Military Hospital V.R. 76, Ris-Orangis, France: man who lost his right arm at Verdun in 1st world war. Photograph, 1916.
- Date:
- 1916
- Reference:
- 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
Publication/Creation
1916
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 8 x 10.5 cm
Lettering
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 30968i
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