Nursing the Casualties on the D-Day landing beaches Written by Pam Preedy. The night of 5th June 1944 saw the start of the Allied Invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The invasion force included 7,000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval personnel from eight allied countries. During the first day of the D-Day landing there were some 10,000 casualties. A medical support system under the Royal Medical Corps, was quickly set up in France. It included dressing stations, field hospitals,…
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Queen’s Message to Nurses: 1942
West Kent Hospital Board Lieut.-Colonel G.A. Fulcher, OBE presided at the meeting of the West Kent Joint Hospital Board, which was held at Barnfield, Blyth Road, Bromley on Friday afternoon. He was supported by the Vice-chairman, Mr A.L. Priest, J.P. Queen’s Message A copy of the message of the Queen to the nurses of Britain, signed Elizabeth R., sent to the board from the nurses of the West Kent Hospital was read by the secretary, Mr. Arthur B. Coomber. It was as follows: “My thoughts go out to the women,…