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Sisters in arms : British army nurses tell their story

Author:Nicola Tyrer (Author)

Summary:This title presents the amazing experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses in the Second World War, showing how thousands of middle-class girls were plucked from sheltered backgrounds, subjected to training regimes unimaginably tough by today's standards, and sent forth to share the harsh conditions of the fighting services

Print Book, English, 2009

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Publisher: Phoenix, London, 2009

Genre:Personal narratives British

Physical Description:336 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm

ISBN:

9780753825679, 0753825678

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1047600834

Subjects:

Great Britain. Army. Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Récits personnels britanniques

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Soins médicaux

Personal narratives British

World War, 1939-1945 Medical care

World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British

Notes:

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008