Description: In 1914 a group of women swapped their horses for motor cars and went to war. Between 1914–1918 they drove ambulances in Belgium and France transporting casualties along the evacuation chains from the front line to the hospitals, trains, and barges, and onwards to Boulogne and Calais.
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" This text rich work charts the early years of women at war in the 20th century, a subject that until now has received very little recognition. The organisation known as FANY, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, supported the men fighting on the front-line during WW1 by providing drivers for Ambulances, staffing hospitals and a convalescent home, and delivering medical supplies. Their dedication to their duties and their ability to swiftly overcome challenges, in no small way helped to underpin the British Army’s