Voluntary Aid Detachment

noun

1. (in World War I) an organization of British women volunteers who assisted in military hospitals and ambulance duties VAD

Example Sentences

Sisters of the V.A.D.—Voluntary Aid Detachment—came in each afternoon to relieve the regular nursing sisters.

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Britain's Red Cross nurses�the Voluntary Aid Detachment�naturally have a soft spot in the Dowager Queen's heart.

From Time Magazine Archive

Never shall I forget the experience—the whole staff of doctors gave a hand, together with a clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Hall, of St. John's Voluntary Aid Detachment.

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The company then resolved itself into a Voluntary Aid Detachment.

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It did not seem clear whether my Voluntary Aid Detachment was going to provide billets for all recalled members, and I remember my aunt's absolute scorn of difficulties at such a time.

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