Voluntary Aid Detachment
Britishnoun
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Sisters of the V.A.D.—Voluntary Aid Detachment—came in each afternoon to relieve the regular nursing sisters.
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Britain's Red Cross nurses�the Voluntary Aid Detachment�naturally have a soft spot in the Dowager Queen's heart.
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Never shall I forget the experience—the whole staff of doctors gave a hand, together with a clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Hall, of St. John's Voluntary Aid Detachment.
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The company then resolved itself into a Voluntary Aid Detachment.
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It did not seem clear whether my Voluntary Aid Detachment was going to provide billets for all recalled members, and I remember my aunt's absolute scorn of difficulties at such a time.
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