The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin: Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse landscapes invalided from Gallipoli

invalided from Gallipoli

cattle marts

Emma Duffin’s journals remain an honest yet caring record of the human cost of an unparalleled conflict in which millions died and millions more were wounded

housed in Longford Castle near Salisbury

Hardback                                                                                                             ISBN 978-3897904422

The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin: Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse landscapes invalided from Gallipoli2014, Four Courts Press, 256 pages Irelands part in the First World War is now receiving long overdue acknowledgment. The role of Irish women, however, is less well detailed. The diaries of Emma Duffin, born in Belfast, educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, vividly describe her experiences as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse caring for wounded soldiers brought directly from the battlefield. Sent initially to Egypt, where she tended soldiers, many