Youngest British nurse to care for D-Day soldiers shared her ‘remarkable’ story
The experiences of the youngest British nurse caring for Allied troops returning from the D-Day invasion have been shared ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
Naina Cox (nee Beaven) was aged 16 when she volunteered for the British Red Cross as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse at Portsmouth, the headquarters for the military units destined for Normandy’s Sword Beach.
Now the British Red Cross has shared a letter Ms Cox wrote
