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Description: | British civilian nurse with Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment in GB and Egypt, 1914-1919. Survived torpedoing of Aragon in Mediterranean, 1917
REEL 1 Recollections of journey to Egypt on board Aragon, 1917: family's Red Cross activities and period as VAD nurse, pre-1917; preparations for nursing abroad; uniform and kit; conditions in embarkation camp; conditions on board Aragon; atmosphere on board ship.
REEL 2 Continues: torpedo attack on Aragon; abandoning sinking ship. Aspects of period at 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 1918: description of hospital. Aspects of sinking of Aragon, 1917: torpedoing of ship; escaping from sinking ship.
REEL 3 Continues: Aspects of Red Cross nursing training and work as VAD, GB, c1914-1915. Aspects of period as VAD nurse at 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 1918-1919: living conditions. Aspects of sinking of Aragon: reaction to watching fellow passengers drowning; weather conditions. Aspects of period on board hospital ship, 1919.
REEL 4 Continues: Aspects of period at 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, 1916: description of bath ward. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Brooks, Margaret A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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