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