WW1 nurse

Serving in France

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Life as a WW1 Nurse in France

This short history video comes from a WW1 nurse who describes her uniform and her desire to still be fashionable even among the horrors of war.

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A gruesome description of trench foot and frostbite together with the cause and treatment available to soldiers

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A description of a nurse's first experience of dressing a gangrene wound and the limited pain relief available

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A recital of a popular WW1 song which explains why nurses became known as the "Roses of No Man's Land"