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The tale of an ordinary woman in extraordinary times. The story of one nurse who found herself alone, thousands of miles from home in an alien country and culture, nursing three hundred typhus-stricken prisoners of war. Part of a much greater story – that of the courage and commitment of a small band of women and men, now largely forgotten, who joined her in the uneven battle against disease and suffering and triumphed, sometimes at the cost of their own lives. |
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Mobilised in 1914, this unit of the RAMC took over an old asylum (now Leicester University) and was soon running dozens of other hospitals and convalescent homes. To locals it was always ‘the Base Hospital’; a focus of charity and a tangible symbol of their and the nation’s sacrifice. This is a story of courage and of pain; of bureaucracy and imagination, hard work, generosity and loss – told in the words of those who served, or suffered and were made whole again. The story of Leicester’s Base Hospital may be applied to all the mainland hospitals: what was true of Leicester was repeated throughout the kingdom. Every aspect of life in the hospital is examined: the staff of the hospital, RAMC and nursing, as well as the VADs (both men and women), the patients and facilities. There is a detailed account of the growth of the buildings and a tour of the site, as well as chapters on the North Evington War Hospital and other satellite hospitals and convalescent homes. |
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Every one of the Leicestershire Regiment’s active service battalions; Regular, Territorial or Kitchener’s Army served on the Western Front. From the battle of the Aisne in 1914 to the breaking of the Hindenburg Line in 1918, the ‘Tigers’ were present at every major battle. Here we begin with mobilisation and finish with the last bloody skirmish at Cheval Blanc crossroads in November 1918. This is the story of the Leicesters’ war of trenches, wire and mud, seen through their eyes and told in their words: from diaries, letters home, and the memoirs of the Tigers themselves and those who saw them in action. |
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