Beatrice Bowman
The story behind Beatrice Bowman's scrapbook detailing her experiences working as a nurse during the First World War.
Service Scrapbooks: Nursing and Storytelling in the First World War focuses on the First World War stories of nine nurses and one VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment). Each one of them left behind a scrapbook detailing their experiences in the Great War.
Please note the historical documents have not been edited and some contain discriminatory language.
Beatrice Longmire
Read the story behind a member of QAIMNS’ scrapbook, with entries from soldiers from around the world.
Beatrice Tanner
The diary of a nurse who worked on hospital barges during the battle of the Somme in the First World War.
Florence Blythe-Brown
The story behind the diaries and scrapbook of a nurse in London, dodging zeppelin raids and offers of love alike.
Hilda Hand
Discover the stories behind the scrapbook and photo album of a nurse in India and the Indian soldiers she nursed during the war.
Jessie Akehurst
Discover the stories behind the scrapbook of a member of TFNS who nursed in both Oxford and Salonica, Greece.
Josephine Angois
Discover the stories behind the photographs and newspaper clippings preserved by a VAD serving in France during the First World War.
Mabel Pearce
Discover the stories the poetry of the lovesick and see beautiful illustrations by soldiers nursed in England, Greece and Italy during the First World War.
May Wilson
Discover the stories behind the scrapbook kept by a nurse who left Canada to help England’s war effort. Please note, this scrapbook contains racist language.
Nellie Carter
Discover the story behind the scrapbook kept by a nurse who sailed around Europe to bring injured soldiers back to England.
Scottish Women's Hospitals
A collection of glass lantern slides created by staff at the Royal College of Nursing Education Department.