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Truro Collection: Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1917

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1917
Red Cross nurses and patients in unnamed ward, decorated for Christmas. On the table front left is a hand-made model of a tank. Names of the patients and nurses are unknown

Truro Collection: Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916
Red Cross nurses and patients in unnamed ward at Christmas. Names unknown. The picture being held in the centre of the picture contains the words Compliments to the Westward Sharks from the Dormitory

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916
Red Cross nurses and patients in B3 Hain Ward, decorated with paper chains for Christmas. Names of the patients and nurses are unknown. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916
Red Cross nurses and patients in B1 Hain Ward, Christmas. Names of the nurses and patients are unknown. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916
Red Cross nurses and patients in C3 Hain Ward, decorated with paper chains and ornaments for Christmas. Names of the patients and nurses are unknown. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Truro Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, formerly St Clement Workhouse. The hospital opened on 18th January 1916. The hospital is seen from a field with an ambulance near entrance

Truro Collection: Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916
Red Cross nurses and patients in an unidentified ward, decorated in flags, paper chains and greenery for Christmas. Names of the patients and nurses are unknown. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916
Red Cross nurses and patients in St Austell Ward, decorated in flags, lanterns and greenery for Christmas. First prize for decorations

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916
Red Cross nurses and patients in C2 Hain Ward. The back of the photograph reads:- " To Nurse Maunders with best wishes from H.P. Sutton?, L.J. Soper, H.C. Pring, H. Chettenden, Wm. Farmery, G

Truro Collection: Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall. July 1918

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall. July 1918
X Ward interior with nurses and patients. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
X Ward. Exterior view of wooden building in grounds. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Taken from St Clement. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Pre 1908

Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Pre 1908
View of hospital from the rear, showing the garden. Photographer: Arthur Philp

Truro Collection: Patients and nurses outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall

Patients and nurses outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 28th January 1916
A group posing at the hospital entrance. Winifred Whitworth, the Red Cross nurse on the left, and the matron (possibly Miss Chaff) centre front. Two of the patients in full military uniform

Truro Collection: Patients outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 21st July 1916

Patients outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 21st July 1916
Three men in wheelchairs, one in military uniform, apparently engaged in a race outside the hospital, with evident enjoyment. Hospital staff looking on. Convertible car, AF 1558 in the background

Truro Collection: Collection day for Our Lady, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. 18th October 1916

Collection day for Our Lady, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. 18th October 1916
Woman collecting for Our Lady Day on Boscawen Street. Lower Lemon Street in the background. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Lady and soldier on Flag Day, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. 18th October 1916

Lady and soldier on Flag Day, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. 18th October 1916
Collecting day for " Our Lady" Day. The soldier is a sergeant in the 14th (County of London) Battalion, London Scottish Regiment

Truro Collection: A weeks supply of eggs in Truro, Cornwall. August 1915?

A weeks supply of eggs in Truro, Cornwall. August 1915?
Elderly woman in a shop displaying eggs collected to feed wounded soldiers. There is a sign appealing for donations : Our wounded sorely need your aid! Will you help

Truro Collection: Posed group of young women, possibly Corn Exchange, Truro, Cornwall. 22nd February 1918

Posed group of young women, possibly Corn Exchange, Truro, Cornwall. 22nd February 1918
Women advertising a sale of goods to raise funds for YMCA Hut. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Russian Flag Day, corner of Boscawen Street and Lower Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall

Russian Flag Day, corner of Boscawen Street and Lower Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. 22nd September 1915 (or similar)
Russian Flag Day in Boscawen Street Truro. Ladies with stall on corner of Lemon Street. Notice, partly illegible reads " Some of the men you are helping, every penny counts"

Truro Collection: Collectors on Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. Friday 13th July 1917

Collectors on Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. Friday 13th July 1917
Red Cross collectors in fancy dress for " Frances Day", on Boscawen Street. Bullen Brothers shop is to the left of the picture. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Hospital Day collection in Truro, Cornwall. 1910s

Hospital Day collection in Truro, Cornwall. 1910s
Collecting, probably for the Red Cross, during the First World War. The collecting box has " Hospital Day Collection" printed on it

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Formerly known as St Clements Hospital, viewed from field. This building used to be the Union Workhouse. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Ambulance crews, Truro railway station, Cornwall. Around Christmas 1917

Ambulance crews, Truro railway station, Cornwall. Around Christmas 1917
A group of Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital ambulance men etc. and their vehicles. Photographed outside Truro railway station

Truro Collection: Staff and patients outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. 21st July 1916

Staff and patients outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. 21st July 1916
Nurses, including Red Cross nurses, and patients, some in military uniform, four of them wheelchair-bound, posing in a large group outside the Infirmary. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. 1917

Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. 1917
Main facade of the hospital during the First World War, female dressed in black on entrance steps. Photographer: Possibly Arthur Philp

Truro Collection: Patients and nurses outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. 1915-1916

Patients and nurses outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. 1915-1916
A large group of nurses and patients at the entrance to the hospital. Matron seated centre front, next to a man in a civilian suit. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: Patients and nurses outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 1916

Patients and nurses outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 1916
A large group of nurses and patients, some with crutches, some bed-bound, at the entrance to the hospital. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: A game of croquet in the garden at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall

A game of croquet in the garden at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 21st July 1916
A patient, leaning on a crutch, and a smiling nurse, playing croquet, to the enjoyment of an onlooker. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: A game of croquet outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 21st July 1916

A game of croquet outside the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 21st July 1916
A patient, kneeling and using a crutch as a mallet, engaged in a game of croquet with a nurse in the hospital garden, with assistance from a matron and with three onlookers

Truro Collection: DCLI sergeants, possibly Truro, Cornwall. 1915

DCLI sergeants, possibly Truro, Cornwall. 1915
Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry sergeants standing in a line. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: War memorial, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. 12th November 1922

War memorial, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. 12th November 1922
Wreath-bedecked memorial. The memorial was unveiled on 15th October 1922 to commemorate those who died in the First World War (1914-1918)

War memorial, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. 12th November 1922
Wreath-bedecked memorial, with onlookers. The memorial was unveiled on 15th October 1922 to commemorate those who died in the First World War (1914-1918)

Truro Collection: War memorial, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 12th November 1922

War memorial, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 12th November 1922
Wreath-bedecked memorial, with onlookers. The memorial was unveiled on 15th October 1922 to commemorate those who died in the First World War (1914-1918)

Truro Collection: Member of the First World War Womens Land Army at the Frances Day public meeting in Boscawen

Member of the First World War Womens Land Army at the Frances Day public meeting in Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall
Man making a speech from a platform. Lady in WaC uniform (with hat badge) seated to his left. Member of the Womens Land Army uniform seated to her left. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Truro Collection: St John Ambulance collection, Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. October 1915

St John Ambulance collection, Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. October 1915
Woman pinning a flag onto a gentlemans lapel for British Red Cross Our Day collection on Lemon Street. Woman collecting money for wounded soldiers at the front

Truro Collection: Russian Flag Day, Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. 22nd September 1915

Russian Flag Day, Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. 22nd September 1915
Two ladies pinning a flag on a soldier and collecting at the top of Lemon Street, not far from the Infirmary Hill turning, for Russian Flag Day. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Ambulance crews, Truro railway station, Cornwall. Around Christmas 1917
A group of Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital ambulance men etc. and their vehicles, photographed outside Truro railway station

Truro Collection: Invalid sailors, The Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. 25th February 1916

Invalid sailors, The Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro, Cornwall. 25th February 1916
A group of nine sailors, three in wheel chairs. Photograph taken in the grounds of The Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro. There are various cap badges being worn

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall. Christmas 1916
Red Cross nurses and patients in St Levan ward, decorated with paper chains and greenery for Christmas. Names of the patients and nurses are unknown. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
X Ward. Nurses and military personnel lined up outside ward. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

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