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The records of the Friends Ambulance Unit are the focus of this blog post, the latest in our series on resources for researching World War I. Established in the First World War and revived in the s…

Where would you look for news, reflections, debate or comment on World War I events as they unfolded? Contemporary magazines, newsletters and reports are a fruitful resource for researchers studyin…

Readers of this blog will have noticed that we have been focusing intensively on the centenary of World War I. Alongside the usual wide range of research, one in five visits to the Library this yea…

Cambridge District Scout Archive These five Cambridge District Scouts from the 6th (Higher Grade School), 8th (All Saints) and 12th (Milton Road/ Viscountess of Clifden’s Own) were enrolled as hosp…

The FAU attracted a mainly Quaker membership, although this changed after the introduction of conscription. Engineers in unit supported transportation.

Molly Evans‘s nursing scrapbook covers the period 1914 to 1920. This includes a large number of photos, maps and newspaper articles of the period. It also contains letters, poems and testimonials of patients – British, Canadian and Belgian. A larger number of the items have been scanned and have recently been added to this site. MoreContinue reading →

A large collection of material, some of which has been digitised, including the FAU diary and correspondence of Edmund Cooper (SSA14).

The official personnel records of the FAU.