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The Mobilisation of Britain’s Military Nurses 1914

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The day after Britain entered the First World War, a ward sister at Charing Cross Hospital, Maud Hopton, signed a War Office contract agreeing to serve with the military nursing service 'at home or abroad' for a period of one year. Three days after this Maude found herself at Aldershot with 43 other nurses preparing to embark for France as part...


Using the Red Cross Records as a Resource For Researching British Prisoners of War/George Henry Archer - The Story Behind a Postcard

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Unfortunately Roger Penny will not be able to give his talk on the Battle of the Marne from the French perspective as previously advertised. Instead John Beech will be giving a talk on Prisoners of the First World War - Using The International Committee of the Red Cross Records as a Resource   Chris Preston will be giving a short talk on George...


'The Civilian Contribution to the Medical Needs of the Great War, with examples from Cumbria by Richard Preston'

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Please note that there is no evening meeting in November.  This meeting is a daytime meeting at at the same venue as November 2023; The Storey in Lancaster.   'The Civilian Contribution to the Medical Needs of the Great War with examples from Cumbria'. Richard's talk looks at the development of VADs and how they were directly related to the grow...