Field Hospital and Flying Column / Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia

An English nursing sister records frontline experiences during the early months of the war, describing the organization and operation of field hospitals and mobile medical units in Belgium and Russia. The journal follows movements between Charleroi, Brussels, Warsaw, Lodz and forward trenches, detailing patient care, shortages, evacuations, bombardments, long journeys over ruined roads, and work with Red Cross and St. John Ambulance personnel. Interwoven are reflections on nursing standards, the contributions of voluntary aid detachments, logistical challenges of casualty transport, and the daily realities of treating wounded soldiers amid bombardment and retreat.