Exhibition: Stories of Exeter's War Hospitals 1914-1919

Event

Tuesday 19 September 2017, 11:00 to Saturday 23 September 2017, 15:30

Presented by Exeter Local History Society

Supported by Gateways to the First World War

St Stephen’s Church, High Street, Exeter EX4 3LW

Tue, Wed, Fri: 11.00-16.00 Thu: 11.00-18.00 Sat: 11.00-15.30

An exhibition to commemorate the magnificent contribution made by the people of Exeter and district to the care of the sick and wounded soldiers of the First World War.

Stories of Exeter’s War Hospitals, 1914-1919 is one of the projects supported by Gateways, and the county’s Devon Remembers Heritage Project to commemorate the centenary of the First World War by exploring what life was like on the home front in Devon. A small research group from Exeter Local History Society (composed of former NHS staff) has been exploring the range of information that survives about the seven sites in Exeter that were used as Red Cross temporary war hospitals, the patients who were admitted to them, and the staff and volunteers who provided treatment and care within the hospitals and in the wider community.