title: The diary of Alice Maud Batt (1889-1969).
abstract: Alice Batt while working as a VAD nurse in 1918 during World War I was awarded the Albert Medal. She was also awarded the British Red Cross Society Special Service Cross in 1919 for 'exceptionally meritorious service' and earlier, in 1915, had been awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal for saving a girl from drowning in the sea. This account is based on her own wartime diary, published privately by a family member, Arthur Batt.
authors.affiliation: audrey_cruse@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cruse
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000266:history*; D012011:Red Cross / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom; D047828:World War I