Just after the start of the Great War, Lady Victoria Herbert started this Scheme, and she began to send parcels of food, tobacco and other comforts to military prisoners in Germany. She also managed to get many individuals 'adopted' by benevolent persons at home. After the war, in recognition of this charitable work, she was to be appointed to the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England as a Lady of Grace; and awarded a C.B.E. from Buckingham Palace.
Thereafter, until the time of her death in 1957 at Purse Caundle, she continually wrote letters to newspapers canvassing money and practical help for ex-prisoners of war.
As part of the general revision of Purse Caundle's history, I should be interested in hearing from anyone who was helped by this Scheme, or had beneficiary family members.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
HISTORY OF PURSE CAUNDLE - ITS DYNAMIC FUTURE
Now that the Purse Caundle History Day has passed, as well as taking cognisance of what was passed to me before and during the event, I now need to do a sweep of online and repository sources for material not yet downloaded, which will then have to be appropriately inserted into the existing History. The whole will then be re-edited, cross-referenced, and indexed, before being uploaded as a new updated History, whilst the old one will be deleted. Even so, one will obviously never be able to say that it is the definitive edition.
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