Wounded soldiers who arrived at Gwy House on March 17, 1915.
In the centre is the first commandant Mrs Stacey of St Pierre, and on the right is the ‘lady superintendent’, trained nurse Emma Goold.
Photograph from Chepstow Museum, ©Monmou
FOR many men the armistice was not the end of their war.
This week's photograph is a reminder that as well as those killed, there were those whose lives were changed forever, with the loss of limbs and other physical injuries as well as the mental scars that many would carry to their graves.
Gwy House, now Chepstow Museum’s home, was a Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital for convalescing soldiers until 1919.
Apart from the lady commandant-in-charge and a trained staff nurse, the rest of the nurses were local volunteers, working unpaid.
The hospital was mainly equipped and maintained by gifts of furniture and linen and food, and through collections in the community.
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