![]() Running repairs on the engines at all times of the year was dirty work. They wore a dark coloured uniform (middle left) Unlike nurses who wore white to be spotlessly clean, the dark uniform was needed as driving open-topped World War 1 ambulances meant they were out in all weathers and got very dusty or muddy. Women Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) volunteered as nurses and ambulance drivers during World War 1. Uniforms D – The panoramic photograph shows nurses and soldiers at the Harnham Red Cross Hospital during 1918. (Now present day Salisbury District Hospital) You can see in the photograph nurses pose alongside the American soldiers between the Nissen huts, with the curved roof, that were the temporary wards of the hospital. Uniforms C – This black and white photograph was taken during WW2 in 1942 at Odstock Hospital, built as a US army field hospital to treat casualties returning from war in northern Europe. They are also wearing the white starched caps (see our instructions to make your own!) Many nurses recall that at Christmas they used to turn their capes inside out so they appeared to be red capes. The cape was lined with red wool fabric and were warm in winter. Their uniform includes a dark blue wool cape with red cross straps that fasten at the back with a button. Uniforms B – This black and white photograph was taken of a group of nurses at Odstock Hospital (now Salisbury District Hospital) in early 1950s, shortly after the formation of the National Health Service in 1948. ![]() Green – nursing assistants and phlebotomists.Silver – specialist nurses/directorate senior nurses.Light blue – ward staff nurses/assistant practitioners.Navy blue – senior ward leaders/sisters.The coloured scrub uniforms help patients more easily identify the role and seniority of healthcare staff. Uniforms A – Colour coded scrub style unisex uniforms were introduced in 2014.
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