The Women's Voluntary Service arranged first aid training courses and looked after those people who were hurt during the Blitz. They also provided 'Rest Centres' to give the homeless food, shelter and sanitation. The WVS worked with the Queen's Messenger Convoys delivering food to the areas that suffered from the relentless bombing.
More support was offered from the British Red Cross, St. Johns Ambulance and Civil Nursing Reserve Nurses and the ATS. First aid posts were set up in church halls, schools and hospitals. Mobile First Aid Units were sent to disaster areas to help the casualties.
The fear of losing family, friends, neighbours, homes, work-places; of spending another frightening and sleepless night in an air raid shelter, or of course losing their freedom, was part of everyday life in WWII. Despite Hitler's best efforts, the British people refuse to be undermined!
Source
Britain At War Maureen Hill
www.wikipedia.org/
www.caringonthehomefront.org.uk
The Story Of Britain's Mobilisation For War - Ministry of Information 1944
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