Army Hospital Ship. HM Hospital Ship Oxfordshire, Palestine 1948, watercolour on paper showing soldiers recovering whilst returning from Palestine in 1948, inscribed lower left 'RAMC Mess Deck H.S. Oxfordshire 1948' and lower right 'W D HS' with war department arrow, 22 x 29cm, unframed HMHS Oxfordshire was a passenger liner built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. She entered service as Oxfordshire for Bibby Line in 1912 on the Birkenhead to Rangoon service. She was the first British merchant ship to be requisitioned for war service in 1914 and served as a hospital ship before being decommissioned in 1919. In 1939 she was again in service as a hospital ship and was decommissioned after returning to Southampton from Palestine with wounded troops in 1948.
Army Hospital Ship. HM Hospital Ship Oxfordshire, Palestine 1948, watercolour on paper showing soldiers recovering whilst returning from Palestine in 1948, inscribed lower left 'RAMC Mess Deck H.S. Oxfordshire 1948' and lower right 'W D HS' with war department arrow, 22 x 29cm, unframed HMHS Oxfordshire was a passenger liner built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. She entered service as Oxfordshire for Bibby Line in 1912 on the Birkenhead to Rangoon service. She was the first British merchant ship to be requisitioned for war service in 1914 and served as a hospital ship before being decommissioned in 1919. In 1939 she was again in service as a hospital ship and was decommissioned after returning to Southampton from Palestine with wounded troops in 1948.
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