Olive’s diary June 6th 1918:

A full ward again with some nice men this time. Hewitt very badly hurt. He told Florence he always liked the days I go. Buckley said I was the first one to speak when he arrived and that when I laid my hand on him he felt at home at once.

[Beaucroft was one of 3000 auxiliary hospitals run by 90,000 Red Cross volunteers in WW1. Buildings ranged from town halls and schools to large and small private houses. Soldiers preferred auxiliary hospitals because they were not so strict, less crowded and more homely]