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57353: Photograph taken at the Auxilliary Military Hospital, Helsby

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Photograph of a group of men, including Ralph Readhead, with a small girl. The men are mostly, but not all, in uniform. Several have their arms in slings, and some are brandishing sticks. The photograph is labelled "Helsby Cheshire after the Battle of the Somme 1915". Ralph Readhead spent time in the Auxilliary Military Hospital, Helsby after being wounded in the arm in 1915 (though the battle commonly known as the Somme did not occur until the following year). Part of a collection relating to Ralph William Readhead of the 4th East Yorks.

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Identifier

6789.jpg | GWA_5842_hull0206_A.jpg |

Subject

Readhead, Ralph William

Date

1915

Date Created

01/08/1914

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1918

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Alun Edwards | Meriel Patrick | Sandra Cane

Submission Event

Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull Submission Day, 31st May 2008

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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