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World War 1-- Medical Musings,

Exploring the RAMC, WW 1 nurses, V.A.D.S, and more

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Indiana Jones Can't Top This: A Survival Tale so Outrageous it's Hard to Believe

Indiana Jones Can't Top This: A Survival Tale so Outrageous it's Hard to Believe

".... Lying on his back and holding on to the spring, he was dragged along the ground, with both his legs broken, for a distance of abo

Riveting Tales from a Belgian Field Hospital, 1914

Riveting Tales from a Belgian Field Hospital, 1914

Accounts of British volunteers serving at a college-turned-hospital in Furnes (Verune), Belgium early in World War I. Includes a harrowing a

The British WW1 Uniform and Kit

The British WW1 Uniform and Kit

Two videos with details of a British soldiers' WW1 uniform including undergarments, outerwear, and kit.

Description of WW1 Operating Theatre

Description of WW1 Operating Theatre

"The operating theater looked like a butcher's shop. There were big pools and splashes of blood on the floor. Bits of flesh and ski

Vivid Description of WW1 Casualty Clearing Station (in a French Chateau!)

Vivid Description of WW1 Casualty Clearing Station (in a French Chateau!)

.... Ah! An excellent bathroom! Hot and cold water. Good!” Pausing at the door of the best bedroom, he smiled. “Not at all a bad operating

Blighty and Beyond: Why a WW1 blog?

Blighty and Beyond: Why a WW1 blog?

My leap into the blog sphere began with a classic novel and a TV show—Jane Austen's iconic Pride & Prejudice, set in the early 19th...

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Riveting Tales from a Belgian Field Hospital, 1914

Riveting Tales from a Belgian Field Hospital, 1914

The British WW1 Uniform and Kit

The British WW1 Uniform and Kit

Description of WW1 Operating Theatre

Description of WW1 Operating Theatre

Vivid Description of WW1 Casualty Clearing Station (in a French Chateau!)

Vivid Description of WW1 Casualty Clearing Station (in a French Chateau!)

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blīdē/ noun BRITISH

an informal and typically affectionate term for Britain
or England, chiefly as used by soldiers of WW1 and WW2
- military slang: a wound suffered by a soldier in WW1 that was sufficiently serious to merit being shipped home to Britain.

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