Christmas at the Michie Hospital
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| Subject | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Title | Christmas at the Michie Hospital |
| Notes | Mary Coutts Michie CBE, the Widow of George MCulloch a Scottish Australian mine owner, loaned her Mansion at 184 Queens Gate for use as a British Red Cross hospital during the Great War. It was also known as the Michie hospital. In the middle of the photograph is a large Christmas Tree bedecked with flags of many nations. There is a story that Australian soldiers were particularly welcome to socials at the house. |
| Item Date | December 1917 |
| Creation place | Kensington, London |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Photograph |
| Item medium | Photographic paper |
| Content | Photograph |
| Cataloguer | Richard Marshall |
| Filename | GWA_2143_Michie_Hospital_Xmas.jpg |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Angus McCulloch |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3794 |
