Examination Schools used as Military Hospital during WWI

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Unused Postcard - Pub: Alden & Co, Oxford (Matthison Series)

Original painting by W Matthison (Ref: PC_OxfOther_0256)

During the First World War, the Examination Schools together with Somerville College and other Oxford buildings were requisitioned by the War Office to create the 3rd Southern General Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps to treat military casualties. The headquarters of the hospital were at the Examination Schools.