Located within the 3rd London General Hospital, its proper name was the "Masks ... Sir Harold Gillies, a pioneer in the art of facial reconstruction and modern plastic surgery, recalled his ...

"In World War I, Harold Gillies ... surgery cannot produce adequate results, the soldier may elect to wear prosthetic covering. "Generally, they choose facial prostheses not so much as a mask ...

DAN SNOW:The team at Sidcup were led by Sir Harold Gillies who pioneered new methods of cosmetic surgery. Such as the ... expertise to use to make life-like masks to cover their terrible wounds.