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24/01/2025

Such a handsome man. X

Clifford Cooley, 1st Essex. Killed 1st July 1916, The Somme

20/01/2025

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In memory of Dorothy Field. British Red Cross, Voluntary Aid Detachment. Dorothy was born in 1882, the third of five children born to William & Ellen Field of Compton Avenue, Brighton, Sussex. The family moved to 51 Brunswick Square, Hove, Sussex in 1911, then at the age of 32 Dorothy enrolled in the VAD in April 1915. Later in spring 1915, she went to France and was posted first to No.4 General Hospital at Versailles and then to No.10 General Hospital in Rouen From her diaries, which are now held at the IWM, Dorothy recalled her experiences on the 2nd July 1916, the second day of the Battle of the Somme. "The first convoy of 170 men arrived at 4am on 2 July. 'The "going over the top" results', Dorothy wrote. 'Practically all surgicals.' Over the next 48 hours, four convoys of wounded arrived, while two convoys of stabilised patients left for other hospitals in France or Britain. Such was the intensity of the work at the hospital, it was 13 July before Dorothy was able to take a rest from her duties. Over the following weeks the steady arrival of wounded men charted the course of the battle. In July, Dorothy nursed her first Australian casualties. A few weeks later she met soldiers from New Zealand and towards the end of September men from Canada. With patients frequently dying from wounds, it was a tiring and, at times, depressing experience. But like the soldiers at the front, the hospital staff took their mind off the war with theatrical entertainments during quiet periods. Among Dorothy’s possessions is a concert programme from 2 September 1916. Dorothy later served for a year in Italy, where she was stationed at Genoa, Turin, Arquata and Cremona." She was awarded two BRC scarlet stripes, in 1917 & 1918. During the Second World War, she worked for the London Volunteer Ambulance Service. Dorothy Field, late of the British Red Cross and Voluntary Aid Detachment passed away at the age of 88 in Brighton in 1970.