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VAD is a term used by the official fan group of the actor Richard Rankin, known as The Rank and File.
In 2014, Richard Rankin (Captain Thomas Gillian) starred in the mini series “The Crimson Field” about a group of doctors, nurses and women volunteers working in field hospital during World War 1. The women volunteers were called VADs ( Voluntary Aid Detachment) and lovingly referred to as “Very Adorable Darlings”
The Rank and File adopted it as their own in 2014
In 2014, Richard Rankin (Captain Thomas Gillian) starred in the mini series “The Crimson Field” about a group of doctors, nurses and women volunteers working in field hospital during World War 1. The women volunteers were called VADs ( Voluntary Aid Detachment) and lovingly referred to as “Very Adorable Darlings”
The Rank and File adopted it as their own in 2014
We are the VADs from The Rank and File
by TheRankandFile July 20, 2019