MILLICENT JACKSON'S PAPERS, DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY, 1914-1918

The book contains the names and regiments of the soldiers, but also includes pieces of poetry, limericks, sketches, photographs etc. The soldiers sometimes describe when, where and how they were wounded. This book provides a fascinating insight into both the healthcare of allied soldiers and their attitudes to the war. Millicent Jackson also kept an album of photographs, 1914-1918.

These documents were donated to Derbyshire Record Office by Dr John Abbatt of Canada in 2000.

Millicent Jackson was born at Garstang, Lancashire in 1893 but during World War One she worked as a nurse, first at Guerdon Hall and later at Derby Royal Infirmary. While in Derby Millicent Jackson lived with her aunt, Dr Annie Jackson, an anaesthetist at Derby Royal Infirmary. The hospital cared for soldiers wounded in Europe and who were sent home to recover. While in the hospital, Millicent Jackson asked many to sign her autograph book.