I was looking up the VAD abbreviation on wikipedia - Voluntary Aid Detachment. They were volunteers for auxiliary nursing care, whose best-known contribution was during the First World War ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Aid_Detachment ). There's a list on the wikipedia page of VADs who had published their memoirs. Among them was "Letters of a V.A.D." by R.E. Leake - which is a peudonym for Mollie Skinner. There are short details of Ms Skinner (1876-1955) on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollie_Skinner.
There's one copy of the book on archive.org. https://archive.org/stream/lettersofvad00skinrich#page/n5/mode/2up It looks to be an interesting read.
Peter
Letters of a V.A.D.
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MaryinArkansas
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Looks like an interesting book. Some chapters from this book might be good for the WWI Centenary Prose Collection Vol. III.
“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
―Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard.
Mary
―Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard.
Mary
