Dolly Hossack’s Photograph Album

Miss Georgina Stevenson Hossack, known as Dolly, was born on 4 th December 1887 the daughter of Robert and Isabella. She had a younger brother

John who was born in January 1889. The family home was Alma Cottage, Moss Street, Elgin. Dolly became a nurse VAD during World War 1,

volunteering for duty on 4th August 1914.

Moray’s War is indebted to Mrs Sheila Kelly of Westhill, Aberdeen for this fascinating pictorial record of Dolly Hossack’s war service. Dolly was Mrs

Kelly’s Great Aunt.

Nursing training in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1917

Newcastle Hospital 1917

The troopship Aragon aboard which it is believed Dolly Hossack was a passenger whilst travelling to her post in the Middle East

Arrival in the Middle East and the apparent establishment of the hospital

Various views including Belah Cemetery and a dug-out

Dolly Hossack on leave in the Middle East in early 1918.

Returning home early 1919. Images include hospital train no 24 and views of Marseilles and Versailles from the train window

Photo from The Northern Scot Christmas Number (1927)

Dolly Hossack’s appointment as Assistant Commandant in the Morayshire Branch of the British Red Cross Society, 1926