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Dunkerley's poem appeared on Ivory Cross leaflets and posters during the war. http://buff.ly/1lYceHX #WW1Dentists #WW1
Lt Wood aided "tooth-aching soldiers with a few instruments he took...on the chance of their being a comfort to some comrade"
BMJ report mentioning FW Paul, Civilian Dental Surgeon & the Rohillahttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2299986/pdf/brmedj07308-0028.pdf#page=8 …#WW1Dentists #WW1
After intense lobbying from the profession the BDJ reported in the November 16th, 1914 issue:
"...six dental practitioners have been specially appointed to the Royal Army Medical Corps, and have gone to France, as dentists, with the rank of temporary Lieutenants, to the Regular Forces. Thus, should future developments justify it, the nucleus of a special Dental Corps is already in being.“
Read more about the six dentists and other #WW1Dentists history on our Glimpses of BDA Past site https://www.bda.org/library/history/snippetsbdapast #WW1
