Winifred Celine Sinclair

Female

Birth date: 7.2.1885 y.

Cabin: Voluntary Aid Detachment-17

Biography:

D.O.B: February 7, 1885. {31}
P.O.B: Aberystwyth, Wales
Cabin: D-17
Occupation: RBNA Certified {1906}, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Voluntary Aid Detachment Position: Lady Superintendent {September 1915}

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After dedicating her entire life taking care of those who she felt needed it most, the emergence of a world war only left her in further detriment. Winnie has always aspired to put her morals of selflessness into use once she registered to be trained to become a nurse a part of the Royal British Nurses’ Association (RBNA) once she hit the age of 18. There was nothing else she wanted to do since the day her twin brother was put in the hands of her care at their young age. While it was a struggle at first, they became accustomed to such and Winnie dedicated her life to one thing— care. All she wanted to do was care and later gained a habit of pushing herself aside.

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Once she officially excelled through her training, the starting point of her nursing career started at the infamous Manchester Royal Infirmary in 1906. Immediately, she was put to rigorous work despite coming in fresh and new. With a heavy demand for skilled nurses at the time, Winnie was held liable for some risky work during her early days such as dressing wounds and administering medication. Only so rarely was she given easier work that required maintaining the infirmary’s cleanliness and housekeeping, which would so quickly change once her name was exclaimed for an emergency. Despite this, she stuck to her self-perception which told her that this was all she was here to do.

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Things changed once the Great War began to emerge, and Winnie felt drawn to turn her efforts into honor. In 1915, she signed up for the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), branching from the British Red Cross as the call for more nurses was everywhere. This cranked what she was used to as a nurse to another extremity given the circumstances she was put in, mostly at the frontlines. Considering she had quite more experience compared to her newer sisters, most reliance would be dependent on Winnie as emergencies were rampant.

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Throughout all of the already hefty anguish of the war Winnie has encountered from soldiers who cried out to her and the constant ruckus of noise, her duties didn’t stop here. In 1915, the turned passenger liner to hospital ship H.M.H.S. Britannic would be eligible for service. Winnie would apply once offered to do so and was immediately registered to be assigned in her rightfully appropriate position as a VAD nurse on board. With this, she’d attend Britannic’s previous voyages where she continued her usual nursing duties onboard. The fateful morning of November 21, 1916 would be unbeknownst to her as she struggles to overcome the midst of her newly endured traumas during current wartime.

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