Between Heartbeats

1916 - France

Polly

Nothing in my training, nor the numerous lectures I endured prior to leaving England prepared me for the horror that is trench warfare.

Assigned to a Field Ambulance 3/4 a sneeze away from the front line 3/4 the atrocities I witnessed were confronting, harrowing, and a constant challenge to my faith in humanity, yet the experience proved to be endlessly rewarding.

Not content with nursing, the principle reason I volunteered was to drive ambulances. My colleagues, preferring ...