Military Hospital V.R. 76, Ris-Orangis, France: wounded soldier - 10 inch gash from sword at Verdun in 1st world war. Photograph, 1916.

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1916
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30975i
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The military hospital, V.R. 76 was founded in 1915 by the Hon. Lady Johnstone and Mr Harold J. Reckitt. Situated at Ris-Orangis (12 miles south of Paris), treating only surgical cases, the hospital was the operating centre for a group of nine hospitals attached to it. The hospital closed in 1918

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1916

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1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 8.7 x 6.2 cm

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One of the bravest heroes of the Verdun fight. ... The lettering is hand-written onto opposite folio Lettering continued: "Louis Bouiller age 26. 5th artillerie. Wounded March 26; 1916 Eclat d'Arbus (?). 16 ghastly wounds. First operation at dressing station. Sword gash in shoulder 10 inch long" Folio bears number: 33

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