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Scouts during Wartime

Nurses tend casualties in Emergency River Service demonstration. The first demonstration of the Emergency River Service was given on the Thames in London, with Sea Scouts, nurses and ambulance men among those participating. In time of war, the Service would operate along the busiest 30 miles of the River, taking part in ambulance work, casualty clearing and similar operations. Steel helmeted nurses tending casualties aboard the pleasure steamer Queen Elizabeth. The steamer has been adapted for carrying casualties in time of war

Picture No
10636461
Media ID
48033098
Size
8443px x 6694px (6.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Scout Association
Source
Unattributed photograph from The Scout Association Archive
Date
1939

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