THE FAIREST FORCE
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Dame Maud McCarthy on the officer's right and Dame Ethel Becher on his left, lead the nursing contingent at the Peace Parade in London, 19 July 1919

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     Due to the lack of surviving organisational and administrative records for the nursing services of the Great War, the piecing together of information is an ongoing project. It is hoped that this account can be enlarged and added to as more details emerge over the course of the centenary years and beyond. I regard it as a million-piece jigsaw. The corners are there and most of the edges are in place but the middle is still a mass of loosely connected items, each waiting for its neighbour to appear before making complete sense. If you should happen to come across any of ‘the middle’ in your travels around archives, I’d be grateful if you’d let me know.

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