Palace of pain: Netley, the hospital built for an empire of soldiers | Art and design | The Guardian

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An aerial photograph of the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, Hampshire, in the first world war. Click here to see the full image. All photographs courtesy Marion Ivey

An aerial photograph of the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, Hampshire, in the first world war. Click here to see the full image. All photographs courtesy Marion Ivey

A hospital orderly, wearing what resembles a butcher’s apron, poses with an equally ominous-looking trolley. Ward maids, country-looking girls, pose in utilitarian overalls designed for dirty work, rather than the pristine starch of nurses’ uniforms. A handsome stable hand, straight out of War Horse and proudly holding a pair of equine charges, looks hesitantly into the camera’s lens. A quartet of stretcher-bearers wait on a dockside to…

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One thought on “Palace of pain: Netley, the hospital built for an empire of soldiers | Art and design | The Guardian”

  1. The Pathe film is fascinating, and quite sad too. The effects on those men are sobering to see. I was left wondering what ‘Re-Education’ might have entailed, but it has to be said that the hospital did its best for the times, I am sure.
    Best wishes, Pete.

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