Window Installations at the Headley Court Veterans' Orthopaedic Centre

Patients and visitors to the Headley Court Veterans' Orthopaedic Centre may have noticed the window installations around the building.

During the design phase of the project, the Architectural Design Team for the Headley Court Veterans' Orthopaedic Centre were looking for ideas of suitable artwork that could be featured on the windows around the building.

Nia Pritchard, who works as part of the Trust's Medical Illustration Team, found a series of historic photographs that have a strong military connection to RJAH and the local area. After obtaining permission, high resolution versions of the images were digitally restored for print.

These images and information about each image, obtained from the Imperial War Museums, can be found below.

Rehabilitation of British Soldiers from Normandy - the work of RJAH

In the sunshine, Lance Corporal Whitefield of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) pushes an injured RAF armourer on a trolley around the grounds of The Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry. According to the original caption: ATS girls from a neighbouring camp give up their spare time to wheel patients around the grounds".

Lance Corporal E Alton, of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, bowls a ball using his uninjured arm during a cricket match at The Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry. His left arm is in plaster, as he was wounded by shrapnel at Cassino. Fielding is Sergeant D A Pailthorpe, originally from Worthing in Sussex, who served with the Airborne Division before his injury.

Women's Auxiliary Air Force

The first Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Nursing Orderlies selected to fly on air-ambulance duties to France, standing in front of a Douglas Dakota Mark III of No. 233 Squadron RAF at B2/Bazenville, Normandy. From left to right: Leading Aircraftwoman Myra Roberts of Oswestry, Corporal Lydia Alford of Eastleigh and Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Birbeck of Wellingborough.