Oatlands Park Hotel (Surrey, England)

Date: 1914-1918

By: Thompson, B, active 1993

Reference: PAColl-3365

Description: Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-019633 Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: 1916-1918

By: Runciman, Ivy Esther Mary, 1903-1994

Reference: PAColl-0842

Description: Postcards show: - New Zealand troops in battledress either disembarking, or embarking from motor lorries under the caption "Anzacs in France - Off to the trenches" [1917?], - Informal group portrait of soldiers captioned "Crossing the Rimutakas 1916", with Cyril Woolnough identified by a cross, - View of "New Zealand Hospital, Auxiliary, Oatlands, Surrey", - Group portrait of trainees at "Tidworth School Bayonet Class 4/3/18", with J H Pittams identified by a cross, - Windsor Castle, dated 30/1/17, with a note on the reverse: "This card and the pass was when I went to the Castle and this P.C. was given to me by Princess Alice - Harry". The writer was probably Joseph Henry Pittams. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) Postcards. 3 b&w original photographic print(s) Postcards. Provenance: Donated by Ivy Runciman, Taumurunui, 1986. The postcards were found after a death in the family. Joseph Henry Pittams' was the donor's brother.

Date: 1914-1918

Reference: PA1-o-471

Description: Album compiled by a member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918. It contains views of New Zealand Expeditionary Force camps in England, the Grey Towers Hospital, Te Whare Puni club for New Zealand soldiers, Royal Bath Hospital (at Harrogate), Oatlands Park Hotel (in use as a convalescent hospital), Malta, Gallipoli (including the landing party, in the bivvies, Anzac Cove and Walker's Ridge) and Capetown. Activities at the various camps and convalescent hospitals included mending gear, playing two-up, skinning hares for dinner, playing bowls, snow-fights. Painted title page, on back of front cover had the following signature: "Harry Thos Peat". Album belonged to Mr Peat?, photographs taken by Mr Peat? Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering under a small stylised picture of landscape with windmill; 14.5 x 18.5 cm

Date: 1916-1919, 1987-1989

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: Series-5541

Description: Includes letters E S Bibby wrote to his family while on active service, diaries 1917-1919, military documents, photographs, and ephemera relating to his military service and correspondence with researchers about his recollections of aspects of World War One, 1987-1989. Also includes letters written to family members by his brother, Bruce, from military camps in New Zealand, 1918. Also includes photographs taken or collected by E S Bibby while on military service. Other photographs of Edward Stuart Bibby's war years and of Waipawa peace celebrations are at Library references PAColl-9161, PAColl-2838-1m, and PAColl-5636-1. Edward Stuart Bibby spent most of 1916 in military camps in New Zealand. He sailed for England with the 23rd Reinforcements for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force aboard the `Ruapehu', leaving Wellington on 14 March 1917. Shortly after arriving in Etaples training camp in France in July 1917 he developed pneumonia and was shipped to England where he spent time at New Zealand military hospitals in Walton, Hornchurch and Codford. After his recovery he was sent to Sling Camp and returned to Etaples in February, 1918. In the following month he rejoined the Otago Regiment and saw action during the remainder of the war during which time he was wounded. After the war ended he returned to Sling Camp and left England for home aboard the `Tahiti' in May 1919. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 33 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 1 album(s).

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014120-G

Description: Group portrait of the orchestra at Oatlands Park, the World War I New Zealand military hospital in Weybridge, Surrey. The members, dressed in khaki, pose with their instruments. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - UK317 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014125-G

Description: Group portrait of the medical officers with the matron and sisters at Oatlands Park, the World War I New Zealand military hospital in Weybridge, Surrey. The group poses outside with the hospital and trees as a backdrop. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK322 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014123-G

Description: Group portrait of the medical officers and amputee soldiers at Oatlands Park, the World War I New Zealand military hospital in Weybridge, Surrey. The group poses outside with the hospital and trees as a backdrop. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK320 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/4-009547-G

Description: Group portrait of the matron, sisters and medical officers at Oatlands Park the New Zealand auxiliary hospital in England during World War I. Original photographer is unidentified. Copy negative may have been made by Henry Armytage Sanders. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1914-1918

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/2-203697-F

Description: Photograph of Oatlands Park Hospital, taken during World War I by Crown Studio Ltd of Wellington. The Oatland Park Hotel was requisitioned in 1916 and used as a Casualty Hospital for the New Zealand Forces serving in France. [Info from www.oatlandsparkhotel.com] Inscription on original negative envelope - #49 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014148-G

Description: General view of the exterior of Oatlands Park, the auxiliary New Zealand military hospital in England, during World War I. View from the driveway showing snow on the lawns. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - UK345 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014121-G

Description: Group portrait of the medical officers at Oatlands Park, the World War I New Zealand military hospital in Weybridge, Surrey. The group poses outside with the hospital as a backdrop. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK318 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 1919

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/2-203681-F

Description: Photograph of men on crutches watching soldiers outside Oatlands Park Hospital, taken during World War I by Crown Studio Ltd of Wellington. Inscription on original negative envelope - #39/2 Caption on album PA1-q-1092 "No.14 Leaving for the 'Marama'". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1919

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/2-203685-F

Description: Photograph of invalid soldiers with nurses outside Oatlands Park Hospital in Surrey, taken by Crown Studio Ltd of Wellington. Inscription on original negative envelope - #41/3. Caption on album PA1-q-1092 'Leaving for Torquay' Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014122-G

Description: Group portrait of the medical officers and staff (NCOs?) at Oatlands Park, the World War I New Zealand military hospital in Weybridge, Surrey. The group poses outside with the hospital and trees as a backdrop. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK319 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches