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(504) D.727 - Lady Commandant of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (504) D.727 - Lady Commandant of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry |
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| Description | According to this photograph’s original caption, the woman shown here watching the mechanic fixing an ambulance, is a Commandant in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY). The metal nameplate at the top of the ambulance’s radiator shows the company name, Napier. At this time, the Napier Engineering Company (formed from D. Napier & Son) was a leading British manufacturer of automobile and aircraft engines. Established by Kitchener in 1907, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry performed a wide range of front line duties including driving, nursing and cooking. The original purpose in setting up this organisation was to improve the care of wounded soldiers as they were moved from the front line to the military field hospitals. As they had to serve in forward areas, a number of women who worked for this organisation during the conflict lost their lives. It is interesting to note just how many famous authors worked as ambulance drivers during World War I. The roll of honour includes such famous writers as Ernest Hemingway, Somerset Maugham, E.E. Cummings, John Masefield and Charles Nordhoff. Hemingway certainly used his war experiences when writing the novel, 'A Farewell to Arms.' Gertrude Stein and E.M. Forster also performed voluntary medical duties during the conflict. [Original reads: 'SCENES ON THE WESTERN FRONT. The Lady Commandant of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.'] |
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| Description | John Warwick Brooke, of the Topical Press Agency, was the second British official war photographer to go to the Western Front in 1916. The demands placed on he and his colleague, Ernest Brooks, were heavy. They had to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible, a difficult task for two men covering an army of over two million. Despite this, Warwick Brooke managed to take what would become some of the most memorable images of World War I. As an officially appointed photographer, Warwick Brooke was assigned to the Western Front to follow the progress of the British Army. During his time there, between 1916 and 1918, Warwick Brooke is estimated to have taken over 4,000 photographs. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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