Voluntary Aid Detachment

British  

noun

1.  VAD.  (in World War I) an organization of British women volunteers who assisted in military hospitals and ambulance duties

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Example Sentences

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.

From Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics by Redmond-Howard, L. G., (Louis George)

The work in the office was diversified by a trip to Faversham with some very keen and capable Voluntary Aid Detachment members, to help improvise a temporary hospital for some Territorials who had gone sick.

From Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia by Thurstan, Violetta

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.

From My War Experiences in Two Continents by Salmon, Betty Keays-Young

The company then resolved itself into a Voluntary Aid Detachment.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 by Seaman, Owen, Sir