BX July 20, 1915

Nursing at Boulogne – Miss Winnie Noble, Daughter of Brantford Man is in British Hospital

Mr. P. Noble 120 Terrace Hill St. has received a card from his daughter, Miss Winnie Noble, who is a nurse at No. 2 British Red Cross hospital, Rouen, France. Miss Noble states that she has met quite a few Canadian wounded at her hospital, and among them was a Lieutenant Chesham, who claimed to know Brantford and quite a few people in the city. “I must say I like them very much, they all seem so plucky,” says Miss Noble in referring to the Canadian soldiers at the front.

“Things have been pretty bad lately,” continues the card. “Crowds of wounded everywhere. I wish you could see Boulogne station. It is quite a sight with all its rows of stretchers and ambulances. I have just heard that I may get a week’s leave. It is not much, but still it gives one a rest away from things. I am in a hospital for British officers. It is very nice, but I prefer to work on the ambulance trains, where one is quite near the front. Here we are a good way back.”

Enclosed in the letter was a snapshot showing stretcher-bearers carrying two wounded German soldiers into the hospital, with two nurses, one of them Miss Noble standing nearby. Miss Noble is shown wearing a cape given her by the Queen Mother Alexandria of England.