Charity Collection (page 11)

Fire station staff in meal break, London, WW2
Fire station staff having a meal supplied from a mobile canteen van in a school playground in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Church Army Recreation Huts advertisement, 1918
Advertisement in The Tatler appealing for funds to provide more Church Army Recreation Huts. The Church Army providing hundreds of huts

The Prince of Wales Fund: a room in the head office
On 6th August 1914, the Prince of Wales announced the formation of a National Fund for the relief of the inevitable distress consequent on war

Lady Drogheda & her children, aircraft exhibition 1918
The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909 and divorced him in 1922 to marry Guillemo Delanda a polo player

An indefatigable war worker, Elizabeth Asquith
Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897-1945), later Princess Bibesco, English writer, daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and his second wife, Margot

Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund
An appeal to give to the charity of the Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund, showing Britannia providing for impoverished Indian women, whilst also holding a small Indian child

Bystander- Lady Diana Manner
A photograph of Lady Diana Manners (1892-1986), later known as Lady Diana Cooper, a prominent social figure who helped raise funds for the Red Cross and other war charities during WW1

Armed against fate and flags by F C Boyle
A man out walking his dog realises the only way he can avoid flag sellers in wartime is to go out blindfolded and with headphones on his ears

A collection of WWI Charity Day flags
A collection of First World War Charity Day flags. Commemorative Ware

Cub scouts with helicopter, Victoria, Australia
Cub scouts of the 1st Waverley Group with a helicopter in Victoria, Australia. They were raising money for charity, charging passengers for short flights

K Wurttemberger Scheidemunze, war charity token
K. Wurttemberger Scheidemunze, war charity token, in the shape of a German Infantrymans pikelhaube. This is hinged and a small metal thimble is enclosed. Trench Art

Lady French helping women find work, WW1
Lady French, wife of General French, pictured in a work room at Harrods where unemployed women were engaged at a wage of ten shillings a week with a good dinner and tea daily

Scouts of the 1st Wilston Troop, Queensland, Australia
Scouts of the 1st Wilston Troop, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with Lady Goold Adams presenting Colours for special Red Cross work

Childrens Jewel Fund Sale of Dolls, WW1
A variety of examples of dolls on sale at Sutherland House in aid of the Childrens Jewel Fund, which raised money for infant welfare centres around the country

Our Day in London, October 1918
Four photographs reporting on activities across London during Our Day, an event organised to raise funds for the Red Cross

Groom, John A and Junior
John Alfred Groom and his son. Groom was a London engraver and evangelical preacher, whose concern for poor and often disabled flower-sellers

Miss Anne Pierpoint Morgan
Anne Tracy Morgan (July 25, 1873 January 29, 1952), youngest daughter of the financier, John Pierpoint Morgan and American philanthropist who provided relief efforts in aid to France during

Richard King, writer for The Tatler
Richard King, who wrote the weekly column, With Silent Friends, in The Tatler magazine. Pictured in the magazine at the time a selection of his writings were being published by Jordan Gaskell with

Countess of Lytton
Pamela Bulwer-Lytton (n饠 Chichele-Plowden), Countess of Lytton, who ran her own hospital for wounded soldiers during the First World War and organised a number of entertainments

Work rooms of Lady Sclater, WW1
A page from The Sketch showing society ladies hard at work at the work rooms of Lady Sclater at 18 Pont Street, London. In the top photograph

Lena Ashwell in a Three Arts overall, WW1
Lena Ashwell, OBE(28 September 187213 March 1957), British actress and actor-manager, known as the first to organize large-scale entertainment for troops at the front

Countess of Warwick and her daughter, Mercy
Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861 - 1938), society beauty, and mistress to King Edward VII. Pictured with her younger daughter, Lady Mercy Greville dressed entirely in white

Parcel Packing for Queen Alexandras Field Force Fund, WW1
The Duchess of Portland pictured doing her bit for the war effort by helping to pack parcels for Queen Alexandras Field Force Fund, ready to be sent to the front. Date: 1915

Society ladies as programme sellers at concert, WW1
A group of well known society ladies, dubbed by The Tatler, Some Kindly " Souls" (alluding to their heritage as children or relations of the group of Edwardian intellectuals known as)

Hippodrome ladies home for soldiers pets, WW1
Actresses of the London Hippodrome Revue posing with dogs they had provided homes for while their solider owners were away fighting at the front

A Flying Countess, Lady Drogheda
The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909 and divorced him in 1922 to marry Guillemo Delanda a polo player

Barbara Windsor at Darts Marathon, Cornwall
Barbara Windsor, actress, shaking hands with Malcolm Winters, darts player and pub employee, watched by other players, at the famous First and Last Inn at the village of Sennen, Lands End, Cornwall

Actors selling chocolate for charity, WW1
A page from The Sketch showing various well-known members of the theatrical profession acting as sales-people at an unidentified London store

Lady with Red Cross fundraising dog, WW1
A fashionable lady holds her pet dog on a lead, who is wearing a collection box on his back, marked, for wounded soldiers. Date: 1915

The Call to Alms by Frank Reynolds
She: But, my dear George, you can t possibly mean that you start for the Front on Tuesday! Why on earth didn t you explain to them that its the opening day of the Bazaar

Ian Botham, cricketer, signing book
Ian Botham, cricketer, signing the Lands End to John o Groats Association book after completing his charity walk which raised 750, 000 in November 1985

Almshouses, Cavendish, Suffolk
Almshouses in the village of Cavendish, Suffolk. Date: 1960s

Tatler cover - Irene Castle as the Spirit of France
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. Pictured on the front cover of The Tatler as " The Spirit of France

Ladies of the Council of Queen Marys Needlework Guild
Members of the Council of Queen Marys Needlework Guild. On 10th August 1914 Queen Mary issued an appeal to the women of the Empire to organise a large collection of garments for those who will suffer

Flag Day, WW1, little boy in miniature uniform
A small boy dressed up in a miniature British officers uniform sells a flag to an obliging police officer with the help of a lady, presumably his mother

Elizabeth Asquith & Nelson Keys rehearsing a matinee, WW1
Miss Elizabeth Asquith rehearsing with Mr Nelson Keys for their sketch in the forthcoming Serbian Relief Fund Matinee to be held on 9 May 1916 and organised by Lady Greville and Lady Oranmore

Buying games for the Tatler scheme, WW1
Cartoon showing a lady leaving her car after spending a day buying various games to contriubte to the Tatler magazines Games Bureau

National Relief Fund postcard, WW1, Prince of Wales
A postcard featuring a portrait of the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII and later, Duke of Windsor), sold in aid of the National Relief Fund in the early months of the First World War

St. Dunstans Bazaar at the Albert Hall, WW1
Ladies pose by the stall run by actress Miss Lily Elsie (Mrs Ian Bullough) at the Albert Hall in aid of the funds of St. Dunstans Hostel for blinded soldiers

An auction of fashion in aid of Belgian Relief Fund, WW1
Page from The Tatler reporting on a fashion show and auction of dresses at the Savoy Hotel in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund at the Savoy

Mrs Wynne decorated with French Croix de Guerre
Decorated with the French Croix de Guerre and the Belgian Order of Leopold for work at the front, and pictured on the cover of The Sketch magazine when she was going to Russia with the Anglo-Russian

Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton

Gaby Deslys, French Flag Day, WW1
French actress Gaby Deslys, pictured outside the Savoy Hotel on French Flag Day acknowledging a Scottish soldier in a kilt who raises his bonnet to her while a comrade buys a tricolour from her

Lloyd George & daughter on French Flag Day, WW1
David Lloyd George, Minister for Munitions and future Prime Minister, pictured on the front cover of The Sketch magazine being waylaid by his daughter

Collecting for the Princes Fund, WW1
A small little girl collects money for the Prince of Wales fund during the First World War. Date: 1914

Duchess of Marlborough at Relief Fund meeting
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough (nee Vanderbilt, later Balsan), presiding over a meeting of supporters of thee American Womens War Relief Fun at 41, Grosvenor Square in August 1914

British Red Cross Society appeal by Queen Alexandra, WW1
An appeal on behalf of the British Red Cross Society by Queen Alexandra who was patron along with King George V and Queen Mary

Matinee in aid of the Concerts of the Front fund, Lady Diana
A group at Lena Ashwells special matinee at the Lyric Theatre on 29 June 1917, in aid of the Concerts at the Front Fund. A number of society ladies took part

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