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Postcard, titled 'Verandah, M. I., Military Hospital, Whitchurch, Glam'. Featuring a black and white photograph of patients and staff at the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital during the First World War. Unused and undated.
From 1915-19, the Cardiff City Mental Hospital in Whitchurch, Cardiff, was taken over by the military and became known as the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital. Civilian psychiatric patients were moved to other institutions, while injured soldiers requiring orthopaedic care occupied their beds. In 1917, 450 beds were allocated for soldiers with mental health conditions.
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Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2024.60.1
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital
Association Type:
Date: 1915 - 1919
Creation/Production
unknown
Acquisition
Donation, 22/7/2024
Measurements
Width
(mm): 139
Height
(mm): 87
Techniques
printing
Material
card
Location
In store
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