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Inside cover
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Your album is your garden too
Where all your friends may sow
Where thorns & thistles gather not
And only roses grow
I also in your garden plot would sow
The Forget Me Not
Pte H Adshead
22nd Batt Manchesters’
14.4.16
Also thanking Sister Wilson
During my short stay at
Nethercourt V.A. D
The Yorkshire mumS Motto 1/6
Hear all and never say nowt
Drink all and never pay nowt
And if thou wants owt doing
Well do it for thissen
With best wishes to
Sister Wilson
Sapper Bostock R E
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God Made the little Nigger’s
He Made them All at Night
He Made them in a hurry
And forgot to Make them White
Thanking the Sister’s & Nurses for there
Kind treatment to me during my
Stay at Nethercourt
Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Brown
6th D.L.I
Wounded Feb 5th 16 Sanctuary Wood
11/4/16
Money talk’s that’s what people say
Money talks to someone every day
I’ve tried to get on speaking terms with
(M.O.N.E.Y.)
But the only thing it ever said to me
Is Good-bye Good-bye
Good-bye
Thanking the Sister’s and Nurse’s for their kink
Treatment to me whilst staying at Nethercourt
With best Wishes. Yours sincerely
a/c T.Bateman.3rd. Batt. Rifle Brigade
wounded at Hooge Sun Feb 13rh. 16 28/03/16
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For gold the merchant ploughs the main
The farmer ploughs the manor
But glory is the soldier’s pride
The soldier’s wealth is honour
The brave poor soldier ne’er despise
Nor count him as a stranger.
Remember, he’s his country’s stay
In day and hour of danger.
With best wishes to Str. Wilson for her kindness during my stay at the V.A.D.
Pte. J. Condron
1st York’s
Wounded at Ypres
Feb.15.1916
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B.CARTER
CAPT
49TH CANADIANS
WE CLOSE ON FRIDAY
YOU CAN’T COME IN, IT WOULD GET THE PLACE A BAD NAME!!
TRY AN IRON CROSS
BILL!
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----------------- Afar let CANNON BELLOW DEATH,
WHERE SHATTERED SHIPS SINK IN THE MAIN
FROM BLOOD - DRENCHED RAVISHED HOMES
THEY CALL.
AVENGE, AVENGE THE FOULLY SLAIN
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With many thanks and best wishes to Sister
Wilson for kind attentions during my stay at
Nethercourt.
405486 Pte Rothwell,
26 Battalion
Canada
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WHEN.THE GOLDEN SUN IS SINKING
FAR AWAY OVER THE SEA
AND OF OTHERS YOU ARE THINKING
WILL YOU SOME TIMES THINK OF ME
WITH KINDNESS REGUARDS AND BEST WISHES
TO SISTER WILSON. WOUNDED AT MISSINES 30/4/16
4422 Pte.P.Hierans 2nd Leinster Rgt.
Thanking Sister Wilson & the nurses of V.A.D Hospital for their kindness
& attention during my short stay. There.
I wish you all the very best of luck
wherever you may be.& only health
wealth & happiness go with you all
in future life, Is the wish of
L.CPt Harker 1460
----------- 27th Northumberland Fusilier
a company
Wounded at albirt.
the 11/5/16. ------- ------
Left wrist
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With many thanks to Sister Wilson
For her kindness and all the attention
She paid to me during my stay at
Nethercourt V.A.D. Hospital and wishing
Her the best of Luck and every success
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From Pt. John Taylor
2nd Welsh Rgt
Wounded in the Village of Loos May 12/1916
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Wounded at Armentiere
April 26.1916
With many thanks and best wishes to
Sister Wilson for kind attentions
During my stay at Nethercourt
11/11 Pte Arthur Bilbrough
9th Batt Duke of Wellington’s Regt.
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With many thanks & Best Wishes
To Sister Wilson for kind attentions
During my stay at Nethercourt
A.M. RISPIN.
R.F.C.
29/3/16
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With best wishes and many
Thanks for your great kindness
to me during my stay at
Nethercourt which I was very
Sorry to leave.
Yours sincerely
Pte L Day 1719
17th Royal Fusiliers
Wounded at
Cuvenchy Feb 17/16
Arrived Nethercourt
Feb 24/16
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It is true you are a sport
And all the boy’s will miss
You at Nethercourt.
With many thanks for your kindness and attention whilst
In your care.
R.W.
There was a time, I knew you not
But since my eyes beheld you first
My mind was here free
For you were dear until my heart
More dear than word can tell
And if you have a fault with me
Tis loving you to well
Richard Filburn
Wounded Ypres
Jan 24th 1916
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Here’s to the Dove that flies above.
That never lost a feather
That you & I shall never die
Till we kick the bucket
Together
That’s true
Andrew Mottershead
ASL
Met with accident
Flugstreete Jan 24th
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Tis better to smoke here
than hereafter
First God made men and then
He made woman, and then he
Felt so sorry for man He
Tobacco
May luck be
with you in all
your travels
G.R.W. Oaks
R.F.A.
Canada Canada the land
of freedom and liberty. Who have
send his Sons fourth to uphold
the freedom that our father’s
fought so dearly for us.
With many thanks Pte T.V. Meara
& best wishes to 5th, Batt Winnipeg
Wounded at Ypres
24th April arrived at Nethercourt May May 4th 1916
Logan ave 1623 Winnipeg
With many thanks & best wishes to
Sister Wilson for her kindness to me while I was staying
at V.A.D. Hospital.
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Date 24/7/17
A lady was walking down a
Street, with a Dog and came across
a boy. and The Dog bit the
boy leg.
Remarks
Lady
I am sorry my Dog bit you here is a shilling Boy
Boy
No I say Lady let him have two more bites to make it
Half Crown
Pte S.R Adams
8 Glouster Regt
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With many thanks . Best wishes to
Sister Wilson for kind attentions during
my stay at Nethercourt
Corp. F. Jessup 17690
7th Border Regt.
Wounded at Ypres
Feb.15th 1916
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Seek out the good in every man
And speak of him the best ye can
Then will men speak well of thee
And say how kind of heart ye be.
With many thanks and every good
With thanks for kind attention while at Nethercourt
E Bryant
8th Batt Queens Regt
Wounded at Ypres Feb 6th 1916
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Of all the work. The silent part is best.
Of all expressions. That which
Cannot be expressed.
Wakeford.
30/3/18
2.A. Hospital
Vincent Sq
London.
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THE “kings”.
L.Cpt. Fitzgerald
1st/7th KINGS
L. Pools
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I have found the staff of Nethercourt;
Good hearted & full of sport.
I write these lines.
Because they shine
And for the remembrance of Nethercourt.
__________________
I wish you the best of luck on all your
Travels
Gunr G Wilson
2/3 East Lane’s R. F.
Rad Hernia
May 1916.
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A little dab a powder
A little dab a paint
Makes a Girls complexion,
What it really ain’t.
Signed
L/cp Hecker
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Could we but our passions rule
Though we spare thee many years of sorrow
Could we but keep that golden rule
Think to day
And speak tomorrow.
With my best wishes
& every success.
a.Xalker
30.5.18
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THE. QUEENS
T Stockdale. 2nd Batt. Queens
Wounded at. May 11
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CONNAUGHT RANGERS
With many thanks and best wishes
To” Sister Wilson” Sisters and staff of the V.a.D. Hospital. Nethercourt. For
There kindness and attension during my stay, Joseph Fairs 3685
Connought Rangers.
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There are three things which are too
Wonderful for me, yea, four, which I know not: -----
The way of an eagle in the air;
The way of an eagle in the air;
The way of a serpent upon a rock;
The way of a ship in the midst of a sea;
And, the way of a man with a maid.”
Proverbs xxx. 18-19
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For she’s a jolly good Sister
And so say all of us –
Fitzgerald
Morgan
Pink
Gibson T
Staff nurse Spurr
April 1st 1918
My last night at military Hosp:
Newcastle Staff
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A.C Gerrard.
Stoke –War – Hosp.
New castle
Staff’s
OFFICER:- WELL –
Sgt:Major :- THIS MAN CHARGED FOR
BEING ABSENT 2 DAYS
OFFICER : 6 MONTHS’ HARD LABOUR
Sgt ; Major. YOU CANNOT GIVE HIM THAT SIR.
OFFICER. WELL. 2 MONTHS.
Sgt Major. YOU CANNOT GIVE HIM THAT SIR.
OFFICER. WELL WHAT CAN I GIVE HIM
Sgt Major. 2 DAYS PAY OR SOMETHING THERE ABOUTS
OFFICER. TAKING TWO SHILLINGS from his pocket giving it to the accused, saying
Don’t let it occur again or you won’t get so much.
H E.
M.T.AS,C.
24.7.17
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What鈥檈es it be. It seems to we,
鈥楾is only noble. To be poor,
Know hearts are than
And simple faith than human blood.
Stoke. War Hospital鈥�
March 1918
James Maxwell
MD
Woman would be more charm-
Ing if one could fall into her
arms without falling into her hands.
Stoke War Hospital,
March 31st, 1918.
WEaHarris
CF
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THE ROYAL DRAGOONS
Cpt B Proctor
Wounded Feb 4th 1916
Hulluck near
Loos
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2nd Queens R.W.S.
There are loyal hearts there are spirirts brave
There are souls that are pure and true
Then give the world the best you have
And the best will come back to you
Gassed at Carney carney
26th April 1916
Yours Truly
Pte W Colley
2nd of Foot
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A fool there was who made his prayer
To a bone, a rag, and a lock of hair.
L.Cpl Gregg
1/5 West Yorks
5/6/16
Wounded
near albert
20/2/16
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May good fortune and health
Go with you all your days
Mr V Penk
Stoke War Hospital.
1-4-18
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WITH BEST WISHES
YOURS SINCERLEY
S.G.CHALK
1st C.M.R
29.3.16
Old Lady 鈥淪o. William, YOU鈥橵E COME BACK TO US WOUNDED I HEAR. HOW DID IT HAPPEN?鈥�
William 鈥淪HELL, Mx尘鈥�
Old Lady 鈥淎 SHELL! OH DEAR! AND DID IT EXPLODE?鈥�
William 鈥淓XPLODE, Mum? Not LIKELY.
IT JUST CREPT UP SOFTLY BEHIND 鈥� AND BIT ME.
PUNCH 22.12.15
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Cure for Love
Take 12 ozs of Wislike
1 pound of Resolution
2 ozs of the powder of Experience
A large sprig of Time
14 drachms of the quiet of Dishonour
1 quart of Cooling Water of Consideration
Set them over a gentle fire of love
Sweeten it with sugar of Forgetfulness
Skim it with the spoon of melancholy
Put it to the bottom of your Heart
Cook it with the cork of Conscience
There let it remain, and you will
Instantly find case and be
Restored to your right senses again
The above things are to be procured of
The apothecary, at the house of Understanding
Next door to reason, in Prudent Street, in the
Parish of Contentment, By one who knows
May 1904.
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Here jolly good health
and the best of wishes to
the Sisters and nurses of
Nethercourt v a D hospital
For their kindness and
gentle attendance to
me during my stay
here wounded March
8th came to England
the 16th on H Ship
Brighton
J Ca Dimes
Crondall
Hants
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鈥淭he common problem, yours, mine, everyones,
Is. Not to fancy what were fair in life,
Providing it could be, - but finding first
What maybe, then find how to make
It fair
Up to our means.鈥�- Robert Browning
Florence Chapman
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It was with Sister Wilsons XXX
The bocloi placed my arm
She use to bring the water stol
Which caused me great alarm
I use to think it was so bad
For her to bring it so
I often thought she’d send me mad
And of sin should of
Twas but Sister Wilsons Care
Of her I am so proud
I’d hug her closely if I dare
I should far sro loud
Now I thank her dearly
In all the good she’s done
If there are angles earthly
Sister Wilson’s one
Pte F.T. Goulton
Stoke War Hospital
Newcastle
S Staffs
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If scribbling in albums.
True friendships ensures
With the greatest of pleasures
I. Will scribble in yours
Adam
Stoke war Hospital
4.3.18
Newcastle Stoke War hospital
Staffs
“ The Hours I spent with thee dear Heart”
With all good wishes
Molly Morgan
1-4.18
8.30pm
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If scribbling in albums.
True friendships ensures
With the greatest of pleasures
I. Will scribble in yours
Adam
Stoke war Hospital
4.3.18
Newcastle Stoke War hospital
Staffs
“ The Hours I spent with thee dear Heart”
With all good wishes
Molly Morgan
1-4.18
8.30pm
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God gave us “memories”
that we might have
“Roses” in December
Jean Muir
1.4.15
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Best Wishes
and
best of luck
Pte A Hall
7th Lincolnshire Rgt
C.3. Ward
Stoke War. Hos.
Newcastle
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G.H.Skinner
706 Lab.Co
R.X.
11.11.17
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“Life is mainly froth & bubble
Two things stand like stone
Kindness in your neighbours’ trouble
Courage in your own”
author unknown by she who
wrote it
Edith Kirwan ward
71 Vincent Square
May 30 1918
Be true to the best of
yourself, fearing & desiring
nothing, but living up to
your nature:- then you
will be happy.
(Marcus Aurelius.
Helen Burton
Queen Alexandra Hospital
London May 1918
Page 48
May your joys be as deep as the ocean
Your sorrows as light as the foam
Mary Rowan
Q.A.M.N.S.(R).
Stoke War
Hosp.
21.3.1918
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I CAN’T FIND THAT ARMLET
I’LL HAVE A DRINK
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ONE OF THE BHOYS
SGT [signature]
1917
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with best wishes and
every success to your
sister
Sincerley
Lillian Russell
Winnipeg General
ETV. 12/9/1918
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“She’s no coming oot
the nicht”
D Thomson
1918
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Progress Upward
In its giving & its getting
In its smiling & its fretting
In its peaceful years of toiling
And its awful days of War
Ever as the world is moving
And all human life is proving
It is reaching toward the purpose
That the great God meant
it for
__________________
To the end from the beginning
Through as virtue and all sinning
Runs the golden thread
of Right
from E.W.Wilcox
Yours very sincerely
& with every good wish
for a pleasant & safe voyage
Sister M. Hill
Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.
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9.6.16
I dreamt that I died
and to Heaven did go
Where did you come from
They wanted to know
When I said nethercourt
St Peter did stare
So he said “come inside
Youre the first one from there
D Gear
June 28/18
Indeed the
times are out
of joint!
A charwood
Page 54
June 27th /18
A member of the Rogue’s Retreat
S. T. S. Smith Giech
5th Can Inf.
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Here’s to a British Soldier,
No better lad than he,
He’s fond of his lass
But what about his glass
And there’s no better fighter than he.
Pte H Blacksham
Royal defence Corps
Late
2/5 N Staffs Regt
With kind regards and best wishes
to Sister Wilson
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When we get to Berlin
The Kaiser he will say
Um Got! Von Got!
What a damn fine lot
Are the Boys of the A.V.C
In the Golden Chair
of friendship, regard me.
As a link.
Sadie Dixon
Stoke War Hospital
5.3.18.
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To Miss Wilson. Companion in misfortune – Vincent Square
I’m only a poor V.A.D.
As in uniform quickly you’d see;
I’ve been horribly smashed
for a motor-car crashed
Into me, and damaged my knee.
Sometimes when I’m knitting my sock
Miss Wilson, (who suffers from “shock”)
Comes and sits by my bed
And often she’s said
She thinks me a lazy old crock
For in bed I’m made just to lie,
While now on her pins she’s quite spry.
I think it’s a shame
That I should have blame
For not walking- I’m longing to try.
Sometimes with a wheeze
She’ll laugh and she’ll teaze
And we often make fun of each other.
I know I’ll feel sad
Thought for her I’ll be glad
When she has safely crossed over four seas.
Active Service is all very fine
But for her own native land she must pine
It’s not nice to be sick
And one craves to be quick
to get back to the work near the “line”!
But when the war’s done
And home we are gone
Having tried to do our small bit
For the good of the Cause
In the Greatest of Wars
We shan’t be too sorry to quit.
M. G. Fykes. Clinton
25th May 1918
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A.Creed.
so many gods, so many creeds
so many paths. That wind & wind
whilst Just the act of being kind.
Is.all.this.big world needs
“night watch dog”
N. WATT
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“Rise up in the morning with thee
Wile that smooth or rough-
You’ll grin
Sink to sleep at midnight, and
Although you’re feeling tough
Yet even
There’s nothing to be gained by
Whining & you’re not that kind of stuff
You’re a fighter from away back
& you won’t take a rebuff;
Your trouble is, you don’t know when
You’ve had enough ---
Don’t give in”
Songs of a Sour-Dough-
Robert W. Service
(The Canadian Kipling)
Marian Bateman
Vincent Square
11.5.18
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with heaps of love
and very best wishes to
a most “patient” patient
Sincerely
Margaret Straith
Page 62
When I get up to Heaven
I shall lean on a Golden Bar
and plant down Golden two pences’s
where the Golden lanhands are
no one shall say time please
no one shall turn me out
no one shall refuse to serve me
nor venture to raise a doubt.
For I shall rest on a Golden Cloud
And xxxxx my feet on a Star Beam
Tossing for drinks with the angels
While smoking a Golden Cigar
H.T.P
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“Te le pansy; Dien le quasit”
Ambrose Pare
A.M.Baston Tharle. 71 Vincent Square
June 2: 1918
Winnepeg July 28/20
How often is our path
Crossed by some being
Whose bright spirit sheds
A passing gladness ‘oer it,
But whose course leads
Blown another xxxxxxx
Never more to blend with ours
Sincerely
Win Kemball
Page 64
We are, but little soldier weak
We get but 3/6 a week
The more we do
The more we may
It make’s no difference
To our Pay
Pte S Manley
South wales
Borderers
Page 65
On the steepest slopes of Vimy
Ridge,
Two comrades off mine lay
Ill go and visit their lovely graves
In just one year and a day.
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Pte. George f. Brown.
27th Canadians . B.E.F.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Wounded May 2nd 1917
On Vimy Ridge.
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Laugh & the world laughs with you
Weep & you weep all alone
This earth needs all your mirth
Its plenty of greive of its own
Smile & your friends always smiling
But sigh and they’ll pass you
by
Succeed & give and they’ll
let you live
But fail & they’ll let
You die
Yours truly
Bom Clarke F
Page 67
That good health may be restored
to you soon, as a reward for
untiring devotion to your profession
and sacrifice to the need of the
wounded boys, as is apparent in
their expressions of gratitude
jotted down in this little book
is the sincere wish of your
newly made friend
Aug.1918 Margaret M Ross N.S.
Gen. Hospital
Winnipeg
Man.
I will be the last one in this book
Theres awonderous lot of power
Ina honest wholesome smile
It often stands a blessing
That will travel for amile
Why –when hearts are sad and heavy
And the days are dark the while
you can notice that things brighten
From the moment that you smile
--- ---- -----
Miss is your name
Single is your station
Happy is the little man
That makes the alteration
--- ----- ---
Make new friends –but keep the old
One is silver the other gold 2/5/16
C Westby 7th Lincolns Reg