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Category: Women’s lives through war and change

St George’s Vestry VAD

April 8, 2026 cheryl

This scene about St George’s Vestry VAD unit appeared in a draft of The Gift of Belonging (Book 3 in…

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Posted in: Women’s lives through war and change Filed under: historical fiction, romance, The Gift of Belonging, VADS, Voluntary Auxiliary Defence, women's fiction, world war one

The Welcome

March 14, 2026 cheryl

The Welcome is a scene which appeared in a draft of The Gift of Belonging (Book 3 in The Wise…

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Posted in: Forest of Dean and River Severn history, folklore and myth, Women’s lives through war and change Filed under: historical fiction, vad NURSES, VADS, women's fiction, WW1

VAD nurses WW1

December 18, 2025 cheryl

Readers of The Herbalist’s Daughters (the standalone book 2 in The Wise Women series), might remember that one of the…

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Posted in: Women’s lives through war and change Filed under: historical fiction, historical research, nursing, romance, vad NURSES, VADS, women's fiction, world war one, WW1

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