Posts by Louise Bell Records and researchManufacturing artificial limbs during the First World WarThursday 7 December 2023How did conflict change the way that artificial limbs were manufactured?...Records and research20sPeople: Rehabilitation of disabled First World War Servicemen – The Enham Village CentreMonday 13 December 2021Over one million British men were disabled by disease or injury as a result...Records and research100 years since the formation of the Women’s Royal Air ForceTuesday 3 April 2018‘The Air Service is urgently in need of women workers – so urgently that...Records and researchFirst World War: the women of Buxton Lime FirmsThursday 8 March 2018By 1916, steel companies were beginning to complain about the shortage of supplies of...Records and researchJourney’s End: the trenches’ impact on mental healthMonday 5 February 2018On Friday, a new film version of the well-known First World War play ‘Journey’s End’...Records and researchDomestic duties only? WRNS and the First World WarWednesday 29 November 2017The Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was founded in November 1917. The intention was...Records and researchDiamond cutting for disabled servicemenWednesday 22 November 2017Over 1 million British men were disabled by disease or injury during the First...Records and researchRichmond Park’s South African military hospitalTuesday 3 October 2017In August 1914, the Union of South Africa joined Britain and its allies in...Records and researchIndigenous Canadian soldiers in the First World WarWednesday 20 September 2017From a population numbering 7.88 million, over 620,000 Canadians served in the Canadian Expeditionary...Records and researchThe wartime origins of plastic surgeryFriday 25 August 2017The First World War encouraged the development of a separate medical speciality treating all...Records and researchThe problems with mustard gasFriday 4 August 2017With the arrival of mustard gas in July 1917, the medical services faced a...Records and researchThe question of pensions for venereal diseaseMonday 12 June 2017What of men who could no longer work, or whose syphilis had caused other... 1 2 »