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WW1 Letters Home - Apr 3, 1917

5/22/2022

 
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Veda Josie Perrault, 17 or 18 yrs old. Courtesy of Doreen Proctor Burnett.

​Author of Letter: Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old 
Dated:  April 3. 1917
Mailed from:  H.M.S. Bacchante 
Attached to: HMS Bacchante 
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor 
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve 
Addressed to:  Mrs. N.C. Draper, Keswick, Ont
Relationship: Wife 
Writing instrument:  Fountain Pen with Black Ink 
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into a 4-page booklet form with the inside page written across the short width and then down the length like foolscap. The pages are not numbered. 
​

People mentioned in this letter: 
Ethel* - Ethel Isabel Draper, 27 yrs old, Noah's wife of 6 yrs 
Mother - Sarah Sophia Deverell* Draper, Noah's widowed mother 
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Eva - Eva Amelia Draper Perrault*, 40 yrs old, one of Noah's sisters  
Veda Josie Perrault** 21 yrs old, daughter of Eva and Joseph Perrault

Percy* - Percy Roy Draper, 33 yrs old, Noah's older brother 
Kiddies - JD* and Mildred/Midge* - Noah and Ethel's children
Sadie* -  Sadie Eliza Nelson* Prosser* is Ethel's 21 yr old sister

Places/things mentioned in this letter:
African Church Service
Fruits and Flowers 
Birkenhead - Across the River Mersey from Liverpool, England 


Word or Phrase Use:  
darky** - common usage at the time of these letters (see Historical note below)
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Legend: 
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H.M.S. Bacchante,
April 3. 1917.
Mrs. N.C. Draper,
     Keswick, Ont.
My Dear wife
     Well I suppose you 
will be wondering where 
I am, I am still in the 
same port. as when I 
wrote the last letter 
but expect to move out 
soon.
     I was ashore to church 
last Sunday & it was 
the first time I ever 
was at church where 
there was not a white 
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preacher, there was about thirty 
sailors there & we were the only 
white people there. & you would 
laugh to see the style of our 
darky friends. there was a 
choir of men & boys & they are 
very good singers.
     I have not been ashore only to 
church but would like to go 
ashore for a couple of hours 
to see the fruits & flowers 
growing in their natural 
surroundings. 
     Say when did you send 
that parcel I have not got 
it yet so mabey it is in the 
bottom of the sea, eh, We 
have not had any mail since 
we left Birkenhead but expect 
some in a day or so. say did 
you send them snapshots I 
have not got them so you had 
better send some more.
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I have only had 1 letter 
from Mother 1 from Eva & 
one from Percy since I came 
over to England so it is 
certain that we do not 
receive all our mail but 
it is a wonder we get as much 
as we do when you think of
what they have to handle.
     I hope you are all well 
as this leaves me, I suppose 
your father is buisy sowing 
by the time you get this. 
Well I guess I will close 
for this time, so ByeBy. 
kiss the kiddies for 
me, & tell Sadie I am 
going to write her that 
letter some time. Bye Bye Love (?)
​                                 N.C. Draper
​

​History Notes​
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There is one History note for this letter of April 3, 1917

History Note 1 - Use of words to describe Africans

Although we don't know exactly where Noah is in early April 1917, we know he's aboard the HMS Bacchante on convoy escort duties with the 9th Cruiser Squadron which is headquartered on the African coast at Sierra Leone. 

In this letter, Noah gets leave to attend the local church. As a Methodist, he is used to a service that is more spontaneous and lively than others, such as the RC or Anglican services, however this is his first attendance at the wonderful uplifting of voices and spirits of an African service. If you've ever seen and heard a Southern Gospel Choir, or listened to a Southern Baptist minister preach to his congregation, then you've only seen and heard a small portion of what Noah probably saw and heard that day.

Noah's comment that Ethel would laugh to see the style of the service and choir is based on her being a choir member and pianist/organist. In Ethel's Oct 30, 1911 Courtship Letter to Noah, they are discussing Noah's niece, Veda Josie Perrault (pictured above), who has recently entered Brandon College in Brandon, Manitoba. Ethel writes, "Is Veda's special subject at school Music. I like you do think that music is some thing worth while. I often wish that I had taken more time and so understood music better, I guess." 

Noah refers to the African people as his "darky friends" which was in common usage according to what was written in newspapers and diaries of that time. In a future letter you'll see that Noah refers to them as Negroes, the anthropology classification. However technical, it's no longer in use. Time changes people as well as their opinions, most times for the good. 

​No offense is intended in the publication of these historic letters. Please note the following image which is a permanent feature on the right sidebar of this blog. 
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WW1 Letters Home - Mar 18, 1917

4/24/2022

 
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Author of Letter: Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old 
Dated:  March 18 / 1917
Mailed from:  H.M.S. Bacchante 
Attached to: HMS Bacchante 
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor 
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve 
Addressed to:  Mrs. N.C. Draper
Relationship: Wife 
Writing instrument:  Fountain Pen with Black Ink 
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into a 4-page booklet form. Noah wrote this letter different than any other. He lay it flat and wrote across what is usually his last page, but this time started with it. Then he wrote page 2 on what is usually his first page, and then he flipped it over but instead of writing as if 2 pages, he wrote across the short width and down the page like foolscap. 

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel* - Ethel Isabel Draper, 27 yrs old, Noah's wife of 6 yrs

Places/things mentioned in this letter:
Bay of Biscay** 
​whites - Royal Navy Uniform Dress 6 with Sennett Hat (image above)
sentry duty and search light
​censor**


Word or Phrase Use: 
​altho - Noah often spells it this way. Common usage for the time?


Legend: 
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March, 18 / 1917. 
H.M.S. Bacchante, 
Mrs. N.C. Draper,
     Keswick, Ont.
Dear Wife;-
     Well Ethel we are out at 
sea about 1500 miles from 
England & will be a few 
more before we touch port 
I guess. we are getting in 
a warm country now & 
will soon be wearing 
white suits & hats with 
out jerseys. they are quite 
smart but hard to 
keep clean, 
     When we (corner missing)
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we went(corner chunk missing) 
& took on so(missing)
we passed through some 
of the finest scenery. I 
have seen on this side 
of the water, I would like 
to have some pictures 
of it, but of course one 
dare not bring a camera 
near a port.
     Well I dont know when 
this will get posted 
but am writing so as to 
have it ready at any 
time
     Say I guess I will get 
over getting sea sick 
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in time just missed a meal so(missing)
& that was while going across(missing)
​bay of Biscay. they say there(missing)
a number of tides meet there(missing)
it is very seldom calm & so(missing)
times very rough. 
     Well I hope you are all well a(missing)
this leaves me I am feeling fine 
& not worked to hard altho the 
night work does not agree with 
me haHa. We have 8 watches on 
board & do 4 hour tricks all 
(missing)ut 2 whitch they call dogwatches 
(missing)om 4 P.M untill 6 and from 6 to 8
(missing)hat is to change it so you 
(missing)not get the same watches every 
(missing)ght. I am on a search light but 
we have had no cause to use it 
yet, when we have it means 
fight, but still we have to be 
at our places & ready at anytime 
but I guess we will not be in 
any danger for some time to 
come anyway. Well ByeBye for now 
                                     N.C.D

​

History Notes​

There are 2 History notes for this letter of March 18, 1917: 


History Note 1 - Censorship of Letters  
This letter is one of many that are missing parts due to the censor's hand. From now on, every letter will be scrutinized for dates or locations that could tip off the enemy. Some letters are missing a corner, like this one, but others are missing paragraphs which always makes me wonder what Noah said that made the censor rip it out, specially since one word in one corner means more words missing on the backside as well. 


History Note 2 - Bay of Biscay 
​

According to Noah's letter, he has crossed the Bay of Biscay and is about 1500 miles (approx 2400 km) from England. By my calculation, that puts him off the coast of Morocco, possibly near the Canary Islands.
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Map showing Bay of Biscay. Wikimedia

WW1 Letters Home - Mar 11, 1917

4/17/2022

 
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9th Cruiser Squadron. Courtesy of Wikipedia


Author of Letter: Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old 
Dated:  March 11 / 17 
Mailed from:  H.M.S. Bacchante 
Attached to: HMS Bacchante 
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor 
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve 
Addressed to:  Dear Ethel 
Relationship: Wife 
Writing instrument:  Fountain Pen with Black Ink 
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into a 4-page booklet form. Noah wrote on the first page, left the 2nd blank, wrote his good-bye on the third page, and left the last page blank. 

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel* - Ethel Isabel Draper, 27 yrs old, Noah's wife of 6 yrs

Places/things mentioned in this letter:
Bacchante - HMS Bacchante*
​Leaving port** 
​
Word or Phrase Use: 
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Legend: 
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  March 11 / 17
 H.M.S. Bacchante 
Dear Ethel;-
     Just a line to 
let you know I 
am well and leaving 
port right away & 
have to scratch 
this off quick or 
not get it away 
the mail is ready 
now so I will 
have to close, 
​Could not write

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any earlyier so it 
has to be short 
     Well Bye.Bye.
Love to all.
  x x x x your loving 
husband.
           N.C. Draper

​

History Notes​

​This letter is short and very sweet. Noah's ship, HMS Bacchante, has been assigned as the flagship of 9th Cruiser Squadron to the West Africa Command at Sierra Leone from April 1917 to November 1918. 

Noah's letters home will be censored, however, starting in June, we'll be able to see his exact location from a wonderful website showing Royal Navy Log Books: Ship Histories. 

WW1 Letters Home - Feb 26, 1917

3/13/2022

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Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Advertisement in Brassey's Naval Annual 1915

​Author of Letter: Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old
Dated:  Feb 26 (1917)
Mailed from:  HMS Bacchante
Attached to: HMS Bacchante 
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Addressed to:  Mrs. N.C. Draper, Keswick, Ont. 
Relationship: Wife
Writing instrument:  Pencil
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into 3 page booklet form, with the inside page written across and then down the length like foolscap. The pages are not numbered. 

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel* - Ethel Isabel Nelson Draper, 27 yrs old, Noah's wife of 6 yrs 
Percy - Percy Roy Draper*, 33 yrs old, Noah's brother, lives in Sask
Ethel - Ethel Maud Draper Rigler*, 36  yrs old, Noah's sister, lives in Sask
George - George Draper*, 37, yrs old, cousin, lives near Battleford, Sask



Places/things mentioned in this letter:
​dry dock** See History Note 2
Chatham - city of Noah's previous posting while attached to HMS Pembroke
Liverpool - maritime city in northwest England across from HMS Bacchante
Regina - capital of Saskatchewan, 10 miles west of Noah's farm


Word or Phrase Use: 
​snapshot - photograph

Legend: 
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16 Mess   Feb. 26 
H.M.S. Bacchante 
​G.P.O. London, Eng.
Mrs. N.C Draper 
     Keswick, Ont. 
Dear Ethel:- 
      Well we are in dry dock 
and may be here some 
time but will be glad 
to get to sea altho I 
will likely be sea 
sick again. HaHa.
     Well Ethel I hope you 
are all as well as this 
leaves me at present 
never felt better in 
my life. have not 
had any mail 
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​since I left Chatham but am 
expecting it every day and 
looking for the box. HaHa. 
     Say I think we have a 
very fine Captain he said 
Sunday morning at prayers 
that he did not want any 
man to work under him 
on Sunday only what was 
absolutely necessary. 
     I was over to Liverpool last 
night and had my Photo 
taken am to get them tomorrow 
night am sending one in 
this letter I had taken in 
Chatham. it looks like 
H--l eh what? have not 
received them snapshots 
yet. have you sent them 
and when. 
     Well I guess I will get out 
tomorrow night to post this.
have not heard anymore 
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about our leave so dont 
know wheather we will 
get it or not. 
     I have not heard from 
​Percy or Ethel yet so will 
have mail from them 
soon I expect suppose 
George will soon be 
going home that would 
be a good chance for 
you to go if you are 
thinking of going. & 
if I get to Canada I will 
try to get leave & get 
out to Regina & see them 
​all. Well I guess I will 
close so Bye Bye Love to All 
                  XXX  N.C Draper 


History Notes
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There are 2 History notes for this letter of February 26, 1917:

History Note 1 -  Percy, Ethel, and George 

​Noah asks Ethel if she's heard from Percy, Ethel, or George yet. 

Percy and Ethel are 2 of Noah's living siblings. Percy married Parthena Fisher and live on the section east to Noah and Ethel (NE 
29-17-21-W2) at Adams, Saskatchewan.

Ethel Maud married William Rigler and live on the NW part of section 31, beside Noah and Ethel, who live on the NE part of the same section (31-17-21 W2), a half mile west of Percy's land. The Adams CNR siding is also on Noah's land. (See my post on C.N.R. at Adams, Saskatchewan)

A third sibling, Eva Amelia, married Andrew Perrault and live on land that adjoins the town of Grand Coulee, 3.5 miles southeast of Adams as the crow flies.

George Draper is Noah's 1st cousin, brother of Stewart Draper who is often mentioned in Noah's letters. George married Eliza Alberta Hamilton and farmed land in the District of Battleford, Saskatchewan during the time of these letters.

When Noah says that George will be going home soon, he is referring to the fact that George and Eliza are spending the winter months in Ontario with family, just like Ethel is doing while Noah is away. Noah and Ethel did the same for years and Noah is using this as a prod to get her to go back to their own farm in Saskatchewan now that winter is almost over.
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Draper sisters (L to R) Sarah Louisa, Eva Amelia, Ethel Maud, and Jennie (sitting), about 1910
 
History Note 2 - Dry Dock 

In this letter, Noah says he is dry dock and might be there for some time, but doesn't say why. Dry docks, also called graving docks, are used when a ship needs to clean or repair the hull. Over time, sea-going vessels suffer a buildup of marine life such as barnacles that can damage the hull if not cleaned off on a regular basis. This can be done in or out of water, but a dry dock makes the job easier. Same for repairs. A dry dock allows the ship to sail into a box-like structure where a door, such as a canal lock, can close behind it creating a seal between the dry dock and the sea water. The dry dock is then drained of water leaving the ship on a support system which stops the vessel from toppling over. The poster at the top of this post shows a drained dry dock system, while the photograph below shows a dry dock on the Birkenhead side of the River Mersey which may even have been the one that repaired the Bacchante in 1917. (More of that in a future letter.)

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Graving dock NO 4, Cammell Laird Shipbuilding Yard, 2019. Courtesy of Phil Nash, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 & GFDL
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WW1 Letters Home - Feb 18, 1917

2/25/2022

 
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Ferry Routes Across the River Mersey to Liverpool, 1911.
Author of Letter: Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old
Dated:  Feb 18, 1917 
Mailed from:  Birkinhead (Birkenhead, England) 
Attached to: HMS Bacchante 
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Addressed to:  Mrs. N.C. Draper, Keswick, Ont. 
Relationship: Wife
Writing instrument:  Fountain Pen with Black Ink
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into a 4-page booklet. Noah hasn't numbered the pages, and he's using a form he's used often before where his first page is the front "cover", then he's opened it and written on the right side, then moved over to the left side - turned the page sideways - and written there, and finally, he's closed it and written on the back. For clarity, I'm posting the pages in the order they were meant to be read. 

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel* - Ethel Isabel Draper, 27 yrs old, Noah's wife of 6 yrs


Places/things mentioned in this letter:
ferry** across the River Mersey
Birkenhead - town across the River Mersey from Liverpool, England
Liverpool - 
maritime city in northwest England
poverty** in Liverpool
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Word or Phrase Use: 
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Legend: 
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Birkinhead, Feb. 18./17.
Mrs. N.C. Draper,
    Keswick, Ont.
My Dear wife & Babies;-
   Well am still in Port and 
expect to be for some time 
but can never tell. I was 
ashore yesteraday after-noon 
and went over to Liverpool it 
is only about 5 minutes by 
ferry from here & is some 
place I was in the poor 
district yesteraday and 
it is awful to see the
poverty so plainly to be 
seen on every side lots 
of children without shoes 

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and stockings yet they 
say it is no worse than 
it was in peace time and 
I do not see why it should 
be as wages are so much 
higher. then at night I 
went to the theather they 
have two performances 
a night one at 640 PM & the 
other at 9. & I guess they get 
full houses at each one. 
   There is some talk of 
us getting a four days 
leave here but I do not 
know wheather we will 
or not if I do I will spend 
​it in or around Liverpool
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   Say Ethel I think if I were you 
I would go west in the spring 
& look after things you could board 
your self or fix it any way you 
liked so you could get along untill 
I get back home.
   Well there is funny weather here 
foggy one day & cold the next and 
I will be glad to see the summer altho 
I would be more than supprised to be 
near England in April.
   Say you should see the clothes we 
​had issued to us & I had a suit 
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made to order cost 14 shilling 
but it is better stuff than 
in the ones we get issued 
to us.
   Well it is a quite a job to 
write here as there is over 
1000 men on board & they 
all seem to want to talk 
at once when a person is 
writing. Well I have had 
tea & just started to finish 
this letter when the bugle 
sounded again but guess 
I will finish it this time.
   Have you sent that Photo 
& snapshots yet. I have not 
got them anyway. Well I guess 
I will close for this time so 
ByeBye Love to all.
                              N.C. Draper.

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History Notes
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There are 2 History notes for this letter of February 18, 1917:


History Note 1 - Ferry across the River Mersey 

In this letter, Noah had time off  to explore the Birkenhead area where the HMS Bacchante is docked and used it to take a ferry across the River Mersey to Liverpool. (Yes, I now have the 1965 hit song Ferry Cross the Mersey by Gerry & The Pacemakers running through my head.)

By the first decade of the 20th century, paddlewheel ferries had been replaced by modern single or twin-screw steamers such as in the following illustration from the book, The Atlantic Ferry by Arthur J. Maginnis, published in 1900 by Whittaker and Co, London.

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Illustration of twin-screw steamer, 1900.
We don't know which ferry Noah took to Liverpool, but it may even have been the SS Iris or SS Daffodil which were requisitioned to serve as troop transports in April 1918. They were given the HMS designation to their names, and with their shallow draft, were able to safely skim over mines which floated just beneath the water's surface. They suffered gunfire and shell damage during the naval raid on Zeebrugge in Belgium, and returned to England. After repairs, they were refitted with the furniture and furnishings of their non-military river ferry days.

For their service, King George V renamed the steamers Royal Daffodil and Royal Iris. On May 18, 1918, they returned to River Mersey ferry service where they received a heroes' welcome.
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Mersey ferries Daffodil and Iris at Dover in 1918, upon their return from participating in the Zeebrugge Raid in Belgium.
History Note 2 - Poverty in Liverpool

At the start of the 20th century, Liverpool was one of the most industrialized cities in England, and is said to have grown faster than London during the latter decades of the 1800's. For a large part, this was due to the seven miles of docks running alongside Liverpool, with many more across the River Mersey at Birkenhead and Merseyside which ensured the movement of goods manufactured in the area. 

The numerous cotton, woollen and textile mills, iron and steel manufacturing plants, potteries, car manufacturing plants, chemlcal plants, not to mention the shipbuilding and repair dry docks, needed workers. People flocked to Liverpool for this purpose. But unlike a steady weekly job that could be counted on, a majority of the employment in Liverpool was casual day labour where men and women spent hours each day just trying to get a job. The work was dangerous with no safety laws in effect, and many lost their lives while trying to make a living. Single parents had no choice but leave their children alone while they worked. Child labour was also used, especially in the textile mills, but often children were left on their own in the streets while their parents strived to make enough money to feed them.

As someone born to a loving family on the rich farmland north of Toronto, Noah wasn't used to the hopeless poverty and neglected children of the Liverpool slums. It seemed so senseless to him.
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