Enid Bagnold's unconventional memoir, 'A Diary Without Dates', provides a vivid and poetic account of her time as a nurse's aide in the Royal Herbert Hospital during World War I. Witnessing the horrific injuries suffered by wounded British soldiers, Bagnold's prose-poem captures the suffering and trauma of war in a timeless commentary. Her critical assessment of hospital administration, rich philanthropists, and routine-obsessed staff led to her dismissal, but her recollections provide a compelling narrative and social history of wartime nursing.