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Gertrude Olive Hornsey VAD
Eaton Hall Convalescent Home
Olive served with the VAD at Eaton Hall Convalescent Home, Cheshire, joining in October 1917 at age 23 and was discharged in April 1920. She met her husband Russell Murray whilst he was convalescing there after being wounded at the front. She later described collecting sphagnum moss from the moors to dress the wounds with.
Contributors
- Fiona Robinson
Subject
- World War I
- Medical
- World War I
- Gertrude Olive Hornsey
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1917-10
- 1920-04
- 1920-04
- 1917-10
- 1920-04
- 1917-10
Contributors
- Fiona Robinson
Subject
- World War I
- Medical
- World War I
- Gertrude Olive Hornsey
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1917-10
- 1920-04
- 1920-04
- 1917-10
- 1920-04
- 1917-10
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-08-02 14:36:21 UTC
- 2014-08-02
- 2014-08-02
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/ed10770a85d530476f0dffd7e88790e7
Places
- Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Provenance
- BL01
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/17092
- 17092
Language
- eng
- English
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:19:09.458Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z