Friends in Flanders humanitarian aid administered by the Friends' Ambulance Unit during the First World War / Linda Palfreeman.

Author/creator Palfreeman, Linda
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBrighton ; Portland ; Toronto : Sussex Academic Press, 2017.
Descriptionxvii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Friends Ambulance Unit.
World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.
World War, 1914-1918--Religious aspects. --Society of Friends.
World War, 1914-1918--Conscientious objectors. --Great Britain.
Society of Friends--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Quakers--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Ieper (Belgium)--History, Military. --20th century.

Contents The coming of war in Europe, 1914 -- The Ambulance Unit: Friends and all -- Geoffrey Young brings news from abroad -- The Friends are mobilized -- Hospital St. Pierre: the first FAU hospital in France -- Friends in Ypres -- The Sacré Coeur, Ypres: the FAU's first civilian hospital in Belgium -- Typhoid in Flanders: containing the epidemic -- Château Elisabeth Civilian Hospital, Poperinghe -- A programme of welfare in Flanders -- Military matters -- The death of Ypres -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 212-214) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017007150
ISBN9781845198718 (pbk : alk. paper)

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