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Under Fire: The Blitz Diaries of a Volunteer Ambulance Driver

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Chelsea Ambulance people

Jean Monro

9 October 2020Naomi Clifford

An interior designer of great renown.

Dorothy Annesley

5 October 2020Naomi Clifford

A volunteer for the Hadfield Spears Unit and fund-raiser for the Polish hospital in London.

Elizabeth Carrington

25 September 2020Naomi Clifford

She later served in the Mechanised Transport Corps attached to the American Ambulance

Charles David Strickland

17 September 2020Naomi Clifford

Chelsea-born chauffeur with a difficult start in life

Gerda, Coral and Blenda Morgan

15 September 2020Naomi Clifford

Three sisters served together in the auxiliary ambulance

Barbara Köllerstrom

30 August 2020Naomi Clifford

Architect and ambulance driver with a connection to theosophy.

Pamela Joan Radford

28 August 2020Naomi Clifford

A café owner and ambulance driver,
based at the King’s Road station

Fabienne Lafargue and Elizabeth Heygate

20 August 2020Naomi Clifford

Friends and writers who produced four novels together.

Katherine “Kitty” Parker

17 August 2020Naomi Clifford

Much-admired Australian-born composer, attached to the King’s Road ambulance station

Sybil Gilliat-Smith

11 August 2020Naomi Clifford

Lost on the SS City of Benares after a U-boat attack

Pauline Nagle

29 July 2020Naomi Clifford

Kind-hearted lodging-house keeper who loved children

Barbara K. Emary

27 July 2020Naomi Clifford

Screenwriter and producer on classic British films of the 40s and 50s

Jessica Mary Albery & Mary Laughton Isaac

26 July 2020Naomi Clifford

Albery was one of the 1st women architects of her generation

Dorea Stanhope

24 July 2020Naomi Clifford

She made a hair-raising escape during the fall of France in 1940

Bernard Crowley

22 July 2020Naomi Clifford

Bernard Crowley, a tailor, lived in Kings Road.

Marjory Nicol-Smith

19 July 2020Naomi Clifford

Sculptor Marjory Nicol-Smith carved wooden chess pieces while waiting for the All Clear

Winifred Margot Sharman

18 July 2020Naomi Clifford

We know more about Winifred’s parents than we do about her

Marcella Mendl

16 July 2020Naomi Clifford

Jewish refugee who married the Sultan of Johor

Geraldine Hedges

14 July 2020Naomi Clifford

World War I veteran, motor racer, ambulance driver and all-round badass

Nadine Beddington

11 July 2020Naomi Clifford

Pioneering architect, feminist and Chelsea volunteer ambulance driver.

Angela Mary Tod

8 July 2020Naomi Clifford

A life illustrating the problem we have remembering the work of women.

Susan Otto

8 July 2020Naomi Clifford

A short life full of potential – ended abruptly towards the end of the Blitz.

Margaret Bridges

8 July 2020Naomi Clifford

The ambulance work of Margaret Bridges featured in Popular Mechanics in 1943.

Frank Enefer

8 July 2020Naomi Clifford

WW1 veteran Frank Enefer was one of the oldest volunteer ambulance drivers.

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