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I was a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) 661815. I wore a Red Cross on my apron. I joined at Netley Hospital and was also called to a Camp Reception Station in Southampton. There I met my husband, an MO attached to the 44 RM Commando.

We had been married a month when he was sent to Burma. Two years passed. I went to India on the Winchester Castle. We were sent down to South India to Bangalore.

To my utter amazement, my husband suddenly appeared in the ward. I remember we sat for 1/2 an hour on the verandah just holding hands and not speaking. We were too overcome with emotion to say a word!

What a day that was!

[This story was written by Mrs Pamela McLeary and entered on to the People's War website by Jenni Waugh, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Outreach Officer. Mrs Mcleary agrees to abide by the site's terms and conditions.]

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