posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
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.
History
Identifier
5743.mp4 | IWMFILM260-low.mp4
Subject
Casualties of War | Commemoration | Group | Medical | Western Front | Women
Creator
Ministry of Information
Date
3rd July 1917
Date Created
03/07/1917
Spatial
Blendecques, France
Source
DVD copy of original film
Medium
DVD copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Rights
The Imperial War Museum
Collection ID
IWM 260
Repository Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository Address
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK