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• Red Cross ambulance, heraldic china

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Shelley China (Longton, Stoke-on-Trent)

  First World War period British commemorative china ambulance associated with the service of (397500) Private Daniel Cohen, Army Service Corps (ASC).

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A patient at 3rd London General Hospital examines a plaster cast of his own face. This will be used to create a mask to cover his facial injuries, which can be clearly seen.

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Captain Derwent Wood RA of the RAMC holds an artist's palette as he adds the finishing touches to a patient's new facial plate. He is trying to make the mask blend in as much as possible to the patient's skin and make it look as life-like as possible.

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A selection of some of the items used to disguise facial injury, during the early development of plastic surgery. Included are eyes, ears, noses, and parts of the face, as well as several pairs of spectacles, which were used to disguise the joins and...

• HOME DEFENCE IN BRITAIN, 1914

  part of "SPORT & GENERAL PRESS AGENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) 1914-11-30

  Cyclist despatch riders of the Wandsworth Home Defence Battalion, Wandsworth, London.

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  The face of a patient is covered with plaster by the assistants of Captain Francis Derwent Wood at 3rd London General Hospital. A mould is being made of the patient's face so that a mask can be created which covers his injuries and fits his face...

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Captain Francis Derwent Wood RA puts the finishing touches to a cosmetic plate and compares it to the face of the disfigured patient for whom the plate is being made. Derwent Wood was a sculptor who had joined the Royal Army Medical Corps.

• HOME DEFENCE IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1914

  part of "SPORT & GENERAL PRESS AGENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) 1914-08

  The Wandsworth Battalion of the Home Defence digging trenches on Wandsworth Common in August 1914.

• HOME DEFENCE IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1914

  part of "SPORT & GENERAL PRESS AGENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) 1914-11-30

  Men of the Wandsworth Home Defence Battalion undertaking musketry instruction on 30 November 1914.

• HOME DEFENCE IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1914

  part of "SPORT & GENERAL PRESS AGENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) 1914-11-30

  1st Wandsworth Home Defence Battalion on a route march on 30 November 1914. F A N Webster (commandant) and E F Harp (adjudant) lead on horse back.