4th June, 1916

I fell asleep pondering over the consequences...

Emma Duffin

VAD Nurse during the First and Second World Wars

After much urging she revealed the news – it was Kitchener’s death*. I could not catch all she said but I sat up in bed and listened and wondering if it could be true. It seemed an impossible thing and I fell asleep pondering over the consequences if it was indeed true.

* senior British Army officer Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener