In this response to the lack of accessible literature on what was surely one of the most important aspects of the conflict health care and medical assistance during wartime this book reviews the enormously valuable contribution of the volunteers who left Britain to serve with the Republican Medical Services during the Spanish Civil War. Acknowledgement is also given to the immense effort and self-sacrifice made by men and women from all walks of life who, working ceaselessly at home, made it possible for the medical teams to function in Spain. The first British Medical Unit in Spain had...

When a military coup provoked civil war in Spain in July 1936, many thousands of people around the world rallied to provide humanitarian aid; Britons were no exception. This book seeks to shed light on the activities of two separate ventures that played important roles in British medical and humanitarian aid to Spain the Scottish Ambulance Unit and Sir George Young s Ambulance Unit. The volunteer members of these teams earned the unstinting praise of the Spanish government for their selfless commitment to the cause, and won the respect and gratitude of the citizens whose welfare they strove...