Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp.
Published / Created:
Abergele, Wales, 1917.
Physical Description:
1 volume (94 photographs) ; 17 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
The Kinmel camp was built in 1914 on the grounds of Kinmel Hall (near Abergele, Wales). The large basic training facility took over a substantial area of parkland, and had its own branch railway line connecting to the main line at Foryd Station in Rhyl. In addition to the medical facility, the camp also contained a number of stores, a Post Office, a bakery, a theater/cinema, and a number of churches. The camp included areas set aside for bayonet practice and trench fighting, a series of trenches being built both at Kinmel and in nearby Bodelwyddan Park. Despite the sense of camaraderie on display in the present album, Kinmel Camp ultimately gained notoriety for a riot which took place on March 4th and 5th, 1919, in which 20,000 war weary soldiers expressed their anger at their treatment at the end of the First World War. Five men were killed, and 23 were injured.
Exhibition History:
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01)
Subject Terms:
World War, 1914–1918 -- Medical care -- Great Britain. | World War, 1914–1918 -- Hospitals -- Great Britain. | Kinmel Hall (Abergele, Wales) | Military nursing -- Great Britain. | Nurses -- Great Britain. | Kinmel Park Military Training Camp (Bodelwyddan, Wales)
Form/Genre:
Photographs. | Photograph albums. | Gelatin silver prints.
