A Nurse at the Front: The First World War Diaries of Sister Edith Appleton - Brossura

Cowan, Ruth

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1849833664 ISBN 13: 9781849833660

Casa editrice: Simon + Schuster UK, 2013

Riassunto

This book, the second in a series of four unique War Diaries produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, tells a story that is rarely heard: the experiences of a nurse working close to the Western Front in the First World War. Incredibly, Edith Appleton served in France for the whole of the conflict. Her bravery and dedication won her the Military OBE, the Royal Red Cross and the Belgian Queen Elizabeth medal among others. Her diary details with compassion all the horrors of the 'war to end wars', including the first use of poison gas and the terrible cost of battles such as Ypres, but she also records what life was like for nurses and how she spent her time off-duty. There are moments of humour amongst the tragedy, and even lyrical accounts of the natural beauty that still existed amidst all the destruction.

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EDITH ELIZABETH APPLETON was born in Kent in June 1877 and trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, qualifying in 1904. In 1914 she volunteered for the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service and spent the next five years attached to hospitals and casualty clearing stations in France and Flanders, until her demobilisation on 22 December, 1919. Her bravery and dedication won her the Military OBE, the Royal Red Cross and the Belgian Queen Elizabeth medal among others. She died in 1958.

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Edith Appleton, known as Edie, was working as a professional nurse when war broke out in 1914. She immediately joined the military nursing services and spent the next four years treating dying and injured Allied soldiers in France and Belgium, as they fought an entirely new type of war: one of horrendous living conditions, gas attacks and shell-shocked survivors.
A Nurse at the Front contains the fascinating diaries Edie kept of her experiences. Surrounded by death, she never lost her appreciation of life. Against the background of Ypres and the Somme, Edie writes unflinchingly, with clarity and even wit. We see the Great War through a new set of eyes in an acutely observed, courageous account of life on the front line of trench warfare.
Awarded the OBE, the Royal Red Cross and the Belgian Queen Elisabeth medal for her service, Edith Appleton's story is one of true bravery and honour in one of humanity's darkest chapters.
The War Diaries series, produced in association with Imperial War Museums, bring fascinating new perspectives to famous conflicts as experienced by ordinary people thrown into extraordinary circumstances.

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• Editore: Simon + Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1849833664
• ISBN 13: 9781849833660
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320