Page 36 - Life in Langham 1914-1919
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Patriotic Sentiments
In the war years those left in Langham supported the war effort
in a variety of ways.
The parish meeting resolved… ‘That, on this, the anniversary of the
declaration of a righteous war, this meeting…..records its inflexible
determination to continue to a victorious end the struggle in
maintenance of those ideals of liberty and justice which are the
common and sacred cause of the Allies.’
The National Anthem was sung at the close of the meeting.
Grantham Journal - 7 August 1915
A practical request for help:
‘National Egg Collection - An
earnest appeal… for contributions…
even one egg will be gratefully
accepted. Mrs. Ruddle…nursing in a
large hospital for the wounded
…wishes us to say if people could
only realise what an egg is to a poor
wounded soldier, she is quite sure
this appeal will not be in vain.’
Grantham Journal - 5 February 1915
L to R - Nurses Mantle, Ruddle and Squires,
Langham Members of the
Rutland V.A.D. Detachment working in
Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, 1915.
Rutland and the Great War - George Phillips
