Emily Mayhew chronicles the various stages for wounded soldiers from battle fields in France to hospitals in England, quoting from amongst others, the diaries of stretcher bearers, surgeons and chaplains.

The final chapter is devoted to the diary of V.A.D. Nurse Claire Tisdall and to the London Ambulance Column. This chapter portrays a vivid picture of the work of the Column. This book is highly recommended.

The reminiscences of an American soldier convalescing in a London hospital. An entertaining book that gives a first-hand account of life in London during WW1. Mostly about the girls he meets and his little love affairs but contains many references to the London Ambulance Column.

At one point he is invited for tea by a nurse when her father arrives home. He writes: “He came in wearing the dark blue uniform of the Ambulance Colum, a man of lean physique, who had been too old to go to the front, but doing his bit with that wonderful London Ambulance Column, so splendidly organized and so efficiently managed.”

Lance Corporal Muir was a medical orderly at the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth. This book is a very interesting account of his experiences andit has two chapters of particular interest in relation to the London Ambulance Column: chapter 6 “When the wounded arrive” and chapter 13 “The Station Party”.