Red Cross thank you card

Category

Library Item

Item no

30345

Title

Unveiling of George Watsons War Memorial and Thank You card from Red Cross

Description

A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 2) showing a thank you card received from the Red Cross. It reads:
Edinburgh Committee acknowledge with grateful thanks gifts from Master Tom Thomson or half a crown being the proceeds of an exhibition. We are so very glad of the kind gift as it will buy such nice things for some of the wounded soldiers.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1921

Size

27.5 x 22.0 cm

Type

Document

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The press cutting is a report on the unveiling by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir Robert Horne of the War Memorial at George Watsons College, (then sited near the Meadows), which took place on 16 December 1921,

The Red Cross card is a thank you to a young Tom Thomson for sending a donation to aid the troops. This image is taken from the 2nd of 2 scrapbooks compiled during World War One by the Thomson Family who were living at Glengyle Terrace in Edinburgh. Most of the items pasted into the scrapbooks are press cuttings, leaflets and ephemera but a couple of articles, such as letters and a ration book, give personal details and an indication of the impact of war on the family. Many of the letters of correspondence are sent to Thomas Thomson. Thomas Davidson Thomson was only 3 years old at the outbreak of war and so, his parents must have collated and maintained the scrapbooks, which span the full period of the war, on his behalf.

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