Stretcher Case Collection

Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, c1800. Artist: John Pass
Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, c1800. View of the north front of the hospital showing a man being stretchered through the front gates

Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I, 1918. Villers-Bretonneux was the scene of the first tank battle in history, on 24th April 1918

Frontal from the base of a funerary couch... Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty
Frontal from the base of a funerary couch with Sogdian musicians and dancers and Buddhist divinities, Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577

Lateral stretcher from the base of a funerary couch... Period of Division
Lateral stretcher from the base of a funerary couch with Sogdian musicians and a dancer, Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577

Road accident, Calabria road, Islington, London, 1925. A London County Council ambulance attending a road accident victim

British armoured car, near Guillemont, France, Somme campaign, World War I, 1916. Stretcher cases are lying beside the road and an ambulance stands behind the armoured car

Wounded men waiting to be taken away to a clearing station, France, World War I, 1916. During the Battle of the Somme

An advanced dressing station, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. A Red Cross flag is affixed to a tree

Patients being taken on board a hospital barge, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916

First aid competition, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist: Michael Walters
First aid competition, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. A volunteer is lifted onto a stretcher during a first aid competition which was held by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB)

Carrying a wounded soldier to a first aid post, Passchendaele, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Receiving an accident case at Poplar Hospital, London, c1903 (1903).The Poplar Hospital for Accidents opened in 1858 on East India Road under the patronage of the Quaker banker

David Livingstone being carried on a makeshift stretcher through the jungle, Africa, 19th century. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873)

Wounded fusilier after the Boers brave stand near Orange River, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Stretcher bearers caring for wounded at an improvised first aid post, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Ambulance drill on board the cruiser HMS Tartar, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Ambulance drill on board the cruiser HMS Tartar, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 17th January 1896

Lifting wounded soldiers onto a hospital train, East Africa, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Belgian stretcher bearers carrying wounded in a trench, Dixmude, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

German prisoners carrying British wounded, World War I, 1916. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
German prisoners carrying British wounded, World War I, 1916. During the assault on Trones Wood, part of the Battle of the Somme. Stereoscopic card detail

First aid to a wounded fusilier, Honey Nest Kloof Battle, Boer War, South Africa, February 1900
First aid to a wounded fusilier, Honey Nest Kloof Battle, Boer War, South Africa, 13th February 1900. Stereoscopic card

French field hospital near Moreuil, Picardy, France, 1918

Transportation of the injured, Allied operations in the Dardanelles, Turkey, 1915-1916. Launched in March 1915, the Allied landings on the Gallipoli peninsula were intended to establish a supply

Austrian soldiers on the way to hospital, Battle of the Isonzo, World War I, 1915. After declaring war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire on 23 May 1915

A wounded German soldier at a dressing station, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

First relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny, 25th September 1857
First relief of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny, 25th September 1857. Soldiers of a Highland Regiment entering the city

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