Plumer Decorating Women of FANY and VAD
Item
Title
Plumer Decorating Women of FANY and VAD
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Identifier
5743.mp4
IWMFILM260-low.mp4
Creator
Ministry of Information
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Abstract
General Sir Herbert Plumer, commanding Second Army, presents medals for bravery to FANY and VAD officers at Blendecques, Western Front, 3 July 1917. The ceremony takes place in a field, with men of Plumer's staff watching as he pins medals for bravery onto women officers of the Queen Alexandra's First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and the Voluntary Aid Detachment, each in turn. One of the girls, and one of the staff officers, start giggling as the ceremony progresses. A final posed line of the FANY and VAD officers with their medals.
Date
3rd July 1917
Date Created
1917-07-03
Spatial Coverage
Blendecques, France
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Source
DVD copy of original film
Medium
DVD copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
producer
Topical Film Company
Subject
Casualties of War
Commemoration
Group
Medical
Western Front
Women