Hidden Home Front: Episode 3 - Caring for the wounded @historywm
Hidden Home Front: Episode 3 - Caring for the wounded  @historywm
Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
World War I - Caring for the wounded

Thousands of wounded soldiers were cared for in more than 30 convalescent hospitals and homes across the West Midlands.

Lesley Squires of the University of Worcester tells the stories of the women who nursed the wounded and the formidable women who started these homes in Worcestershire in Episode 3 of Discovering the Home Front.

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Hidden Home Front: Episode 3 - Caring for the wounded

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