Hallo Joanne The VAD medal index cards are for those who served overseas - there were many times that number who had home service only and therefore didn't qualify for service medals. There are certainly VADs appearing in the London Gazette, mainly for the award of the Royal Red Cross, and a couple who were awarded the Military Medal. I think it's just a question of putting the right information into the search box, and most appear in the form: Miss Annie Edith Cheetham, Nurse, V.A.D. But you need to get the punctuation in the right place, or it sulks. All surviving VAD service records are held at by the British Red Cross Society - address here: http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=3423 but it sounds as though you've already tried that. There are a few service records of VADs at The National Archives in WO399, but the majority refer to women who served as VADs or Special Military Probationers in one of the Territorial General Hospitals in the UK, and even those are few and far between. There are none for women who served in hospitals under the auspices of the Joint War Committee [British Red Cross and St. John] - the vast majority. And seeing as though it's quite near the area you're researching, Paul Nixon's web site about the VAD Hospital has lots of information about VADs in general, but if I remember correctly I think you might have checked that out already. http://www.chailey1914-1918.net/ Best wishes - Sue Sue Light [Lancing, West Sussex] www.scarletfinders.co.uk On 02/10/06, JMBecker@aol.com <JMBecker@aol.com> wrote: > > Hello Listers! > I recently checked -on a lark- documentsonline for Medals for a > female > family member who was in the VAD. Whilst I didn't find her, there are > approximately 10,000 records (I read 65 pages worth) which come up in a > search for > "Voluntary Aid detachment". I was amazed! Surprisingly (?), There were > no > hits for "Voluntary Aid Detachment" or "VAD" in the London Gazette. I > have > searched the web for all I could find and written to the Red Cross but it > occurred to me that perhaps there are military records that may shed some > light? > Any suggestions or information would be greatly appreciated! > Thanks very much! > Joanne > > Joanne MAYS BECKER > Sleepy Hollow, New York > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >