5925280 Hospital train, France, 1914 circa (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Hospital train, France, 1914 circa. Photograph, World War One (1914-1918), 1914 circa. A casualty being moved on a stretcher from an ambulance on to an ambulance train. Ambulance trains had proved their worth in South Africa during the Boer War (1899-1902). The first ambulance trains on the Western Front were conversions of French rolling stock. By 1915 specially designed trains, equipped with operating theatres and kitchens, were operating in France and Belgium.); by National Army Museum ; out of copyright.