Mrs A S Tait

A collection of mostly photocopied papers relating to her relief work for the St John's Ambulance Association and the Red Cross in Bangalore, India, 1914 - 1919, including a transcription (64pp) of extracts from her diary, three charity lapel flags from Bangalore for 12 December 1917 and January 1919, plus photocopies of: St Johns Ambulance Association and Red Cross reports for 1914 - 1916 and 1917 - 1918; Christmas cards and fund raising programmes; and five letters (10pp) from officers and men thanking her and the Ladies Committee of the Red Cross in Bangalore for their welfare and relief work during the war (November 1916 - December 1918), a ts letter (1p) from Lady Munro congratulating Mrs Rivett Carnac and the ladies of Bangalore on their relief work (January 1919), a ts letter (1p) from Lieutenant Colonel J Simmons, the Red Cross Commissioner, thanking his workers for their efforts on behalf of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force (February 1919), a ts letter (1p) addressed to Lady Miller, President of the Ladies Branch at Bangalore, urgently requesting articles for use on the North West Frontier (July 1919), and a ts letter (1p) requesting contributions for soldiers' Christmas dinners to be served at the Blighty Tea Rooms, Bangalore (November 1919).

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