Contents

Prologue

1 The India Office

2 Friday Meant Steak and Kidney Pudding

3 War is Declared

4 Becoming a Nurse

5 Rules and Regulations

6 The Journey Begins

7 Passage to India

8 Life Jackets and Pith Helmets

9 Arriving in Bombay

10 Chittagong, Here We Come

11 56 Indian General Hospital

12 Learning About Indian Life

13 Madge Goes Dancing

14 The Gurkhas’ Holy Man

15 Letters From Home

16 Captain Basil Lambert

17 Christmas in Chittagong

18 Auld Lang Syne

19 A Moonlight Serenade

20 Nursing the Japanese

21 Holiday in Calcutta

22 A Painful Goodbye

23 The Casualty Clearing Station

24 The Himalayas at Sunrise

25 The Japanese Surrender

26 Homeward Bound 318

27 Wedding Bells 334

Epilogue

Glossary

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations