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by diggingdeeper - 8th May 2025 8:12am
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Whilst researching another topic, I stumbled across the fact that Birkenhead Town Hall seemed to be used a lot for charitable events. One of which was a "Sailors and Soldiers" event, which was for orphans in the town. Which makes sense, because World War I was actively going on during this time and must have created many orphans. I read a figure that said 600 were invited to one of the events.
The "Sailors and Soldiers" events ran throughout the 1920's from what I can see. There's little to no information on the web about these events. Does anyone have a list of all these events? Photographs or newspaper clippings would be great to see. Or if anyone knows where I can find more information about these events? Surely this information must be archived somewhere. It seems like a big part of our WWI history, not just for the army themselves, but for their families back home in Birkenhead.
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It was the Soldiers and Sailors Families Association. In 1885, Queen Victoria became patron. I think prior there was a Patriotic Fund dating back to the 1800s. In 1914 there was 1800 families in Birkenhead receiving assistance from the fund. There are many snippets in the Birkenhead News which I haven't got access to, you will have to subscribe to FMP or British Newspaper Online.
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I'll give the Birkenhead News a look, very interested to research it. It sounds like it was good thing for all those affected by losing parents in the war.
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SSFA is still going today, it was renamed to SSAFA in 1919 after the military decided it should start flapping its arms and become a triservice.
We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn https://ddue.uk
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by diggingdeeper - 19th Jul 2024 11:05am
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