wartime recruiting poster, V.A.D. NURSING MEMBERS, COOKS, KITCHEN-MAIDS, CLERKS, HOUSE-MAIDS, WARD-MAIDS, LAUNDRESSES, MOTOR-DRIVERS, ETC: ARE URGENTLY NEEDED
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19920143-009
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation Voluntary Aid Detachment
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Dennys, Joyce
Kent Page Co Ltd
Imperial War Museum - Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Advertising medium
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Inscription FRANCE ITALY MALTA GINR SALON EGYPT MESOPOTAMIA HLLAND SWITZERLAND RUSSIA; V.A.D. NURSING MEMBERS, COOKS, KITCHEN-MAIDS, CLERKS, HOUSE-MAIDS, WARD-MAIDS, LAUNDRESSES, MOTOR-DRIVERS, ETC: ARE URGENTLY NEEDED APPLICATION TO BE MADE TO; Reproduction from an original poster, held by the Imperial War Museum, by Kent Paper Company Ltd London and Ashford Kent
- Medium ink
- Support paper
- Materials Not applicable
- Measurements Height 76.0 cm, Width 50.4 cm
- Related activity Nursing sister, Recruiting
- Caption Voluntary Aid Detachment
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Additional Information
Recruitment poster seeking women for Great Britain's Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). While VADs lacked the formal medical training of nurses, they provided medical assistance to countless patients during the war. By the end of 1917, more than 1,800 Canadian women had become VADs, and at least 500 were sent overseas.