The Story of British V.A.D. Work in the Great War |
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Page 136
... comfort of the men as they pass through the station . Some of them are taken into the rest - room for a time . The work is trying , and has no glamour of publicity , but it is deeply appreciated by the patients , and of its value there ...
... comfort of the men as they pass through the station . Some of them are taken into the rest - room for a time . The work is trying , and has no glamour of publicity , but it is deeply appreciated by the patients , and of its value there ...
Page 209
... comfort it has brought to the hard - worked sisters is extraordinary ; for life on an Ambulance train is more exciting than comfort- able , and it is no small matter to have the added dis- comfort of not being able to get clean linen ...
... comfort it has brought to the hard - worked sisters is extraordinary ; for life on an Ambulance train is more exciting than comfort- able , and it is no small matter to have the added dis- comfort of not being able to get clean linen ...
Page 249
... comfort in a job of this kind ; but " somebody has got to do it ; I may as well be that somebody as any one else . " A valiant spirit , and one which has made English people the real friends of France . It is no unusual thing for the ...
... comfort in a job of this kind ; but " somebody has got to do it ; I may as well be that somebody as any one else . " A valiant spirit , and one which has made English people the real friends of France . It is no unusual thing for the ...
Contents
CHAP PAGE | 9 |
HISTORY OF THE V A D MOVEMENT | 20 |
THE BOMBARDMENT OF A V A D HOSPITAL | 80 |
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