J T Gray Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 One of my Granny's aunts was in the above nursing corps, based at Shepreth in Cambridgeshire and founded by "local" worthy Amy Webber - aunt of late Liberal Leader Jo Grimond. Anyone know any more? Adrian P.S. Worth a smile - her daughter joined it when it was revived in WW2 and the first casualty she had to patch up was on the first night the siren sounded in a blacked-out Cambridge. A woman had been rushing to get home to her mother and cycled into a lamppost! Just makes you think, with so much light around at night nowadays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 Adrian In 1909 it was decided to form Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) to provide medical assistance in time of war. By the summer of 1914 there were over 2,500 Voluntary Aid Detachments in Britain. Of the 74,000 VADs in 1914, two-thirds were women and girls. The detachments were numbered within their county e.g. VAD 13 Wiltshire. It is likely that you granny's aunt served in VAD 20 Cambridgeshire. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintin1689 Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 and just a little extra to the excellent summary the VADs were formed from personnel of approved societies (British Red Cross, St Johns Ambulance, St.Andrews Ambulance etc) Odd numbers were allotted to mens detachments and even numbers to womens so the existence of say a 38th detachment does not mean there were 37 others. This was to help movements and billeting officers to make appropriate arrangements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hangleton Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 Adrian, Off topic I know, but are you related to the GRAY family of Steeple Morden Cambs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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