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• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Injured servicemen sit on their beds and make dressing table mats at the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. The original caption states that "apart from the relief from boredom which this work affords the men, it also...

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Private Langley (facing camera) hits the ball to Private G Small (back to camera) during a game of table tennis at the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. Both men are from Glasgow: Private Langley served with the Parachute...

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Leading Aircraftman Cheshire sit at a loom and weaves a rug as part of his rehabilitation at the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. The original caption states that LAC Cheshire was admitted to the hospital with a broken...

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Nurses make up plaster cast moulds at the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Corporal M Barnes (right) smokes a cigarette as he sits up in his hospital bed to open a newly-arrived parcel at the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. Corporal Barnes comes from Burnley in Lancashire and served with the...

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Mealtime on the ward at the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. Trooper L Holmes (foreground) has to rest his plate on his chest as he is unable to move his body or legs. Trooper Holmes is from Bermondsey and served with...

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Mealtime on the ward at the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. Nurse D Oliver feeds Private N Jones. Private Jones served with the Durham Light Infantry before he was wounded in both arms and one leg in Normandy.

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Private Wheatland works on some fretwork, with the assistance of Signalman J Myson (seated on the floor) in the workshop at the Derwen, part of the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A wounded man is helped with his squatting exercises by a nurse at the the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. These exercises are designed to strengthen his leg muscles, which have been weakened through injury.

• REHABILITATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM NORMANDY: THE WORK OF THE ROBERT JONES AND DAME AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Miss Lily Moores makes plaster bandages for wounded soldiers at the Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. According to the original caption, Miss Moores is a patient at the civilian side of the hospital.