![48First commissioned woman in the British Army.- Bennett (Agnes, Australian medical practitioner, of 36 Morpeth Mansions, London, 1872-1960) Diary excerpts sent to her brother during the First World War and some wartime correspondence etc. 1916-17, 8 parts, typescript with autograph corrections, numerous pp., some loose, others working loose, original wrappers, edges chipped and torn, 280 x 210mm., n.d. [c. 1916-17]; and a copy of the printed book, Doctor Agnes Bennett, by Cecil & Celia Manson, 1960, v.s., v.d. (9).
*** The excerpts cover the years 1916-17 when Bennett was in charge of a unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals on the Serbian front.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/af1231f6-c8b3-ef11-8a6d-6045bd0f8fa8/22f154ec-26bd-ef11-8a6d-6045bdcf395d.webp "48First commissioned woman in the British Army.- Bennett (Agnes, Australian medical practitioner, of 36 Morpeth Mansions, London, 1872-1960) Diary excerpts sent to her brother during the First World War and some wartime correspondence etc. 1916-17, 8 parts, typescript with autograph corrections, numerous pp., some loose, others working loose, original wrappers, edges chipped and torn, 280 x 210mm., n.d. [c. 1916-17]; and a copy of the printed book, Doctor Agnes Bennett, by Cecil & Celia Manson, 1960, v.s., v.d. (9).
*** The excerpts cover the years 1916-17 when Bennett was in charge of a unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals on the Serbian front.")
Lot 48
First commissioned woman in the British Army.- Bennett (Agnes) Diary excerpts sent to her brother during the First World War and some wartime correspondence etc. 1916-17, 8 parts, typescript with autograph corrections, n.d. [c. 1916-17]; and a copy of the printed book (9).
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First commissioned woman in the British Army.- Bennett (Agnes, Australian medical practitioner, of 36 Morpeth Mansions, London, 1872-1960) Diary excerpts sent to her brother during the First World War and some wartime correspondence etc. 1916-17, 8 parts, typescript with autograph corrections, numerous pp., some loose, others working loose, original wrappers, edges chipped and torn, 280 x 210mm., n.d. [c. 1916-17]; and a copy of the printed book, Doctor Agnes Bennett, by Cecil & Celia Manson, 1960, v.s., v.d. (9).
⁂ The excerpts cover the years 1916-17 when Bennett was in charge of a unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals on the Serbian front. "I went to Salonique on Thursday, 18th, and returned on 20th. I fear some disaffection in the army. They are thoroughly discontented with French authority and there are rumours of a plot against the Crown Prince - one can hardly think there would be a party to go over to the Germans, but really the pressure on them is terrible." - Bennett.
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First commissioned woman in the British Army.- Bennett (Agnes, Australian medical practitioner, of 36 Morpeth Mansions, London, 1872-1960) Diary excerpts sent to her brother during the First World War and some wartime correspondence etc. 1916-17, 8 parts, typescript with autograph corrections, numerous pp., some loose, others working loose, original wrappers, edges chipped and torn, 280 x 210mm., n.d. [c. 1916-17]; and a copy of the printed book, Doctor Agnes Bennett, by Cecil & Celia Manson, 1960, v.s., v.d. (9).
⁂ The excerpts cover the years 1916-17 when Bennett was in charge of a unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals on the Serbian front. "I went to Salonique on Thursday, 18th, and returned on 20th. I fear some disaffection in the army. They are thoroughly discontented with French authority and there are rumours of a plot against the Crown Prince - one can hardly think there would be a party to go over to the Germans, but really the pressure on them is terrible." - Bennett.
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