Today we received a new book for the library:
A nurse at the front: the Great War diaries of Sister Edith Appleton
edited by Ruth Cohen (Imperial War Museum, 2012).
Shelfmark: D630.A66 APP 2012
Edith Appleton, or Edie, was a nurse on on the front line during the First World War. She worked in military hospitals and casualty clearing stations in France and Belgium from 1914-1919 and kept detailed diaries. Her diaries are presented in this volume along with a foreword from Michael Morpurgo, introduction from editor Ruth Cohen and an appendix by Sue Light on British Military Nurses in the Great War.
Edie recounts details of her personal life and reaction to her experiences along with details of the casualties, their injuries and the medical staff. An extract of the book is available to read for free online. Sue Light’s appedix is available online for free from the Western Front Association.
Accompanying information is available online from http://www.edithappleton.org.uk/. This includes photographs of the original diaries, an index list of the people mentioned in the diaries and other biographical information about Edith Appleton.
Related Links: Edit Appleton’s homepage | Western Front Association | Sue Light’s Scarlet Finders website (about military nurses) | Wellcome Unit Library homepage | new books at the Wellcome Unit Library