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Rugby Red Cross Work During War Years
Summary of Rugby Red Cross branch activities during and after wartime. Lists office bearers from 1941 to 1946, collectors and auditors, and describes funds raised for POW and General Fund, dances and sales, and items sent to HQ. Notes August 1945 dispatches to UNRRA and community support by school children and local volunteers. Mentions recess from Jan 1946 to May and a May Red Cross Day dance cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rugby
Red Cross
F. Weaver
Sees
D. Medway
Clive Wheelwright
Wheelwright
Treas
Bess Kelly
Nada Kensit
Juve Gb Years). During the Above Periods, Messrs. Celery
White
R. Gorham
T Horton
Mesdames
Reg Perceval
J. Roberts
C. Evans
Misses F. Croker
B. Evans
C. Wheelwright
Jean Mewburn
Terrara
UNRRA
Europe
Cecil George
Jerrara
J. Burns