Observations of an Orderly at an English War Hospital 1915-1917 - Softcover

Muir, Ward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846850355 ISBN 13: 9781846850356

Publisher: DIGGORY PRESS, 2006

Synopsis

A R.A.M.C. orderly's experiences during World War One at the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, in the East End of London. He relates everyday life within the hut hospital, the predominantly cockney soldier patients and their wives, matron's sternness (R.A.M.C. stands for 'Run Away Matron's Coming!’), and talks about the nurses, V.A.D.s and other staff within the hospital. He tells us of the kindness of a Nursing Sister to a soldier's family, and of another Sister's 'pilfering' ways (who after bring 'caught' promptly left for the French Front). He also talks of unloading the packed hospital trains alongside the 'Bluebottles' (the civilian London Ambulance Column) who had worked without ceasing all the previous night at Charing Cross and Paddington Stations.

The story of the blind and partially sighted soldiers out on a day trip deciding to have fun by going up and down on the escalators on the London Underground is very funny, and particularly poignant is the tale of a blind soldier's homecoming to his miner's cottage in Yorkshire.

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Synopsis

Here are an orderly's experiences during World War One at the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, in the East End of London. He relates everyday life within the hut hospital, the predominantly cockney soldier patients and their wives, matron's sternness (RAMC stands for 'Run Away Matron's Coming!), the other nurses and the VADS (of whom like all the orderlies he did not think much of) and other staff within the hospital. He tells us of the kindness of a Nursing Sister to a soldier's family, and of another Sister's 'pilfering' ways (who after bring 'caught' promptly left for the French Front). He also talks of unloading the packed hospital trains with the 'Bluebottles' (the civilian London Ambulance Column) who had worked without ceasing all the previous night at Charing Cross and Paddington Stations. Particularly poignant is the tale of a blind soldier's homecoming to his miner's cottage in Yorkshire, and the story of the blind and partially sighted soldiers out on a day trip with their RAMC escort deciding to have fun by going up and down on the escalators on the London Underground is very funny.

Edition details

• Publisher: DIGGORY PRESS
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846850355
• ISBN 13: 9781846850356
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128