F J Wells
Rank: Nursing Orderly / Private
Regiment: St John Ambulance / Royal Army Medical Corps
Address: Hastings
Other Info: At Devonport Military Hospital. The poem below by Private Wells was found in the diary of nurse Daisy Bettison who lived at 5 Clarence Place, North Road, Plymouth:
When the evening sun is setting
and from care your thoughts are free
When of people you are thinking
will you sometimes think of those at M.H.D.
M.H.D. presumably meaning Military Hospital, Devonport.
Published: October 1914
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Hello I own a nurses notebook from the first world war. In this notebook is a poam written by F.J. Wells RAMC in Devonport. Maybe this is interesting for your site. Let me know and I can email you a scan of the pages where Wells wrote his poem.
Best regards
Rob Janssen from the Netherlands
Hi Rob. Wow, that would be interesting to see. I'll send you an email separately. Kind Regards, Kieron.