Gertrude Olive Hornsey VAD
Olive served with the VAD at Eaton Hall Convalescent Home, Cheshire, joining in October 1917 at age 23 and was discharged in April 1920. She met her husband Russell Murray whilst he was convalescing there after being wounded at the front. She later described collecting sphagnum moss from the moors to dress the wounds with.
Discharge cert
photo album
photo album
Photograph album, front cover
Book
Medical
Home Front
Women
Gertrude Olive Hornsey
Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Cheshire
Eaton Hall, Cheshire where Gertrude served as a VAD and met husband William Russell Murray.
Photograph
Eaton Hall Cheshire
Young women in the grounds
Young women in the grounds (of Eaton Hall?)
William Russell Murray and Gertrude Olive Hornsey
William Russell Murray and Gertrude Olive Hornsey??
Young man in uniform and young woman
A uniformed officer
England
Uniformed officer
Aerial Warfare
Young woman in a boat and aviator in long coat
LH picture is of a young woman in a boat. RH picture is of a man standing by a hut dressed warmly in aviator's gear including a long leather coat, helmet and goggles.
VADs in uniform and soldier in uniform
Propaganda
Woman in uniform, soldiers in uniform. Photographed on frozen lake
Woman in uniform, soldiers in uniform. Photographed on frozen lake, some are putting on skates
Soldier in uniform and women on frozen lake
Gertrude Olive Hornsey?
Soldiers and young women on a frozen lake, one wearing a uniform hat. RH picture of 3 women has granny? underneath.
Photographs labelled: Celebrations at Eaton Hall 1919 show soldiers in uniform and women in VAD uniform. Also soliders in VAD uniform!
Celebrations at Eaton Hall 1919
Trench Life
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Nurses at Eaton Hall, 1920
English
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Matron and sisters Eaton 1919.
Slovenščina
Soldiers and nurses at Eaton Hall, 1916 and 1919
Goldie
Goldie April 1920
Soldier in uniform and civilian clothes
Front
Discharge certificate of Gertrude Olive Hornsey from the VAD. Certificate no. 706
Discharge certificate of Gertrude Olive Hornsey from the VAD
Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Official document
Remembrance
Photograph album. Mostly from Eaton Hall
Photograph album, 25 pages. Mostly from Eaton Hall. Includes nurses in uniform, soldiers in unform and civilians.
CONTRIBUTOR
Fiona Robinson
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
136
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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