Military Hospital V.R. 76, Ris-Orangis, France: man who lost his right arm at Verdun in 1st world war. Photograph, 1916.

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1916
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30968i
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The military hospital, V.R. 76 was founded in 1915 by the Hon. Lady Johnstone and Mr Harold J. Reckitt. Situated at Ris-Orangis (12 miles south of Paris), treating only surgical cases, the hospital was the operating centre for a group of nine hospitals attached to it. The hospital closed in 1918

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1916

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1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 8 x 10.5 cm

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Corporal Louis Jophanel (?) - 92 Reg Infanterie The lettering is hand-written onto folio Lettering continued: "arrived at La Chappell Easter Day along with 157 others. Mr W.H. Cobb conveyed this Verdun hero to the Hospital Militaire" Folio bears number: 32

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Wellcome Collection 30968i

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