In pictures: discoveries from the former Battle Hospital site
The bottles used to contain Virol, which had bone marrow in it, and regular beers
One of the bottles, presumably made in Reading, Berkshire. Credit: Callum Cromwell
The bottle has the words 'R Berks MWC' Credit: Callum Cromwell
The bottle is rather small. Credit: Callum Cromwell
A Virol bottle, a tonic with bone marrow, which the Victorians and Edwardians believed had medical properties. Credit: Callum Cromwell
An Ive Borthers beer, which used to be made in Henley-on-Thames. Credit: Callum Cromwell
A Jones Bros branded beer, which appears to have a picture of rowers on it. Credit: Callum Cromwell
A line-up of the Reading and Henley beers. According to a medical historian, beers used to be given out to people in the Battle Workhouse, before it was turned into a hospital. Credit: Callum Cromwell
