Account of entertaining wounded Tommies in hospital, Llandrindod Wells
| Title |
Account of entertaining wounded Tommies in hospital, Llandrindod Wells
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| Author |
Powell, Walter
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| Notes |
Walter Powell's notes record the hotels and large houses in Llandrindod Wells which were commandeered by the War Ministry and turned "into a military hospital for Tommies coming back from France with rheumatism etc." in 1914. "This carried on to 1923". Also that "when I came home [from France] in 1919, I belonged to a Pierotte troupe and we used to go around the boys in Blue and give concerts and have a jolly time... before radio and TV we had to make our own entertainment. We were often a hundred or more. Happy days."
Part of a collection relating to Walter H. Powell, Llandrindod Wells, (private / driver M2-267205 Mechanised Transport Army Service Corps). Born 1898, Walter tried to join up under-age on a number of occasions, finally succeeding in 1916. He served many months - (more than 2 years?) - in different army units in Britain, before going over to France. He served as a despatch rider for an anti-aircraft battery in 1918-1919. Walter was gassed "suffering the effects all his life". He was a founder member of Toc-H in Llandrindod, and a keen footballer - he died in 1994 aged 96. However Walter's older brothers (Cliff and Percy Powell) and his uncle (Humphrey Powell) died of wounds sustained during the war. |
| Item date |
1914 - 1923
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| Creation place |
Llandrindod Wells
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| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
3
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Alun Edwards (Powys Archives submissions day)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Bryan and Liz Edwards
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Collection
Citation
“Account of entertaining wounded Tommies in hospital, Llandrindod Wells,” by Powell, Walter. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9282.
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