NUN SAVES SOLDIER
PRAISED BY GEN. GORT.
LONDON, May 8. How a French Sister of Mercy saved the life of a British soldier by prompt and courageous action is described in the latest issue of general routine orders by Gen. Viscount Gort, the B.E.F. Commander-in-Chief. The woman, Sister Hortense, was collecting for the poor of France in a British camp. r “She saw a soldier with his clothes in flames,” the report stated. “She seized a blanket, ran to the soldier, and wrapped the blanket tightly round him until the flames were extinguished. “Though imperilled by her voluminous clothing Sister Hortense acted throughout with complete disregard for her own personal safety.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 June 1940, Page 11
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