"A moving scrapbook from a World War One hospital in which patients wrote their thanks to a 'Nurse McDonald' has emerged after nearly 100 years. The men were recuperating at the Passmore Edwards Hospital in Willesden, London, between April 1916 and June 1917, when they made their entries. The soldiers wrote poems, drew pictures and penned their praise to the 'Florence Nightingale' figure in the book - which is being sold at auction next week.As well as British soldiers, those from Canada, Australia and France all made entries in the book. One soldier, T J James, drew a picture of Nurse McDonald treating a patient with a humorous sign on the wall stating 'Dr Killem Quick.' " The Florence Nightingale of World War One: Soldiers¿ poems, drawings and letters of thanks as they recovered in hospital found as moving scrapbook emerges for sale | Mail Online
