Christmas at the Michie Hospital
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Christmas at the Michie Hospital
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Subject |
Unknown
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Notes |
Mary Coutts Michie CBE, the Widow of George MCulloch a Scottish Australian mine owner, loaned her Mansion at 184 Queens Gate for use as a British Red Cross hospital during the Great War. It was also known as the Michie hospital. In the middle of the photograph is a large Christmas Tree bedecked with flags of many nations. There is a story that Australian soldiers were particularly welcome to socials at the house.
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Item date |
December 1917
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Creation place |
Kensington, London
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Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Filename |
GWA_2143_Michie_Hospital_Xmas.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Angus McCulloch
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Collection
Citation
“Christmas at the Michie Hospital,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 5, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3794.
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