Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Dame Rachel Eleanor Crowdy NPG x68898

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

After completing her training as a nurse, Crowdy joined the VADs in 1911. In 1914 she went with the first VAD to be sent abroad which was led by her friend, Katharine Furse. When Furse was recalled to London, Crowdy was appointed in charge of all VADs on the continent. Working primarily as a military administrator, she oversaw the formation of ambulance stations, hospitals and places for nurses and relatives of the wounded to stay. In recognition, she was twice awarded a Royal Red... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.