Queen Alexandra Visits the Wounded in the Hospital

Postcard of Queen Alexandra's visit to The Royal London.

Dated September 4th 1914 the postcard shows the large crowd gathered outside the front of The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel to see Queen Alexandra as she visited the wounded soldiers at the hospital.  The back of this picture postcard reads: 'Air raid, all safe, very close, just over us, no damage to L.H.'

Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.

Origin: 
London
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