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Soldier-cartoonist: Private Alfred Edmeades Bestall, Army Service Corps

Sep 25, 2023 · 6 min read · Blighty A Budget Humour from Home Soldier Cartoons Army Service Corps Alfred Bestall Western Front Wales Mandalay Punch Tatler Daily Express Grove Park Rupert the Bear Sphere London Opinion Passing Show 35th Division Bantam Flanders B-Type Bus Mechanical Transport Learners ·
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Private Alfred Edmeades Bestall, Army Service Corps Service Number: DM2/112832 Born: 14 December 1892, Mandalay, Burma Died: 15 January 1986, Porthmadog, Wales (Aged 93) I am the type of person, who when visiting an art gallery, bowls past the information desk, brushes off the tour guide, and boots the audio-headset …

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AYIT Part 3: Maternal Mortality in the Late Victorian and Early Edwardian period

Mar 14, 2022 · 14 min read · 1800s 1889 1890 Edward Wadswrth William Farr Alexander Gordon Oliver Wendell-Holmes Ignaz Semmelweis Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister Janet Campbell Leonard Findlay Church of England Kings College Lying-in Maternal Mortality Puerperal Fever haemorrhage Toxaemia Rickets Rotunda Ireland Dublin Herford Glasgow Scotland Pontypridd Wales Rhonda Valley Victorian Era Edwardian Era Hygeine Medical Care Nutrition Maternal Mortality Rate ·
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Figure 1. Victorian Cabinet Memoriam Card, Authors Collection Introduction In part 2, we looked at the state of midwifery in the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century, a practice that was being hamstrung by both the tripartite of the medical profession and by contemporary attitudes towards women. In this article we …

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