The FANY in Peace & War: The Story of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1907-2003The strangely named First Aid Nursing Yeomanry traces its origins to the Great War. As a mark of their outstanding service they remained in being between the wars. However, it is for their service during the Second World War that they are best known. They worked in a wide variety of roles both at home and overseas, both overt and covert and today are still making a vital contribution. |
Contents
1 The Sudanese Vision of the Mysterious Mr Baker 1907 | 1 |
I The Dreams | 8 |
II The Destinations | 15 |
4 Convalescents Convoys and Canteens 191516 | 23 |
5 The Thunder of the Guns 191718 | 34 |
6 Coping with Peace 191939 | 47 |
7 The Shotgun Wedding 193239 | 56 |
8 FANYS in Chains 193945 | 66 |
12 FANYS Far and Wide 194346 | 107 |
13 The End of Euphoria 194665 | 116 |
14 Small Compact Efficient 196584 | 125 |
15 Continuity Through Change 19842003 | 137 |
List of Major Events since 1983 | 157 |
Honours and Awards | 160 |
Senior Officers of the Corps | 161 |
Commanding Officers | 162 |
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active Advisory Council Africa agents Aid Nursing Yeomanry ambulance Andrée Borrel Anna Whitehead Army arrived attended became Belgian Beryl Hutchinson bombs BRCS Calais Calais Convoy call-out camp canteen Captain Baker cars Casualty Bureau Centre City of London Colin Gubbins Corps Commander Corps members course Diana Rowden Dodds-Parker Douglas Dodds-Parker Duke of York's duty East emergency exercise FANY FANY-ATS FANY's forces France French Gazette German girls Grace Ashley-Smith Headquarters Honorary Colonel honour hospital Lady Lamarck later Lilian Franklin Lise de Baissac London Police Marian Gamwell Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Ellis Medal military months Motor Companies night Nursing Yeomanry Corps Odette Odette Hallowes Office organization parachute Polish Princess Alice Princess Royal recruits Regimental role Section September Sheila Parkinson Signals St Omer staff took uniform unit vehicles Violette Szabo voluntary Waddell wartime wireless operators women wounded wrote Yolande Beekman