Fundraising Collection (page 5)

Football in aid of Prince of Wales Fund, WW1
A crowd of spectators at the first football match of the season at Chelsea. Receipts went towards the Prince of Wales War Fund. Date: August 1914

Russian Red Cross auction at Claridges, WWI
Actors, Sir George Alexander and Miss Marie Lohr, working hard at a doll auction, held at Claridges Hotel in 1915 in aid of the Russian Red Cross

Italian fundraising poster, WW1
Italian fundraising poster during the First World War: give your money to drive the enemy from Italy. Depicting a man gallopping on a horse, and an artilleryman with a machine gun. Date: 1914-1918

Poster, French liberation, WW1
French fundraising poster showing a tank on a battlefield, encouraging people to invest their money to help the war effort during the First World War. Date: 1918

Poster, Italian liberation, Piave, Italy, WW1
Italian fundraising poster during the First World War, showing a soldier about to sink an axe into a large encroaching hand on the other side of the Piave River. Date: circa 1917-1918

People collecting for War Savings
People on a street, encouraging War Savings to help the war effort. Date: 1939-1945

Wings for Victory Week display
A Wings for Victory Week display stand during the Second World War, showing people what their War Savings can buy. The target is to raise half a million pounds. Date: 1939-1945

Turkey - Sanilurfa (Urfa) - A Street in the Old Citadel - card published by the German Mission to Armenia to raise funds for the Mission-run Armenian Orphanages. Date: circa 1901

Boer War - Charity Fundraiser for Widows and Fatherless
The Boer Wars - Charity Fundraiser in South Croydon, London for Widows and Fatherless Children - decorated horse tram. Date: circa 1901

WWII - General Lord Gort - Patriotic Postcard sold in aid of the Daily Sketch War Relief Fund, with one penny from every card sold being donated to the fund

Darwin statue, September 1927
The 2.5 tonne marble statue of Darwin was unveiled in June 1885 after a worldwide public appeal raised &, xfa; 4500. The statue by Sir Joseph Boehm cost &

The Blue Whale Annual Fundraising Ball

GLC-LFB Fireshow at Crystal Palace
A major charity event was organised at Crystal Palace to raise money for the Firefighters benevolent fund in the hot summer of 1976

GLC-LFB Open day at Eltham fire station, SE London
Located in Eltham High Street, SE London, Eltham fire station throws open its doors for a charity fete held in the fire station yard

War Weapons Week and London Fire Brigade fireboats, WW2
The London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw (which took part in the Dunkirk evacuations) and a fire float are moored at Westminster pier whilst their crews are promoting War Weapons Week

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