First World War
During the First World War, lieutenants Ashley-Smith and Franklin, arrived in Calais on 27 October 1914, but drove motor ambulances instead of horses. FANYs ran field hospitals, drove ambulances and set up soup kitchens and troop canteens, often in highly dangerous conditions. By the Armistice, they had been awarded many decorations for bravery, including 17 Military Medals, 1 Legion d'Honneur and 27 Croix de Guerre. Ashley-Smith wrote a 1917 account of her experiences Nursing Adventures: A FANY in France, retitled A Nurse at War: Nursing Adventures in France for America.
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