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Record Number: 21861


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Only a short time ago, sitting in the elegant offices of the British Red Cross Society in Grosvenor Crescent, I read in the official "Report by the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John" the following words - a little pompous, perhaps, like the report itself, but doubtless written with the laudable intention of reassuring the anxious nursing profession: "The V.A.D. members were not ... trained nurses; nor were they entrusted with trained nurses' work except on occasions when the emergency was so great that no other course was open."'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1914 and 31 Dec 1933

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: British Red Cross Society, Grosvenor Crescent
location in dwelling: offices

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Dec 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Report by the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John

Genre:

official report

Form of Text:

Print: official report

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

21861

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Youth

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

n/a

Page:

410

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 410, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21861, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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