Stretcher Collection

Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, c1800. Artist: John Pass
Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, c1800. View of the north front of the hospital showing a man being stretchered through the front gates

WW1 silhouettes, wounded soldiers and medical care
Silhouettes of wounded soldiers and medical care during the First World War. From the top: stretcher bearers, a field ambulance, the casualty clearing station, a train taking men off to the base

At an Advanced Dressing Station on the Western Front, Matania
A horse-drawn Red Cross ambulance wagon arriving at an advanced dressing station behind the front lines on the Western Front

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
The giant pasty, which is baked in Polruan, ready to be taken by harbour tug across Fowey harbour. Members of the town band escort it, who this year are dressed as Chelsea pensioners

The Battle of Montgisard, 25th November 1177, c. 1842 (oil on canvas)
XIR200589 The Battle of Montgisard, 25th November 1177, c.1842 (oil on canvas) by Lariviere, Charles-Philippe (1798-1876); 314x563 cm; ChAteau de Versailles

MAB First Ambulance Interior
Interior of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals

GWR staff loading a stretcher into a parcel van which has been converted into an ambulance, 1940. The van bears the GWR roundel branding and a stylised poster on the side

Death of Baldwin I (1171-1205) the Latin King of Jerusalem, illustration from Bibliotheque
KW219427 Death of Baldwin I (1171-1205) the Latin King of Jerusalem, illustration from Bibliotheque des Croisades by J-F. Michaud, 1877 (litho) by Dore

Mr R. J. White, leader of an Isle of Wight ARP rescue party
Mr R.J. White, leader of an Isle of Wight ARP rescue party, has invented three pieces of apparatus to improve the manipulation of stretchers to prevent further injury to the patient

General Methuen surrendering to de la Rey, 2nd Boer War, 7 March 1902. Paul Sandford Methuen (1845-1932) British Lieutenant-General

Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I, 1918. Villers-Bretonneux was the scene of the first tank battle in history, on 24th April 1918

Sphere cover - Howard Carter removing treasures, Tutankhamen
Front cover of The Sphere with an illustration depicting Howard Carter removing treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamen at Luxor

Stretcher party crossing the Menin road. Gunner F.J. Mears, B.E.F. Royal Garrison Artillery, Died 1929

Stretcher party crossing the Menin Road at Gheluvelt, by Gunner F J Mears, BEF, Royal Garrison Artillery (d. 1929). Date: 1914-1918

World War I first-aid station, artwork
World War I first-aid station. Artwork showing stretcher-bearers and wounded soldiers arriving at a first-aid station during the First World War (1914-1918)

LONDON: GUYs HOSPITAL. Entrance to Guys Hospital in London. Engraving by James Elmes and William Woolnoth, c1799

Churchill taken ill, 1932
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English politician, having a cheeky puff on his cigar whilst being stretchered from his London flat to a West End nursing home via ambulance

Lourdes - Praying at the Grotto and the Basilica
Three porters at the Piscines (Baths) - Lourdes, France. These gents were employed to assist the transportation of sick and disabled pilgrims to this site of miraculous healing where water from

NWFP - The Buffs East Kent Regiment at Bilot
NWFP - 1st Bn, East Kent Regiment ( The Buffs) - section under Lance Corporal James Smith VC under heavy fire at the village of Bilot in the Mamund Valley, India (now Pakistan) on 16th September

British stretcher cases, Salonika, WW1
British stretcher cases awaiting transfer to a ship at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 1916

Two bearers and patient (2 of 2)
Method of lifting a patient onto a stretcher, with two bearers. (2 of 2)

'Mando', late 19th century (glass)
7341207 'Mando', late 19th century (glass) by British School, (19th century); 8.2x10.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Postcard, N & B: Great War 1914-1915-1916 Entree du Chateau du Faux mirror Meuse - War of 14 -18, Medical, Photography
ICA4948336 Postcard, N & B: Great War 1914-1915-1916 Entree du Chateau du Faux mirror Meuse - War of 14 -18, Medical, Photography, Ambulances Provincial Edition; (add.info.: Postcard)

Postcard, N & B: In the Field Loading of Wounded - War of 14 -18, Medical, Photography, Front (military) - Soldiers
ICA4948111 Postcard, N & B: In the Field Loading of Wounded - War of 14 -18, Medical, Photography, Front (military) - Soldiers; (add.info.: Postcard)

Branchers bringing a man wounds to the Union Army Hospital after a battle of the Secession War in Virginia, 1863
NWI4830784 Branchers bringing a man wounds to the Union Army Hospital after a battle of the Secession War in Virginia, 1863

First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter I as a nurse. Women of the Red Cross coming to heal soldiers to
DUV4201496 First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter I as a nurse. Women of the Red Cross coming to heal soldiers to the battlefields

The first of the wounded during WWI, seen here at the French port of Le Havre
3502690 The first of the wounded during WWI, seen here at the French port of Le Havre, being invalided for wounds back to Britain, from The Pageant of the Century

Stretcher bearers giving aid to a soldier lying wounded in a trench on The Somme, France during World War I (litho)
3252800 Stretcher bearers giving aid to a soldier lying wounded in a trench on The Somme, France during World War I (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

Letter B: Brancardier. Little French alphabet, c.1917 (print)
DUV4204576 Letter B: Brancardier. Little French alphabet, c.1917 (print); 30.5x23.5 cm; (add.info.: Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917. Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages. Kapp Printing)

First World War (1914-1918): Red Cross Emergency Service in a station bringing war wounded down the stretchers
IMB4934022 First World War (1914-1918): Red Cross Emergency Service in a station bringing war wounded down the stretchers; (add.info.: First World War (1914-1918)

Indian of America: Chief Opechancanough or Opchanacanough of the Powhatan tribe in captivite, Jamestown
NWI4931797 Indian of America: Chief Opechancanough or Opchanacanough of the Powhatan tribe in captivite, Jamestown, Colony of Virginia. 17th century

First World War: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: a war wounded is evacted in a military ambulance, 1918
LUX4798650 First World War: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: a war wounded is evacted in a military ambulance, 1918; (add.info.: First World War: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Western Front, late 19th century (glass)
7341213 Western Front, late 19th century (glass) by British School, (19th century); 8.2x10.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Help the Wounded! Postcard for the St John's Ambulance Malta Centre, 1916 (chromolitho)
8677789 Help the Wounded! Postcard for the St John's Ambulance Malta Centre, 1916 (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Help the Wounded)

WW1: Heroic soldier (illustration)
8684963 WW1: Heroic soldier (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); (add.info.: Events of the war 1914-1918 illustration Job Heroic soldier War events 1914-1918)

Hospital for Sunstruck Patients, New York City. (print)
7419965 Hospital for Sunstruck Patients, New York City. (print); (add.info.: A man is stretchered into the Hospital for Sunstruck Patients in Centre Street, City Hall Park, New York City)

Postcard, in N & B: War Transportation of a German wounded - War of 14 -18, Medical, Photography, Train, Boches
ICA4948107 Postcard, in N & B: War Transportation of a German wounded - War of 14 -18, Medical, Photography, Train, Boches, War Mutile, Manuscript - Soldiers; (add.info.: Postcard)

A wounded soldier being carried by men in top hats, 1850
3478409 A wounded soldier being carried by men in top hats, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a wounded soldier being carried on a stretcher by men in top hats)

Accident in the circus ring (engraving)
8631453 Accident in the circus ring (engraving) by Hopkins, Everard (1860-1928); Private Collection; (add.info.: Accident in the circus ring. Illustration from Black and White)

Wounded Russian soldiers, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho)
8655581 Wounded Russian soldiers, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wounded Russian soldiers, Manchuria)

A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho)
8673227 A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures)

Scene from the film All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930 (b/w photo)
8626560 Scene from the film All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

'Mando', late 19th century (glass)
7341211 'Mando', late 19th century (glass) by British School, (19th century); 8.2x10.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Western Front, late 19th century (glass)
7341210 Western Front, late 19th century (glass) by British School, (19th century); 8.2x10.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Engraving depicting a stretcher party during the Franco-Prussian War, wearing the Red Cross, 19th century
5309143 Engraving depicting a stretcher party during the Franco-Prussian War, wearing the Red Cross, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a stretcher party during the Franco-Prussian War)

First Carlist War (1833-1840): Tomas Zumalacarregui (1788-1835), General Carlist
AIS5351248 First Carlist War (1833-1840): Tomas Zumalacarregui (1788-1835), General Carlist, wounds during the siege of Bilbao (Spain), 19th cnetury (drawing); Museo de San Telmo, San Sebastian

A horse ambulance evacuating the sick in New York City (USA), circa 1870 - Colorisee engraving
NWI4954728 A horse ambulance evacuating the sick in New York City (USA), circa 1870 - Colorisee engraving, 19th century - Horse-drawn ambulance evacuating a sick person in New York City

France: Ambulance arrives in military hospital with wounded, 1915 - 15th regiment
LUX4723355 France: Ambulance arrives in military hospital with wounded, 1915 - 15th regiment; (add.info.: France: Ambulance arrives in military hospital with wounded)

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"Silent Heroes: The Stretcher Bearers of WW1" In the midst of the chaos and despair, their silhouettes emerged as beacons of hope. These were the stretcher bearers, brave souls who risked their lives to save wounded soldiers on the unforgiving battlefields of World War I. With unwavering determination, they navigated through treacherous terrains, carrying injured comrades on stretchers towards safety. Fast forward to Regatta and Carnival Week in Fowey, Cornwall, August 1993 - a celebration that echoed with echoes from history. As crowds cheered and laughter filled the air, it was impossible not to reflect upon those who had suffered during wartime. Their sacrifices paved the way for moments like these - joyous occasions where communities came together in unity. An image by Matania transported us back to an Advanced Dressing Station on the Western Front. Amidst blood-stained bandages and exhausted medics, stretcher-bearers worked tirelessly to provide critical medical care to those in need. Their selflessness knew no bounds as they fought against time itself. The Battle of Montgisard in 1177 depicted a different era but showcased a similar spirit. On canvas, we witnessed warriors being carried away on stretchers after valiantly defending their cause. Even centuries apart, humanity's commitment to aiding one another remained steadfast. From ancient times to modernity - glimpses into history revealed how innovation played its part too. The MAB First Ambulance Interior showed us how technology evolved over time; providing better equipment for saving lives while GWR staff converted parcel vans into ambulances during World War II – adapting swiftly amidst adversity. Yet even kings were not immune from injury or death; Baldwin I's passing illustrated that even leaders required assistance when fate dealt them a cruel hand. Closer home at Bilot stood The Buffs East Kent Regiment from NWFP, a testament to the stretcher bearers who served in conflicts across borders.