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Stories categorised in 'Nursing 1939 -1945 by Pat Lawrence'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
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Nursing 1939 -1945 Chapter 1

The Army was in France, the Navy was protecting the seaways and the RAF was flying sorties over Germany...

Nursing 1939 -1945 Chapter 2

She found the written work difficult as her English was rather basic and although Sister Hale gave her...

Nursing 1939 -1945 Chapter 3

Then a dash to the Nurses’ Home to make our beds, which had been left stripped to air before...

Nursing 1939-1945 Chapter 4

It had been founded in the 1880’s by the singer, Jenny Lind, known as The Swedish Nightingale, who...

Nursing 1939 -1945 Chapter 5

There were so many army personnel that there was even a NAAFI canteen, which nurses were allowed to use....

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