Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Battered suitcase unlocks story of British World War One nurse who cared for German soldiers while her brother lay dying on the battlefield

[Daily Mail]  The previously unknown story of a compassionate WWI nurse who cared for wounded Germans despite her own brother dying on the battlefields has emerged for the first time. Little was known about nurse Margaret Maule until a battered suitcase containing her mementos was discovered at the back of a cupboard at the University of Abertay, in Dundee.