Visitors pass from empty bed to empty bed, like Royals, silently soaking up the dread atmosphere with remote respect.
Examining clipboard histories, rehearsing their medical soaps. Volunteers answer questions, the front line troops in trying to raise our war dead back to life.
Have a care John Willie was not just a private, not a number, nor a diagnosis. He was a person and a brave soldier.
Old photos frame soldiers' pains, they're wearing posterity masks, hiding feelings and memories that lurch back again and again.