Women at War
It wasn't just the men of the Greg family who went to war. Madge and Helen Greg both served as Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurses with the British Red Cross during the First World War in France and England. They carried out a range of duties in rest and dressing stations such as providing meals for the servicemen, treating the wounded. Their letters and diaries gave us an insight into the important role women played during the War and their desire to do more to help their brothers. For those left at home, the War could be a terrible wait for news. Arthur's fiancée Marian Allen wrote about the war in her poetry and suffered very deeply from his loss.