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This is a transcript of an interview conducted by Age Exchange as part of the Children of the Great War project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Age Exchange is a member of The Imperial War Museum First World War
Centenary Partnership.
www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk www.age-exchange.org.uk
If you wish to contact Age Exchange about this contribution, or access other
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A brief history of the Voluntary Aid Detachment |
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About: |
The Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses club at Cavendish Square |
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The story was shared at: |
The New Cavendish Club, London, UK |
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On: |
Saturday 8th March 2014 |
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By: |
Sonja Curtis |
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AE Reference: |
NCC0001 |
Interview with Sonja Curtis
Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the New Cavendish Club)?
Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World War and the VADs started
before the First World War really.
I didn't know that...
Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I
made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out
there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the
Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada,
Australia, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World
War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened. The Red Cross and St
John's then formed hospital trains and ships that went out there to collect the wounded soldiers and on
the way out they would take supplies and on the way back they'd bring back the injured. Those trains
and ships were staffed by nurses. Most of the nurses then were trained by the Army. The Red Cross did
do a fair amount but if you wanted to find nurses, they were normally in the Army.
There was a big centre there in Pimlico wasn't there?
That's right. My opinion is, I think it was the enormity of that situation that made the Government realise
that the medical facilities you need and personnel you need for a standing Army is totally different to the
amount of personnel you need during Wartime. Nothing really changes. They couldn't afford to keep
that number when they weren't in a Wartime situation.
I want to ask you about the club. You said it has another name.
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This is a transcript of an interview conducted by Age Exchange as part of the Children of the Great War project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Age Exchange is a member of The Imperial War Museum First World War
Centenary Partnership.
www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk www.age-exchange.org.uk
If you wish to contact Age Exchange about this contribution, or access other
archive material from its the Children of The Great War project, please email
greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk
|
Title |
A brief history of the Voluntary Aid Detachment |
|
About: |
The Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses club at Cavendish Square |
|
The story was shared at: |
The New Cavendish Club, London, UK |
|
On: |
Saturday 8th March 2014 |
|
By: |
Sonja Curtis |
|
AE Reference: |
NCC0001 |
Interview with Sonja Curtis
Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the New Cavendish Club)?
Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World War and the VADs started
before the First World War really.
I didn't know that...
Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I
made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out
there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the
Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada,
Australia, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World
War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened. The Red Cross and St
John's then formed hospital trains and ships that went out there to collect the wounded soldiers and on
the way out they would take supplies and on the way back they'd bring back the injured. Those trains
and ships were staffed by nurses. Most of the nurses then were trained by the Army. The Red Cross did
do a fair amount but if you wanted to find nurses, they were normally in the Army.
There was a big centre there in Pimlico wasn't there?
That's right. My opinion is, I think it was the enormity of that situation that made the Government realise
that the medical facilities you need and personnel you need for a standing Army is totally different to the
amount of personnel you need during Wartime. Nothing really changes. They couldn't afford to keep
that number when they weren't in a Wartime situation.
I want to ask you about the club. You said it has another name.
- English (English)
This is a transcript of an interview conducted by Age Exchange as part of the Children of the Great War project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Age Exchange is a member of The Imperial War Museum First World War
Centenary Partnership.
www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk www.age-exchange.org.uk
If you wish to contact Age Exchange about this contribution, or access other
archive material from its the Children of The Great War project, please email
greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk
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Title |
A brief history of the Voluntary Aid Detachment |
|
About: |
The Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses club at Cavendish Square |
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The story was shared at: |
The New Cavendish Club, London, UK |
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On: |
Saturday 8th March 2014 |
|
By: |
Sonja Curtis |
|
AE Reference: |
NCC0001 |
Interview with Sonja Curtis
Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the New Cavendish Club)?
Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World War and the VADs started
before the First World War really.
I didn't know that...
Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I
made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out
there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the
Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada,
Australia, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World
War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened. The Red Cross and St
John's then formed hospital trains and ships that went out there to collect the wounded soldiers and on
the way out they would take supplies and on the way back they'd bring back the injured. Those trains
and ships were staffed by nurses. Most of the nurses then were trained by the Army. The Red Cross did
do a fair amount but if you wanted to find nurses, they were normally in the Army.
There was a big centre there in Pimlico wasn't there?
That's right. My opinion is, I think it was the enormity of that situation that made the Government realise
that the medical facilities you need and personnel you need for a standing Army is totally different to the
amount of personnel you need during Wartime. Nothing really changes. They couldn't afford to keep
that number when they weren't in a Wartime situation.
I want to ask you about the club. You said it has another name.
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This is a transcript of an interview conducted by Age Exchange as part of the Children of the Great War project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Age Exchange is a member of The Imperial War Museum First World War Centenary Partnership. www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk www.age-exchange.org.uk If you wish to contact Age Exchange about this contribution, or access other archive material from its the Children of The Great War project, please email greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk Title A brief history of the Voluntary Aid Detachment About: The Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses club at Cavendish Square The story was shared at: The New Cavendish Club, London, UK On: Saturday 8th March 2014 By: Sonja Curtis AE Reference: NCC0001 Interview with Sonja Curtis Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the New Cavendish Club)? Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World War and the VADs started before the First World War really. I didn't know that... Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened. The Red Cross and St John's then formed hospital trains and ships that went out there to collect the wounded soldiers and on the way out they would take supplies and on the way back they'd bring back the injured. Those trains and ships were staffed by nurses. Most of the nurses then were trained by the Army. The Red Cross did do a fair amount but if you wanted to find nurses, they were normally in the Army. There was a big centre there in Pimlico wasn't there? That's right. My opinion is, I think it was the enormity of that situation that made the Government realise that the medical facilities you need and personnel you need for a standing Army is totally different to the amount of personnel you need during Wartime. Nothing really changes. They couldn't afford to keep that number when they weren't in a Wartime situation. I want to ask you about the club. You said it has another name.
This is a transcript of an interview conducted by Age Exchange as part of the Children of the Great War project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Age Exchange is a member of The Imperial War Museum First World War Centenary Partnership. www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk www.age-exchange.org.uk If you wish to contact Age Exchange about this contribution, or access other archive material from its the Children of The Great War project, please email greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk Title A brief history of the Voluntary Aid Detachment About: The Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses club at Cavendish Square The story was shared at: The New Cavendish Club, London, UK On: Saturday 8th March 2014 By: Sonja Curtis AE Reference: NCC0001 Interview with Sonja Curtis Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the Cavendish Club)? Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World war and the VADs started before the First World War really. I didn't know that... Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened. The Red Cross and St John's then formed hospital trains and ships that went out there to collect the wounded soldiers and on the way out they would take supplies and on the way back they'd bring back the injured. Those trains and ships were staffed by nurses. Most of the nurses then were trained by the Army. The Red Cross did do a fair amount but if you wanted to find nurses, they were normally in the Army. There was a big centre there in Pimlico wasn't there? That's right. My opinion is, I think it was the enormity of that situation that made the Government realise that the medical facilities you need and personnel you need for a standing Army is totally different to the amount of personnel you need during Wartime. Nothing really changes. They couldn't afford to keep that number when they weren't in a Wartime situation. I want to ask you about the club. You said it has another name.
This is a transcript of an interview conducted by Age Exchange as part of the Children of the Great War project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Age Exchange is a member of The Imperial War Museum First World War Centenary Partnership. www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk www.age-exchange.org.uk If you wish to contact Age Exchange about this contribution, or access other archive material from its the Children of The Great War project, please email greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk Title A brief history of the Voluntary Aid Detachment About: The Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses club at Cavendish Square The story was shared at: The New Cavendish Club, London, UK On: Saturday 8th March 2014 By: Sonja Curtis AE Reference: NCC0001 Interview with Sonja Curtis Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the Cavendish Club)? Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World war and the VADs started before the First World War really. I didn't know that... Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened. The Red Cross and St John's then formed hospital trains and ships that went out there to collect the wounded soldiers and on the way out they would take supplies and on the way back they'd bring back the injured. Those trains and ships were staffed by nurses. Most of the nurses then were trained by the Army. The Red Cross did do a fair amount but if you wanted to find nurses, they were normally in the Army. There was a big centre there in Pimlico wasn't there? That's right. My opinion is, I think it was the enormity of that situation that made the Government realise that the medical facilities you need and personnel you need for a standing Army is totally different to the amount of personnel you need during Wartime. Nothing really changes. They couldn't afford to keep that number when they weren't in a Wartime situation. I want to ask you about the club. You said it has another name.
This is a transcript of an interview conducted by Age Exchange as part of the Children of the Great War project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Age Exchange is a member of The Imperial War Museum First World War Centenary Partnership. www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk www.age-exchange.org.uk If you wish to contact Age Exchange about this contribution, or access other archive material from its the Children of The Great War project, please email greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk Title A brief history of the Voluntary Aid Detachment About: The Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses club at Cavendish Square The story was shared at: The New Cavendish Club, London, UK On: Saturday 8th March 2014 By: Sonja Curtis AE Reference: NCC0001 Interview with Sonja Curtis Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the Cavendish Club)? Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World war and the VADs started before the First World War really. I didn't know that... Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened. The Red Cross and St John's then formed hospital trains and ships that went out there to collect the wounded soldiers and on the way out they would take supplies and on the way back they'd bring back the injured. Those trains and ships were staffed by nurses. Most of the nurses then were trained by the Army. The Red Cross did do a fair amount but if you wanted to find nurses, they were normally in the Army. There was a big centre there in Pimlico wasn't there? That's right. My opinion is, I think it was the enormity of that situation that made the Government realise that the medical facilities you need and personnel you need for a standing Army is totally different to the amount of personnel you need during Wartime. Nothing really changes. They couldn't afford to keep that number when they weren't in a Wartime situation. I want to ask you about the club. You said it has another name.
Interview with Sonja Curtis Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the Cavendish Club)? Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World war and the VADs started before the First World War really. I didn't know that... Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada, Australie, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened. The Red Cross and St John's then formed hospital trains and ships that went out there to collect the wounded soldiers and on the way out they would take supplies and on the way back they'd bring back the injured. Those trains and ships were staffed by nurses. Most of the nurses then were trained by the Army. The Red Cross did do a fair amoutn but if you wanted to find nurses, they were normally in the Army. There was a big centre there in Pimlico wasn't there? That's right. My opinion is, I think it was the enormity of that situation that made the Government realise that the medical facilities you need and personel you need for a standing Army is totally different to the amoutn of personnel you need during Wartime. Nothing really changes. They couldn't afford to keep that number when they weren't in a Wartime situation. I want to ask you about the club. You said it has another name.
Interview with Sonja Curtis Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the Cavendish Club)? Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World war and the VADs started before the First World War really. I didn't know that... Well I believe that you've really got to go back to Florence Nightingale and the Crimea War because, I made a note of the date of this because I'm not good on dates. That happened in 1899. She went out there - there were 38 nursing ladies, or ladies that knew a bit about nursing. 43 years later we had the Second World War and I think mainly nurses volunteered from Commonwealth countries like Canada, Australie, and New Zealand. The women actually wanted to go and nurse and help out in the World War and Britain wasn't really keen to have them. I'm not sure how it happened.
Interview with Sonja Curtis Sonja, can you just begin by telling us about your role here (at the Cavendish Club)? Ok well I'm a Membership Secretary here but I was also asked to start a charity to commemorate the VADS and all nurses that were killed during the two Great Wars. That's what we"re doing now. The Nursing War Appeal covers the First World War and the Second World war and the VADs started before the First World War really.
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| Tasks | Miles Received |
|---|---|
| Transcription | 1 Mile for every 300 characters transcribed |
| Description | 1 Mile for every 5 Descriptions added |
| Location | 1 Mile for every 5 Locations added |
| Tagging | 1 Mile for every 5 Tags added |
| Reviewing | 1 Mile for every 10 items marked as complete |
