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VAD nurses and patients inside Hilders Hospital in Haslemere, 1917. To the left is masseuse Miss Scoones (of the Almeric Paget Military Massage Corps) tending to a patient. To the right is Sister Emerson, who became matron in 1919. Like Private Fred Hamilton, not all patients wounds are physical. © IWM (Q 108081)

Private Fred Hamilton in the Great War

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Private Fred Hamilton 116154 born on 17 September 1895 in Manchester, England. Fred a farmer and carpenter. His father Jonathan Hamilton of 1625 36th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Fred stood 5′ 8″ tall, 148 pounds, with…