found this earlier today and its great so hope ypu like
http://britisharmynurses.com/wp/emily-jane-woods-boer-war-diary/
they also have a facebook page
Hi Sue,
Thanks for all that - got a little carried away reading the war diaries so had better get on with a little work!
Well worth a look - I will read on later...
Will.
And how about this....
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-33057839
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41682481
Perhaps not strictly nurses, perhaps more air ambulance, but they undoubtedly nursed many of our WWI soldiers and brought them home - or died trying. And weren't they so very young....?
Not 'Nightingales' in our understanding maybe, but who could have done more...
Will.
Just had a quick read, they were nurses. Wow, simply amazing, all praise to them, lest we forget!
Hi.
Another nice link about a WW1 Passchendaele nurse...
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-41998708
Adding another grain to the sands of our nursing history....
Plus a little more about the same nurse (Nellie Spindler) and Elsie Mabel Gladstone also a nurse.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-40976974 Passchendaele...And much more...
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40752279
Will.
Hi.
And another couple of links for 'Army Nursing' (especially Scotland), although initially about a doctor:-
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-41915396
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-35351778
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42096350
You seem to have started something with this one Sue...
Will.