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These pages are dedicated to The Women & Men (boys, some of them) who had to endure the effects of The Great War 1914 - 1918 |
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Please spare a thought for them. Some died. Some were disabled for life. And at the end of the war, for those who survived, the sense of purpose and the comradeship was suddenly taken away. Civilian life probably did not come easy to many, especially those who found themselves without work. It was a tragic time.
The Frenchay Village Museum is indebted to the Elliott sisters, Molly & Nancy, of Cliff Court Frenchay, for this collection of fine portraits of soldiers and nurses, and for recording their names. Both Molly & Nancy were members of the VAD and served as nurses at the hospital. The photographs were taken at Cleve Hill Hospital during the years 1914 to 1918. Cleve House, then owned by Mr & Mrs Cave, was converted to a hospital and used throughout the Great War for convalescing soldiers. It was staffed by Red Cross Nurses of the local Voluntary Aid Detachment, with the assistance of a few Queen Alexandra Nurses and a civilian kitchen staff.
Of the house there is now no trace. It was situated on the North side of Cleve Hill Road, where the present-day Cleve Lawns lies. |
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In the garden Robinson Tickner, S Robinson, D White, Patric J Bidwell, David Fountain, J |
Kitchen help Barber, Dr ML Clarke, Matron Hill, Marion Pullen. Edith Tuddenham, Ruth Halliwell, Evelyn |
An outing Skilling, Sapper A Bartram, Pte R Scott, P Watson, James Bateman Brooks, Sgt |
Kitchen Staff Tolerton Legg, HSM Lilian, Sister Cooper, Miss Meredith, Mrs Phipps, Miss |
Kitchen helpers Gibbons, H Ahearne, C Oliver Dunhill, JH Ulrich, George Oakley & Baker |
VAD Nurses Bowen, Dorothea Hardinge Pearce,C Bridgman, PM Francombe, GM Cadwallader, F |
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Ward 2 Bailey, Pvt NK Berridge Betts, Sgt Booth Bosworth Brant |
Ward 3 Chippendale Crow Doherty Ellis, Sgt Folley Green |
Ward 5 Hope Iles Jones Junton Lane Lewis, Sgt |
Old Contemptibles Bridgman, P Marshall, Miss Pockson, Mrs Taylor, Sister Nurse Nurse |
3 soldiers Lines Maltheus Millard, Sgt Pemberton Penwick Rhodes |
3 Nurses Smith Southam Stowey Walker Warne Whitworth, Pvt A |
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Sisters Nurses & men A Party Cricket XI |
Cooks & Kitchen 8 Patients Invalids & Nurses 9 Invalids |
Fancy Dress, Men ditto Nurses ditto Cooks ditto Winners |
Nov 1918 Nov 1915 At Downend CC No details |
April 1915 Matron with cat Autumn 1915 3 men & 2 nurses |
Ward 10 - 1916 Ward 2 - 1915 Wills Wyman |