219623 Grace Pulvertaft British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment from:London Grace Pulvertaft was born in Dublin of Irish parents. She was educated in London and at the outbreak of the Great war, aged 20, became a nurse by joining the voluntary aid detachment.
She worked first in Croydon General Hospital and was later transferred to the 2nd Eastern General Hospital in Brighton.
Throughout her time in these busy hospitals she kept a diary recording her experiences along with contributions from patients and colleagues.The daily round has its lighter moments never far removed from the shadow of a terrible war.
The whole work has been published in a book titled Reminiscenses of a V.A.D. Any profits will be donated to The Red Cross Organisation.
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