Aristocrats, Adventurers & Ambulances: British Medical Units in the Spanish Civil War

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, as well as winning the respect and gratitude of the citizens whose welfare they strove so selflessly to protect. Recently discovered documentation reveals previously undisclosed details of these remarkably altruistic and, indeed, heroic enterprises, clarifying the reasoning behind their creation and documenting their endeavors in Spain.