To commemorate 110 years since the start of the First World War Blenheim Palace has unveiled previously archived documents detailing its time as a military hospital.
When war was declared in August 1914 and injured soldiers began to return to England, locations were needed to house these men – makeshift hospitals equipped to deal with the traumas of modern battle.
Best known for being the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, Blenheim Palace was, in the opening months of the conflict, a site used as a makeshift hospital for Britain’s injured soldiers.
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