The Women's Emergency Corps was a service organisation founded in 1914 by Evelina Haverfield, Decima Moore, and the Women's Social and Political Union to contribute to the war effort of the United Kingdom in World War I. The corps was intended to train woman doctors, nurses and motorcycle messengers.[1] Mona Chalmers Watson became its honorary secretary.[2] The Corps later evolved into the Women's Volunteer Reserve.
See also
References
- ↑ "Women's Emergency Corps". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ↑ "Lives and Times - Number 109 Alexandra (Mona) Chalmers (1872-1936)". The Scotsman. 8 September 1905. pp. S2 37.
Further reading
- Baker, Chris. "Women and the British Army in the First World War". The Long, Long Trail. Chris Baker. Section: "The Women’s Volunteer Reserve".
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