Sister Alice Sampson
‘Sister, have you a cigarette?’
Letter from Sister Alice Sampson, No 16 General Hospital France, 1915
Trained nurses were needed both at the fronts and at home in the War Hospitals. Many women volunteered for nursing through the Voluntary Aid Detachments, with a short period of training before starting work. A few went overseas to the Field Hospitals, but usually this job was reserved for trained nurses.
Sister Alice Sampson ran the Riddle Ward at the General Hospital in Bristol. She joined the Territorial Forces Nursing Service before the First World War: like the Territorial Army, the TFNS nurses continued their normal job but prepared for war.
She was sent to No. 16 General Hospital in France, at Le Tréport, near Dieppe. Base Hospitals were often at the coast, somewhere with good rail links, to allow easy transport of the wounded from the Advanced Dressing Stations and the Casualty Clearing Stations at the front, and if needed, home to Britain.
Trained nurses were needed both at the fronts and at home in the War Hospitals. Many women volunteered for nursing through the Voluntary Aid Detachments, with a short period of training before starting work. A few went overseas to the Field Hospitals, but usually this job was reserved for trained nurses.
Sister Alice Sampson ran the Riddle Ward at the General Hospital in Bristol. She joined the Territorial Forces Nursing Service before the First World War: like the Territorial Army, the TFNS nurses continued their normal job but prepared for war.
She was sent to No. 16 General Hospital in France, at Le Tréport, near Dieppe. Base Hospitals were often at the coast, somewhere with good rail links, to allow easy transport of the wounded from the Advanced Dressing Stations and the Casualty Clearing Stations at the front, and if needed, home to Britain.