WW1 Rationing: Nouilles au Gratin (Pasta with Cheese Sauce)

Familiar in the combination of pasta and cheese, but not in its name; nouilles is french for noodle. So perhaps Granny Dot’s pasta recipe came from France? I need to investigate further.
In the words of Granny Dot:
‘Ingredients. – 3 oz. nouilles, salt, boiling water, 1 oz. of margarine, half a pint of hot milk, …