VAD nurses in Essex, England, in World War II. Photograph by Cameracraft, 1942.

Date:
[1942]
Reference:
2854541i
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Description

VADs, or members of a Voluntary Aid Detachment, in this case Essex Detachments 146 and 154, assembled in an assembly hall equipped with blackout curtains and fire buckets. Most of the nurses wear red crosses on their pinafores

Publication/Creation

Goodmayes, Essex (High Road) : Cameracraft, [1942]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 16 x 21.5 cm

Lettering

General inspection July 1942. Members & officers of British Red Cross Society, Essex 146 and 154 Detachments. Lettering inscribed by hand on the verso

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2854541i

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