Queen chats with a patient

Queen Mary visiting a hospital on the Western Front. She is standing outside on a wooden balcony talking to a wounded soldier. He is lying on a bed with a sunshade propped up beside his head, to protect his face from the sun. There is a man sitting on a deckchair at the end of the bed, possibly another patient. A uniformed man stands next to the Queen, and a nurse watches the scene from the background. King George V and Queen Mary visited the Western Front on a number of occasions during World War I. Queen Mary spent a lot of her time visiting sick and wounded soldiers in hospitals behind the front line. An important function of royal visits was to raise the spirits of those involved in every aspect of the war. [Original reads: .'.ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. THE VISIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. - THE QUEEN CHATS WITH A PATIENT.'] digital.nls.uk/74546706