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A tinder lighter, supply problems, 139–142 Aboukir, HMS, 91 tobacco pipes, sourcing of, 151, 153 acid drops, 202, 204–205, 207 tobacco, supply of, 127 Active Service Gift Tin, 282 widows and parents of the fallen, distribution to, 228 Adshead, Professor Stanley Davenport, 97–99, 103, wounded, distribution of gifts to, 214 116, 188, 284 Bhistis (water carriers), 189 Africa, campaigns in, 231–233 Birkenhead, 64–65, 186, 236 Airlie, Countess of, 36 Birmingham, HMS, 91 Albemarle, HMS, 157 Black Prince, HMS, 160 Albert, Prince (later King George VI), 53 Black Watch, 266 Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom Black Week, 1899, 38–39, 49 charitable work of, 26 Blackie & Son. publishers, 55–56 chocolate box, 1901-1902, 42, 48 Blue Coat School, 169 Field Force Fund (Boer War), 36–37, 74 Blundell, Sergeant, 166 gifts to the wounded, 219–222, 275 Boer War, 29, 36–44, 48–49, 74–75 Alsation, HMS, 159 Bonsack machine, 78 ambulance trains, 198–200, 206, 209 Boulogne hospitals, 208 Amphion, HMS, 91 boys (Royal Navy), 146 Angrave, Private Frank, 226–227 Brabston, Private Mike, 173 Arcadian, HMS, 247 Bradford, Lt-Col. O.C., 187 archaeology, Western Front, 177–178 Bradwell, 174–175 Argyll, HMS, 157 brass boxes Armistice, 1918, 224–225, 271 battle damage, 169–176 Army Medical Service, 198 as centrepiece of gift, 24, 50, 93, 116 army postal service, 89–90, 157 for chocolate (nurses and non-smoker gifts), 206–208 Asprey & Co, 138–142 contents of, 118–119, 126–127, 132–133, 137 Asquith, Herbert Henry, 21, 60 contracts for, 99–101 F. Atkins & Co., 100 Daily Mail replica, 2014, 94 F.L. Atwood, 111 design, 95–99 Auckland Star, 52 gift for families of the fallen, 228–229 Australia Indian Army, spice tin, 178–179, 188–190, 192–193 distribution of the gift, 251 manufacture, 102–115 eligibility for the gift, 233 simpliﬁed gift, 238–240 King George and Queen Mary’s Christmas Card, for smoker’s (standard) gift, 118–119, 126–127 reaction to, 86 surplus boxes, 267 reaction to the gift, 254–256 for sweets (Indian and non-smoker gifts), 201–202, Australian Comforts Fund, 277 204 Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 238, 252–253 brass, supply of, 102–115, 239–240 Ayres, Arthur, 44 briar pipes, types of, 154–155 Bristol Chocolate Day, 82 B Bristol, HMS, 159 Babavali, Mohammed, 179, 193 British Anti-Tobacco and Anti-Narcotic League, 196 O.T. Banks Ltd, 110 British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Barclay & Co, 140 campaigns, 18, 92–93 Barclay & Fry of Southwark, 42, 99, 110, 284 casualties, 211 Baring Brothers Co. Ltd, 23 Indian forces in, 93, 177–183, 192–193, 223, 272– E.C. Barlow & Sons, 100 273 Barringer, Wallis & Manners of Mansﬁeld, 42, 99–101, nurses in, 198–202 103, 110 postal service, 89–90 Beardmore, Miss, Matron, 172–173 Princess Mary’s Gift, response to, 161–176 Bedfordshire Regiment, 1st, 166 prisoners of war, 223 Belgian refugees, 33 reinforcement of, 236 Bell, Private D.H., 91, 164 British Grocers’ Federation, 83–85, 102 Belmont, battle of, 44 Brooks, Ernest (photographer), 95, 132 Benn, Wedgwood, 26–27 Buller, General Sir Redvers, 38 Bentinck, Lady Charles, 36 bullet pencils, 142, 146–150, 242–248 Berkeley, Rowland Burgoyne, Major Gerald Achilles, 75–78, 176 brass box, contracts for, 100 Burn, Brevet Col. N.A.K., 187 brass, supply of, 110–111, 113–115, 240 Burnham, Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount, 27 distribution of the gift, 157, 231, 251–252 Burton-on-Trent, 266 eligibility for the gift, debates on, 70 Executive committee, creation of, 49 C Formidable, HMS, survivors of, 160–161 Cadbury Bros. Ltd Indian Army, gift for, 187–188 Cadbury’s Angels, 216 letter to newspaper editors, Nov 1914, 65 Caribbean Island gift, 1915, 101–102 non-smokers, gifts for, 196 City of York gift, 1914, 82 prisoners of war, gifts to, 225 gift boxes of chocolate, 216–219, 222, 275 replacement products, sourcing of, 148 Queen Victoria’s gift of chocolate, 1899-1900, 42 as secretary to Princess Mary’s fund, 23 Caine, Hall, 221

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Cameronians, 162 Coventry, 277–279 Cameroons, 231 Cowans (Canadian chocolate), 257 Canada Cox, Mrs Fred. J.C., 67 distribution of the gift, 251 Crescent, HMS, 91 fundraising in, 52–53, 66 Cressy, HMS, 91 response to the gifts, 257–259 Crick, Auxiliary Postman Abraham, 65–66 Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), 66, 237–238 Crimean War, 34–35, 78 Canadian militia, 237 Crofton, Morgan, 133–134, 204 cardboard boxes Croydon, Mayoress’s Flag Day, 56–57 Cadbury’s gifts, 222 Currant, David, 281 for Empire distribution, 249–250 Curtis, Ruby, 160 for family gifts, 228, 248 outer box, 119–122, 201, 226 D survival of, 260–262 Daily Express, 164, 221 Carisbrooke Castle, HMHS, 216 Daily Mail, 94 Carnarvon, HMS, 159 Daily Mirror, 15, 18, 89 cartridge cases, for bullet pencils, 245–248 Daily News, The, 74–75, 79, 182, 219, 221, 276 Casino Base Hospital, Boulogne, 201 Daily Telegraph, 27, 74, 221, 276 Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady Victoria, 102 Dardanelles campaign, 238, 253 Caxton Advertising Agency, 21 De Bry & Co, 207–208 Caxton Publishing Company, 55 De La Rue & Co, 134–136, 202, 241, 244–245 Cecil, Lady Edward, 36 De La Rue, Stuart, 134–135 ceric stones, 138–139 De La Rue, Thomas, 135 Chambers, Private William, 169 Den of Airlie, SS, 113 charitable giving, pervasiveness of, 1914, 33, 73–75 Deptford, Supply Reserve Depot, 121–124, 224, 251– Cheltenham Racecourse Red Cross Hospital, 222 252, 253, 256, 259, 260, 267 children, fund-raising by, 61–63 Derby, Lord, 262 chocolate Devonshire, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Cadbury’s gifts of, 216–219, 222, 275 eligibility for the scheme, 70 Caribbean Islands’ gift, 101–102 Executive Committee, formation of, 49 Cowans (Canadian), 257 extension of the scheme, 67 Fortnum & Mason’s Tommy Tin, 282, 285–287 fundraising, 60 Fry’s Royal Chocolate, 82 gifts for families of the fallen, 227–228 in non-smoker’s gift, 197 Indian Army gift, 187 nurses gift, 205–210 National Relief Fund, role in, 26–27 Queen Alexandra’s gift (Boer War), 42, 48, 219 pipes (tobacco), sourcing of, 151 Queen Victoria’s gift, 1899-1900, 39–45, 48–49, 94, Ritz Hotel meeting, October 1914, 21–24 99–100, 102, 227 dies, for brass box, 103 Rowntree’s Service Gift box, 276 Dingly, Messrs, 219 Christmas Cards Draffen & Jarvie of Dundee, 51 General Rawlinson’s, 76–77 Dreen, Nizam, 187 King George and Queen Mary’s, 85–89, 137, 149, Drury Lane matinee, 60 216–217, 274–275 Duffy, Private John, 126 Princess Mary’s, 134–137 Dulmai, Punjab, 179 Christmas puddings, 39, 75–79, 217–219, 275–276 Dunbar, fundraising in, 81–82 Christmas Truce, 1914, 119, 161–162, 164, 273 Churchill, Winston, 21 E cigarette cards, 130–134 Eagle Pencil Co of London, 203 Princess Mary, ‘cigarette’ portrait, 131–134, 241–242, Edenbridge Hospital, 173 267 Edward, Prince of Wales (David), 26–28, 48, 270–271 cigarettes Edwards, Sir Fleetwood, 39 fundraising for gifts, 78–82 Egypt, 238 packaging of, 128–130 F. Eldred & Co, 132 in Princess Mary’s Gift, 126–130 Ellbee Novelty Co. of London, 89 supply of, 127–128 Emden, German cruiser, 19 City Battalion Comforts Fund (Liverpool), 262 Enham El Alamein Trust, 284 City of London Yeomanry, 236 Etaples, hospitals, 249 Cliburn, Penrith, 79 Executive Committee of HRH The Princess Mary’s Gift Coates, Sir Edward, 110 Fund Coke, Lady Katherine (Lady Katty), 22 Aspreys, dispute with, 139–140 Colenso, battle of, 38 brass, supply of, 110–111, 114, 239–240 combs, 145 bullet pencils, 150 comforts funds, 33–34, 73, 279 eligibility for the scheme, 69–72 Congreve, Staff Captain Billy, 87 Empire, distribution to, 249–252 Connaught, Duke of, 247 extension of the scheme, 67–68, 71–72, 231–233 Cooper, Gunner F., 170 formation of, 49–50 Cornwell, Boy First Class John Travers, 146 Indian Army gift, 183–184, 187–188, 192 Coronel, battle of, 92, 157 non-smokers, gift for, 196–197, 201, 202–205 Corrigan, Gordon, 192 nurses, gifts for, 198, 201–202

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Executive Committee of HRH The Princess Mary’s Gift Regiments, 180, 184 Fund (Continued) packing and dispatch of gift, 121–122 H Princess’s cigarette picture, 132 Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas, 276 prisoners of war, gifts for, 213–214, 222–224 Hallam, Corporal A.G., 175 religious diversity, sensitivity to, 93 Harrods Ltd, 276 replacement gifts (Army), 142 Hartnell, Willie, 157 tobacco pipes, sourcing of, 150–151, 153 Hay, Lieutenant Malcolm, 212–213 variations in gift, 116–119 Heligoland Bight, battle of, 157 winding up of the scheme, 267 Herbert, Captain Aubrey, 211–212 wounded, gifts for, 213 Hewett, Sir John Prescott, 184, 187 Higgins, Harry, 60 F Higgins, H.V., 49, 70 Falkirk Herald, 45 R.J. Hill & Co of Shoreditch, 128 Falkland Islands, battle of, 92, 157 Hindu, The, 178 families of the fallen, gifts for, 227–229, 248–249 Hobbs, Petty Ofﬁcer Samuel George, 159 Festubert, battle of, 125, 216 Hodson’s Horse (4th Cavalry), 32 Field Force Fund (Boer War), 36–37, 74–75, 219 Hogue, HMS, 91 Fillmore, Mrs W.P., 66 Honorable Artillery Company, 236 Final Report, 72, 102, 137, 139, 203, 206, 207 hospital ships, 209–210, 216 Fitzgerald, Private Peter, 124–126 Hudson & Scott of Carlisle, 99–100, 110 Flag days, 56–58 Hughes, Private Stephen, 169–170 Formidable, HMS, 160–161, 273 Fortescue, Sir John, 174 I Fortnum & Mason, 282, 285–287 Illustrated London News, 100 Fox Under My Cloak, A (Williamson), 133 Illustrated War News, 148 Fraser, Captain Arthur Ion, 32, 182 Imperial War Museum, 21, 103, 174 Fraser, Commander James Gordon, 182 Indian Army French, Field Marshal Sir John, 70–72, 92, 165, 182, archaeological dig, Western Front, 177–178 190, 198, 231, 233, 257 in BEF, 93, 177–183, 192–193, 223, 272–273 French, Lady Eleanor, 21 Brass box for, 178–180, 188–190 J.S. Fry & Sons Christmas puddings for, 182 Queen Victoria’s gift of chocolate, 1899-1900, 40–42 distribution of the gift, 252 Royal Chocolate, 1914, 82 fundraising for, 26, 52, 74 Full Gift. see Standard Gift (Full Gift) King George and Queen Mary’s Christmas card, 86, 182 G Princess Mary’s gift, contents of, 183–188 Gaitskill, Maud, 220 Princess Mary’s gift, inclusion in, 20, 118, 164 Gallipoli campaign, 247, 253, 255–256 prisoners of war, 223 Gaslee, General Sir Alfred, 187 response to the gift, 178–180, 192–193 Gaston, Edward Page, 222–223 spice tin, 178–179, 188–190, 192–193 Gatacre, General Sir William Forbes, 38 sugar candy for, 190–192 Gellidawel School, 63 Indian Soldiers’ Comforts Fund, 185–186 General Committee of HRH The Princess Mary’s Gift Irish Guards, 173 Fund Irresistible, HMS, 247 achievements of, 271 Islington, Lord, 233 extension of the scheme, 72, 75, 231 ﬁrst meeting, 20–24, 47, 49, 117, 140, 280 J George V, King of the United Kingdom Jack, Captain J.L., 163 character, 7–12, 20 James Pascall, 207 Christmas Card, 1914, 85–89, 137, 149, 216–217, Jat Light Infantry, 180 274–275 Jefferies, Major ‘Ma,’ 90, 162 as collector, 174, 247 Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John, 69, 71–72, 91, 146, 190, Prince of Wales, role of, 27 198, 231 Givenchy, battle of, 125, 173 Jellicoe, Lady Florence Gwendoline, 21, 49, 147, 209– Glasgow, HMS, 159 210, 244 Goodhart, Lady, 252 Johns, Son & Watts Ltd, 121 Goodhart, Sir Ernest, 224–225, 252 Jones, Sapper D.A., 167 Goodhart, Sir James, 252 Jutland, battle of, 160 Gordon, General Charles George, 243 Graaff, Sir David, 70–71, 231 K Graspan, battle of, 44 Kennedy, Rev. E.J., 33 Great Ormond Street Hospital, 15, 271 Kent, HMS, 159 Grenada, chocolate box, 1915, 101–102 khaki writing case, 202–204 Grenadier Guards, 90, 162, 272 Khartoum, 243–244 Grimshaw, Captain Roly, 216 King’s own war museum, 174, 247 Gurkhas Kitchener, Field Marshal Horatio Herbert, 21, 31, 60, fundraising for, 186 234 gift for, 188, 192, 206 Kitchener, Lady, 260, 262

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Kitchener’s Mob (New Army), 234–236, 265 Matron-in-Chief, BEF, 207–209 knives (gift knives), 143–145 Maynard, Private A., 172 Meaney, Private William, 125–126 L Meerut Division, Indian Army, 180 Ladysmith, siege of, 38 Metcalfe, Private H., 171 Lahore Division, Indian Army, 180 Methuen, General Paul Sandford Methuen, 3rd Baron, Lambert, Captain Cecil Foley, 49, 111–113, 146, 149 38 Lancet, The, 196 Mid Sussex Times, 265 Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquis, 39– middle-class, as fund-raising target, 58–60, 64 40, 60 Modder River, battle of, 44 Lascelles, Viscount, 12 Montrose Academy, 63 Lawson, W., 49 Moon, Mary E., Mayoress of Birkenhead, 64–65 Le Bas, Sir Hedley Morell, John Bowes, 82 advertising campaign, 58, 67, 73 Mount Pleasant sorting office, 89 background, 55–56 Murphy, Timothy Anthony, 256 cigarettes, gift for Irish recruits, 130 Murray, Col. Sir Malcolm, 247 Executive Committee, role in, 21, 49 Indian Army, gift for, 184, 187 N National Relief Fund, role in, 26 National Relief Fund, 25–28, 30, 33, 48, 54, 74, 98, Lee, Ordinary Seaman Douglas Arthur, 160 270–271 Leinster Regiment, 126 Needlers of Hull, 190 Lemnos, 253 needlework guilds, 28–33 Lever, Sir William Hesketh, 21, 98–99 Nelson, Gertie, 63 Liddle, Lance-Corporal, 45 Neuve Chapelle, battle of, 170, 173 liebesgaben (love gifts), 36 New Army (Kitchener’s Mob), 234–236, 265 Life Guards, 1st, 70 New York Times, 114 Lincolnshire Regiment, 176 New Zealand Lindsay, Lady Kathleen, 122–124, 251 distribution of the gift, 233, 251 Liverpool, 262 fundraising in, 52 London Needlework Guild, 14, 30 response to the gift, 256–257 London Rifle Brigade, 91, 133, 164, 236 New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF), 237, 238, London Scottish, 236 256–257 Long, General S.S., 49, 122, 259–260, 262–263 non-smokers, gifts for, 196–197, 202–205 Loxhore, Devon, 63 Norman, Private J., 171–172 Ludhiana Sikh Regiment, 15th, 180 North Staffordshire Regiment, 266 Lusitania, RMS, 113–114, 239 Northamptonshire Regiment, 171 Lyons, Christmas puddings, 1899, 39 Nottingham Evening Post, 80 Nottingham, fund raising in, 80–81 M Nottingham Guardian, 80 MacKay, John, 44 Nottingham, HMS, 80 Magersfontein Hill, battle of, 38, 44 Nurses Mahdi, the, 242 in BEF, 198–202 Major Drapkin & Co of Bishopsgate, 128 chocolate gift for, 205–210 Manchester Regiment, 1st Btn., 180 at sea, 209–210 Mappin Brothers, 243 Mappin & Webb, 115 O Markomannia, German cargo steamer, 19 officer’s boxes, myth of, 108 Mary of Teck, Queen of the United Kingdom offset lithography, 99 Christmas Card, 1914, 85–89, 137, 149, 216–217, Omdurman pencil, 242–245 274–275 Onslows, auctioneers, 260 Princess Mary, relationship with, 8–13, 30, 48 Operation Christmas Box, 279 Mary, Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary Otranto HMS, 159 appeal to the nation, letter of Oct 1914, 15–20, 24, Our Indian Empire (War Office), 184 50, 58 Overseas Club, 275 arts, love of, 13 birth, 7–8 P character, 14, 48–49 Pall Mall Gazette, 74 childhood, 10–13 Parish, Lily, 61 Christmas Card, 1914, 134–137 Pascalls, 207–208 on declaration of war, 14 Peacock, Walter, 27, 48–50, 151, 194 on Needlework Guilds, 30 Pearson, C.A., 26 as nurse, 15, 271 Pen-y-bont School, Bridgend, 74–75 personal commitment, 48–49, 270–271 pennies scheme (Overseas Club), 275 photographic portrait, 95, 131–134, 204, 241–242, People, The, 80, 137, 141 267 Perchal, Anna, 283 Prince Albert, wager with, 53 Perthshire Constitutional, 56 on Prince of Wales’s National Relief Fund, 26 pincushions (as gift for nurses), 201, 206 Western Front, post-war tour, 271–273 pipes (tobacco), 150–155 wounded soldiers, personal presentation to, 224 plating of brass boxes, 108–110

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pocket frame, for King George and Queen Mary’s regimental depots, 260, 264 Christmas Card, 89 Reigate, fundraising in, 74 Poincaré, Madame, 12 Revelstoke, John Baring, 2nd Baron, 23 Poona Horse, 216 Richards, Private Frank, 161 Port Sunlight, 98 Ridgeway, Colonel Richard, 187 Portland, Duchess of, 102 Ritz Hotel meetings, 21–24, 38, 49, 72, 118, 187, 201 Portsmouth, SS, 113 Rivers, Private Jacob, 173–174 Post Office, 89–90 Roberts, Captain Hubert, 174 Powell, Driver W., 166 Roberts, Field-Marshal Frederick Roberts, Earl of, 185– Prince of Wales’ National Relief Fund, 25–28, 30, 33, 186 48, 54, 98, 270–271 Roberts W.T., 12 Princess Mary’s Christmas Gift, 1914 Robertson, Major-General Sir William, 85 acid drops, 202, 204–205, 207 Rochdale Secondary School, 63 advertising, 51 Rogers, Mr, of Birkenhead, 186 battle damage to, 169–176 Ross, Corporal Robert, 249 BEF, response in, 161–169 Ross, Peter, 256 budgeting, 50 Rothermere, Lord, 94 bullet pencils, 146–150, 244–248 Rothschild, Lord, 75 cardboard outer box, 119–122 Rowntree, Oscar F., 82 classes of recipients, 72, 249–250 Rowntree’s contents of, 50, 69, 116–119 chocolate tin, 1914, 82 dispatch of, 122–124, 156–157, 249–252 Queen Victoria’s gift of chocolate, 1899-1900, 42 distribution of, 259–265 Service Gift Box, 276 eligibility for, 49, 69–72 Roxburgh, Squadron Leader Stuart, 286 extension of the scheme, 67–68, 71–72, 231–234 Roxburghe, Dowager Duchess of, 82 families of the fallen, gifts for, 227–229, 248–249 Royal Army Medical Corps, 198 fundraising, 49–68 Royal British Legion, 283 gift knives, 143–145 Royal Fusiliers, 262 legacy of, 119, 155, 177–180, 280–281 Royal Indian Marine, 233 New Year’s Card, 240–242 Royal Irish Rifles, 2nd, 75, 77, 145, 176 non-smokers, gift for, 196–197, 202–205 Royal Munster Fusiliers, 124–125 nurses gift of chocolate, 205–210 Royal Scots, 272 office organisation, 55 Royal Scots Fusiliers, 173 prisoners of war, gifts for, 222–227 Royal Sussex Regiment, 265 replacement gifts (Army), 140–146 Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 161 Royal Navy, gifts to, 146–150, 157–161 Royal West Kent Regiment, 171 simplified gift, 238–239, 248–249, 262 Russell, Surgeon-General Colonel M.W., 214 survival of, 260–262 tinder lighters, 137–142 S tobacco pipes, 150–155 Sayers, Private Thomas, 253–254 tobacco products, 126–130 schools, fund-raising by, 61–63 unclaimed gifts, 265–267 Scinde Rifles, 59th (Frontier Force), 180 wounded, gifts for, 214–215 scissors, 145 writing case, 202–204 Scots Guards, 249 Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, 66 Scottish Regiments’ Gift Fund, 39 prisoners of war, gifts for, 222–227 Scrimgeour, Lieutenant, 159 Pudding Fund, 276 Scrimgeour, Midshipman A., 91 Seaforth Highlanders, 180 Q Seal, Colour-Sergeant E., 171 Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, 224 Sebastopol, siege of, 34–35 Queen Alexandra’s Field Force Fund, 36–37, 74 Servants’ Christmas Gift to the British Soldiers in the Queen Alexandra’s gift, 1914, 219–220 Crimea, 35 Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Shannon, HMS, 182 (QAIMNS), 198–199, 209, 219 shaving brushes, 145 Queen Mary Needlework Guild, 28–33, 119, 226, 267 Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 228 Queen Mary’s Maternity Home, 267 Sherwood Foresters, 173–174, 267 Queen Victoria’s Chocolate Box, 227, 259 Sikhs Queen Victoria’s New Year’s Tin, 287 gifts for, 188, 191–192 Queen’s Regiment, 172 regiments, Indian Army, 180 Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, 169 smoking, prohibition of, 184 Queen’s Work for Women Fund, 33, 74 silver bullet pencils, 146–150 silver pincushions, 201 R Sinclair, William MacDonald, 39 Rawlinson, General Sir Henry, 76, 165 Smoker’s Gift. see Standard Gift (Full Gift) Rawlinson, Lady Meredith, 76 smoking Red Cross, 33 as male habit, 205–206 refugees, Belgian, 33 Sikh prohibition of, 184 Regimental Associations, 265 ubiquity of, 78–79, 194–196 Regimental Care Committees, 224–225 South African army, 237, 251

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spice tin (Indian Army), 178–179, 188–190, 192–193 Treibacher Chemische Werke GesmbH, 139 Spreadbury, Thomas, 44 Trinidad, chocolate box, 1915, 101–102 St. Lucia, chocolate box, 1915, 101–102 Turner, Andrea, 282 Standard Gift (Full Gift) brass box, 118–119, 126–127 U cardboard box, 119–121 U-15, German U-boat, 91 Christmas Card, 134–137 UK4U, 279 cigarette card portrait, 130–134, 241–242 Unley, New South Wales, 254 cigarettes and tobacco, 126–130 contents of, 116–119 V knives, 143–155 Valcartier, Camp, Quebec, 237 pipes (tobacco), 150–155 Vancouver Daily World, 52 replacement gifts (Army), 140–146 Vest Pocket Kodak (VPK), 119 silver bullet pencils (Navy), 146–150 Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom tinder lighter, 137–140 crochet work, 29 Stanley F.C., 262 Queen’s gift of chocolate, 1899-1900, 39–45, 48–49, Stationary Hospitals, 66, 199 94, 99–100, 102, 227 steel dies, for brass box, 103 Volunteer Aid Detachments (VAD), 210 Stirling, Navy Flag Day, 58 Stokesley, 279 W Stormberg, battle of, 38 Walker, Adelaide, 199 Streathﬁeld, Sir Henry, 219 wallet, for King George and Queen Mary’s Christmas Stubbs Metal Co, 111 Card, 89 Sudan, 242–244 Wallington, Sir Edward, 21–23, 61, 219 sugar candy gift (Indian Army), 190–192 War Comforts Room (Harrods), 276 Sunlight Soap, 98 Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd, 77 Supply Reserve Depot, Deptford, 121–124, 224, 251– Watson, Private Otto Charles, 254–255 253, 256, 259–260, 267 Wauchope, General Andrew, 38 sweets. see also acid drops; sugar candy gift (Indian Weekly Despatch, 79, 129, 275 Army); toffee, gifts of Weisbach, Carl Auer von, 139 gifts to families, 228 West Indies, chocolate box, 1915, 101–102 gifts to Indian soldiers, 186–187, 190–191 Wheler, Colonel C.S., 187 gifts to non-smokers, 197, 201, 205 White, Lt C.T.H., 247 gifts to nurses, 206–208 Whitworth Street Military Hospital, Manchester, 217 gifts to the wounded, 214, 220 widows, gifts for, 227–229, 248–249 William Say & Co., 283 T Williamson, Private Henry, 133, 164 Talley brothers, 236 G.H. Williamson & Sons, 100 Tata, Sir Ratan, 187 W.D. & O.H. Wills, 130 Tatler, The, 95 Wilson & Gill, 140 Taylor, Sergeant A.E., 255 Winnipeg, Manitoba, 66 Tegg, Private William, 44 Women’s War Work Fund, 61 Territorial Force, 235–236, 265 Wonthaggi, Victoria, 254 Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS), 198, 207 wooden cases, for Empire distribution, 250 theft, 65–66, 227 Woolwich Arsenal, 123 Times, The, 74 Worcestershire Regiment, 169 tin boxes wounded, gifts for, 214–222, 275 battle damage, 169–176 writing case, 202–204 As centrepiece of Princess Mary’s Gift, 93 contracts for, 99–101 Y Daily Mail replica, 2014, 94 Yarmouth, HMS, 18 design, 95–99 York, City of, chocolate tin, Christmas 1914, 82–83, Fortnum & Mason’s ’Tommy Tin’, 2014, 282–287 102, 276 manufacture, 102–115 ‘Your Country Needs You’ recruitment campaign, 56 Operation Christmas Box, 282–283 Ypres Queen Alexandra’s gift to the wounded, 219 ﬁrst battle of, 18, 76, 92–93, 162 Queen Victoria’s gift of chocolate, 1899-1900, 42–45 Princess Mary’s visit, 272–273 Rowntree’s Service Box, 276 second battle of, 178 spice tin (Indian Army), 188–190 Ypres Diary (Crofton), 133–134 tinder lighters, 137–142 tobacco Crimean War, gifts of, 34–35 fundraising for gifts, 78–82 packaging of, 128–130 in Princess Mary’s Gift, 126–130 spoilage of, 227 supply of, 127–128 toffee, gifts of, 83–85 Towers, Private Harry, 176