Ernest W. Pettifer was 33 and well established as a Magistrates Clerk, when he volunteered to serve in the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) in November1915. After training at Jordans i...view moreErnest W. Pettifer was 33 and well established as a Magistrates Clerk, when he volunteered to serve in the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) in November1915. After training at Jordans in Buckinghamshire, he served first on an Ambulance Train in France and then at King George Hospital in London. The diary begins when Ernest moves to the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Dunkirk, where he becomes the civilian administrator of the hospital.view less