A NURSE'S WAR

By Brenda McBryde

Subjects: World War II, World War, 1939-1945, World war, 1939-1945, medical care, Biography, Medical care, Nurses, biography, English Personal narratives, British Personal narratives, Military nursing, Great britain, biography, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, british, Nurses

Description: Branda BcBryde's remarkable account of her experiences as a nurse in the Second World War. Her uniquely moving story began on the eve of World War II when Branda McBryde enrolled as a trainee nurse at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. The next six years saw Sister McBryde nursing civlians through the Blitz, volunteering for service in the Maxillo-Facial ("Max-Factor") plastic surgery unit, joining the troops in the early days following the D-Day landings, and serving in the Field Hospitals in the front line of fighting. Then, as the drew to a close, she faced the greatest challenge of her career, the restoration to health and sanity of Germany's concentration camp victims.