Nursing in World War One was exhausting, often dangerous work and the women who volunteered experienced the horror of war firsthand, some paying the ultimate price. But their story is surrounded by ...

Staff at the Callander Museum have solved a long-standing mystery – who was the woman in the painting? The portrait, discovered years ago in the storage room of the North Bay Royal Canadian Legion on ...

Student nurses have helped recreate of the atmosphere of an army field hospital from the early 20 th century, as part of a special BBC event to mark the First World War. The BBC is touring the country ...

This story was told to East Ayrshire Library Staff by Mrs and Mrs Bushell at a Workshop held in Mauchline on 20th May 2004 I started at Ballochmyle Hospital as a nurse in 1940 and worked for the ...