Add to ORKGThe South African War created nearly 5,000 British working-class war widows: three-quarters of a million pounds was raised by public subscription to support them. This article investigates the three national war widows’ charities: the Royal Patriotic Fund, the Daily Telegraph / Scotsman Shilling Fund, and the Imperial War Fund. Highlighting the plight of war widows and orphans, it argues that evaluation of the war’s impact on British society must include its effects on working-class soldiers’ families. Analysing the identity and motivations of donors, it suggests funds for soldiers’ dependants succeeded by fusing imperial sentiment to class solidarity and local identity
The first internal deployment of the Union Defence Force (UDF) since its inception in 1912 was to su...
This article focuses on the experiences of Irish soldiers’ families during the Great War. Soldiers’ ...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis studies the organisation, personnel, activities ...
The South African War created nearly 5,000 British working-class war widows: three-quarters of a mil...
The South African War of 1899–1902 cost the lives of 22,000 British and colonial soldiers and create...
The first issue of the Red Cross Journal was published in January 1914, only eight months before the...
The First World War ended in November 1918. As the ink dried on the last treaty in August 1920, the ...
The destiny of ordinary women, children and farm workers that stayed behind on the farms when war br...
This article is based on such material and shows how the predominant subject matter for ladies’ lett...
This article examines attitudes to the Boer War − and nationhood and empire more broadly − through t...
This article brings the issues surrounding the fate of Scottish widows to a wider audience than the ...
This book examines the Empire\u27s Patriotic Fund, established in Victoria, Australia, in 1901 to as...
Some one hundred years ago, South Africa was tom apart by the 2nd Anglo- Boer War (1899-1902). The w...
CITATION: Delport, A. 2016. Stumbling on Civvy Street : the re-adjustment of white South African war...
Investigating the origins of aid work in Britain, this article examines the formation of humanitaria...
The first internal deployment of the Union Defence Force (UDF) since its inception in 1912 was to su...
This article focuses on the experiences of Irish soldiers’ families during the Great War. Soldiers’ ...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis studies the organisation, personnel, activities ...
The South African War created nearly 5,000 British working-class war widows: three-quarters of a mil...
The South African War of 1899–1902 cost the lives of 22,000 British and colonial soldiers and create...
The first issue of the Red Cross Journal was published in January 1914, only eight months before the...
The First World War ended in November 1918. As the ink dried on the last treaty in August 1920, the ...
The destiny of ordinary women, children and farm workers that stayed behind on the farms when war br...
This article is based on such material and shows how the predominant subject matter for ladies’ lett...
This article examines attitudes to the Boer War − and nationhood and empire more broadly − through t...
This article brings the issues surrounding the fate of Scottish widows to a wider audience than the ...
This book examines the Empire\u27s Patriotic Fund, established in Victoria, Australia, in 1901 to as...
Some one hundred years ago, South Africa was tom apart by the 2nd Anglo- Boer War (1899-1902). The w...
CITATION: Delport, A. 2016. Stumbling on Civvy Street : the re-adjustment of white South African war...
Investigating the origins of aid work in Britain, this article examines the formation of humanitaria...
The first internal deployment of the Union Defence Force (UDF) since its inception in 1912 was to su...
This article focuses on the experiences of Irish soldiers’ families during the Great War. Soldiers’ ...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis studies the organisation, personnel, activities ...