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Voluntary Aid Detachment

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  • Voluntary Aid Detachment — The Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) was a voluntary organisation providing auxiliary nursing services, mainly in hospitals, in the United Kingdom and various other countries in the British Empire. The organisation s most important period of… …   Wikipedia

  • Voluntary Aid Detachment — noun 1. in World War I, an Australian voluntary organisation, mainly of women, founded in 1915 and based on the British organisation of the same name; worked in conjunction with the Red Cross in providing aid to returned wounded soldiers. 2. in… …  

  • Volunteer Aid Detachment — The Volunteer Aid Detachment (VAD) was an organization founded in 1909 when the British Red Cross Society joined with the order of St. John of Jerusalem to co ordinate the work of volunteers in British hospitals. External links * [http://www.roll …   Wikipedia

  • voluntary — adj. & n. adj. 1 done, acting, or able to act of one s own free will; not constrained or compulsory, intentional (a voluntary gift). 2 unpaid (voluntary work). 3 (of an institution) supported by voluntary contributions. 4 Brit. (of a school)… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Katharine Furse — Dame Katharine Furse, GBE, RRC (23 November 1875, Bristol – 25 November 1952, London), founder of the English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) force, was born Katharine Symonds, daughter of the poet and critic John Addington Symonds and Janet… …   Wikipedia

  • VAD — abbr. 1 Voluntary Aid Detachment. 2 a member of this. * * * abbreviation voluntary aid detachment * * * abbrev Voluntary Aid Detachment, an organization of volunteer nurses, esp in wartime * * * V.A.D. or VAD (no periods), Voluntary Aid… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Women's roles in the World Wars — There is little doubt that women s work in the two World Wars of the twentieth century was an important factor in the outcome of both wars. This involvement changed the social status and working lives of women in many countries from that point… …   Wikipedia

  • British Red Cross — The British Red Cross Society is a prominent part of the largest impartial humanitarian organisation in the world – the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. At the heart of their work is providing help to people in crisis, both in… …   Wikipedia

  • May Wedderburn Cannan — (1893–1973) was a British poet who was active in World War I. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Later life 2 Family …   Wikipedia

  • VAD — Voice Activity Detection (Computing » Telecom) Voice Activity Detection (Computing » Networking) Voice Activity Detection (Community » Law) * Vitamin A Deficiency (Medical » Physiology) * Voluntary Aid Detachment (Governmental » United Nations) * …   Abbreviations dictionary

  • VAD — /vi eɪ ˈdi/ (say vee ay dee) noun 1. → Voluntary Aid Detachment. 2. someone serving in a Voluntary Aid Detachment in either World War I or World War II: *She was not a trained nurse but a school teacher, who in the early days of the war, when the …  

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