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Description: | Ernest Proctor Nov 16 18
image: a cityscape view across a wide bridge spanning a river. On the far bank in the centre is a large hotel building lettered 'Christol', while other substantial buildings extend on either side. The bridge is busy with uniformed and civilian figures and vehicles; an ambulance is turning off the bridge in the foreground.
A large 19th century hotel, conveniently situated near the port on the north bank of the river Liane, the Hotel Christol was rapidly commandeered for military purposes in 1914. For a brief period at the beginning of the war it was No.7 Red Cross Hospital (Allied Base Hospital) before becoming the Head Quarters of the Red Cross in France in 1915. It was also used as a Hostel and Restaurant for Red Cross workers and relatives passing through Boulogne until May 1919. It continued in use as a hotel until the Second World War, when it was destroyed along with large swathes of the waterfront. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | French Army Military Personnel motor vehicles Architecture French Army 1914-1918 military vehicles cityscape Western Front First World War French Home Front 1914-1918 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Procter, Ernest (ARA) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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