Old Photograph World War One Nurse Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a World War One Red Cross nurse in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. During World War One branches of the Red Cross had groups of volunteers called Voluntary Aid Detachments, often abbreviated to VAD. Voluntary Aid Detachment members themselves came to be known simply as VADs. Famous women who volunteered for the Red Cross during the war include: Agatha Christie who served as a VAD nurse at a hospital in Torquay, England. Enid Bagnold, author of National Velvet and The Chalk Garden. She served in London as a VAD.



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