VAD/Red Cross/SWH resources

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Apologies if these are anywhere else; I have a special interest in this aspect of WW1.

The following are books, I have not read all of them

A Red Cross Unit in Serbia' 1915 Sir James Berry and others

downloadable from gutenburg project.

In Wars Wake 1914-15

USA Red X Ernest Bicknell

A Red Cross Nurse in Belgrade

Priscilla M Harding

With Serbia into Exile Fortier Jones

History of the Scottish Womens Hospital pub 1919

Eva Shaw McClaren

Little Grey Partridge

diary of Isobel Ross SWH aberdeen university press

Shadow of Swords biog of Elsie Inglis

Margot Lawrence

Red Cross in Serbia 1915-19

Elsie Corbett

The Great Retreat in Serbia

M I Tatham

Royal College nursing archives

rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk

A Dr Zarko Vukovic is The man in Serbia for history of the SWH and co; he has a small museum dedicated to them.

I have an address which may be out of date

17/1 Ho Si Minova

11070 Novi Beograd Serbia

if you write he would probably appreciate a interantional reply coupon

.Otherwise perhaps via British Southern Slav Society.

The Times newspaper is all on line and can be accessed foc via your library at home.

Do not overlook such journals of the time as Illustrated London News; the Sphere and the Graphic. all contain a lot of illustrations and useful content.

The gratitude the Serbs still feel for the efforts we put in out there at a terrible time for them is very touching. There is no doubt in my mind Bush and co bombed the wrong country, but thats getting O/T.

All throught the truama of the great retreat no British unit was left to stave or go with out basic care, and on the great retreat no British nurse died, even tho the Serbs were dying in droves.

When the SWH got home via Italy and France they were treated as heroes and fed and transported home free of charge.

when they returned home the then govt gave them a bill for their train fares thome.

not much changes does it?