Volunteer Aid Detachment

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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.

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• VAD honor Rolls
• history of some volunteers
• The History of Voluntary Aid Detachment
• Remembering Another Group of War Volunteers
• Regulations Governing the Employment of Nursing V.A.D. Members in Military Hospitals
• Document given to every VAD called up to active service through Devonshire House