h e staff.
U p to t h e end of M a y t h e r e w er e 183 i n - p a t i e n t s an d 48 o u t - p a t i e n t s , and no de at hs
ha d occ ur re d.
[P h o to b y F . W . Foulsha m .

MAITLAND ROAD RED CROSS HOSPITAL , READING , w h ic h cares f o r soldiers w ho f a l l sick in
t h e i r t e r m of t r a i n i n g , a n d also serves as a c on va le sc en t ho m e f o r soldiers d is ch ar ge d f r o m ho s pi ta l.
I t was or g a n is e d a n d s ta ffe d by t h e 52nd Berk s V . A . D .
O u r p i c t u r e chows t h e k i tc h e n .

WOUNDED S O L D IE R S AT HEATHERSIDE , a Crowthorne house le n t by Mrs . Rivers - Moore
as a hos pit al .
[P h o t o b y S. O. N o rth .



THE D IN IN G HALL.

[ T a y lo r , C aversham .