Previous Index Next My Great Aunt, Margaret Box, went nursing in Serbia 1918-19, towards the end of the First World War. This post is an index of the letters she wrote home and other documents related to her travels. On 17th September 1918 she set sail from Southampton, heading for France at the start of… Continue reading Margaret Box leaving from Southampton
Month: October 2019
Inoculations, Suffrage and People’s Votes
Previous Index Next On Saturday I, along with many others, went to London to campaign for a People’s Vote on the Brexit deal. The whole Brexit issue is contentious and I feel it is important for politicians to know that they are being scrutinised. This is particularly since the right to vote is, in historical… Continue reading Inoculations, Suffrage and People’s Votes
Margaret Box – another letter from Bralo, October 1918
Previous Index Next This is one of a series of letter written by my Great Aunt, Margaret Box while she was nursing in Salonica and Serbia in 1918/19 at the end of the First World War. This letter is written to her mother from the 49th Stationary Hospital, in Bralos, Greece on 11th October 1918,… Continue reading Margaret Box – another letter from Bralo, October 1918
Margaret Box letter from Southern Italy – September 1918
Previous Index Next On the 30th September 1918 my Great Aunt Margaret Box wrote to her Mother from 79 General Hospital, Italy, which was in Taranto, an important Italian naval base. This follows on from her letter from Rome, and is part of the story of her adventures nursing in Solonica and Serbia. c/o 79… Continue reading Margaret Box letter from Southern Italy – September 1918