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Sisters in Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story Book

Sisters in Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story
Sisters in Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story, The story of the QAs is so much more than blood and bandages. It abounds with incredibly moving heroic acts. The QAs were often young, sheltered middle-class girls who suddenly found themselves thrust into the theatre of war. Nothing in their backgrounds , Sisters in Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story has a rating of 5 stars
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  • Sisters in Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story
  • Written by author Nicola Tyrer
  • Published by Orion Publishing Group, Limited, August 2009
  • The story of the QAs is so much more than blood and bandages. It abounds with incredibly moving heroic acts. The QAs were often young, sheltered middle-class girls who suddenly found themselves thrust into the theatre of war. Nothing in their backgrounds
  • The amazing experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses during World War II form one of the greatest adventure stories of modern times, yet until now they’ve remained largely untold. Thousands of middle-class girls, barely out of school, were plucked
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List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgements xi

Preface xiv

Introduction 1

Part I Home and Abroad

1 'Not when they have work to do 9

2 The Making of a QA 16

3 A Baptism of Fire 29

Part II Far East

4 'Do English women never cry?' 43

5 Into Captivity 64

6 Friday the Thirteenth 77

7 Shipwrecked 87

8 The Disappeared 101

Part III At Sea

9 Sailing the Seven Seas 119

10 The Cruel Sea 130

Part IV North Africa and the Mediterranean

11 Flowers in the Desert 147

12 Under Siege in Malta 162

13 Operation Torch 172

14 Life of Comradeship 181

15 Swept off their Feet 192

Part V Europe

16 'The QAs are here' 205

17 'Come and see what we are part of' 221

18 Operating in the Orchards 229

19 The Liberation of Europe 245

Part VI India and Burma

20 A Tiger for the Nurses 257

21 Contrasts in the Raj 266

22 'Hard-working and patriotic women' 275

23 Bringing Home the Prisoners 286

24 Last Act 297

Source Notes 306

Select Bibliography 316

Index 318


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