Talk – Hospital Blues – Nursing in Dorset during the First World War
Dorchester Association For the Research into Local History and Archaeology 2025/26 Programme
Hospital Blues – Nursing in Dorset during the First World War. An estimated 60,000 volunteers served with the British Red Cross in hospitals, caring for injured servicemen. This was largely sustained by female voluntary labour, V.A.D.’s. by Luke Mouland.
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