This Week’s War: 132

“January/February 1917

5 cases Surgical Dressings
Can of Maple Syrup
15 C/s [cases] Peaches
1 ” Underwear
1 ” Magazines
Tobacco and Carton”

Items donated by the wives of active servicemen aboard Cunard ships to be distributed with either the patients and staff aboard Hospital ships or amongst the servicemen themselves. From the Cunard Archive [Cunard Women’s War Service Association Report for 1917, D42/C1/1/22/2].

This Week's War logo showing soldiers and poppies