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WW1 British War & Red Cross Medal to Nurse Greenwood VAD

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£120.00

Description

A WW1 British war medal correctly named to Lilian Mary Greenwood of the Voluntary Aid Detachment and the British Red Cross society Service medal for the great war, unnamed as issued. Lilian Greenwood was the only child of the Reverend William Greenwood and Augusta Mary Greenwood. Lillian was born in Oakly, Buckinghamshire 1889. Later with her father and mother moved she to Cambridgeshire for her father to become the vicar of St Bene't's Church, Cambridge. She was already a long serving member of the Red Cross when war broke out in August 1914. During the war, from October 1914, she worked at first at the auxiliary hospital based in Cintra Terrace and then the Red Cross Hospital at St Chad's, Cambridge, nursing wounded Belgian solders and then patients with less serious wounds, all voluntary receiving no pay serving over 1000 hours. She left the hospital in September 1917 but remained with the Red Cross until December 1919. The BWM and RC service medal are her only entitlement. The BWM is in excellent original condition with original ribbon, the RC medal is a little tatty. She probably wore her red cross medal and never the BWM. They comes with various copied research and RC index card.
Product Info

Product Info

  • Conflict World War I A
  • Nation United Kingdom A
  • Item Type Medals Awards M
  • Military Branch Red Cross / Medical Services H
Dealer Info

Dealer Info

  • Source Site A2Z Military Collectables Marketplace Listing Updated 9 months ago
  • Currency GBP
  • Ships From Flag Beccles, Suffolk · United Kingdom
  • Product ID 198652

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