Photo record of a First World War nurse’s work

The Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) comprised volunteer civilians providing care to British, Empire and allied troops during the First World War, both in field hospitals near to the battlefield and in more established places of recuperation back home.

Although the VAD was formed in 1909, when war broke out five years later it expanded hugely. Of 74…

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