The County Council’s War Charities Sub-committee had been busy registering local war charities, ranging from bandage making to Christmas gifts for the armed forces.
REGISTRATIONS
Since the last report to the Council the following applications for registration under the War Charities Act, 1916, have been approved, and the Clerk has been instructed to issue certificates and to notify the Charity Commissioners:
No of Cert. Name of Charity Applicant
21 Bracknell War Work Depot (Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild) Mrs Littlewood, Hillside, Bracknell
22 Hanney Xmas Tree Fund for men serving HM Forces H. Leslie Edwards, schoolmaster, Hanney
23 Bracknell Xmas Parcels Fund Canon H. Barnett, Bracknell Vicarage
24 Bradfield District of Berkshire Branch of British Red Cross Society C J Haviland, Mead House, Bradfield
25 Bracknell Oaklea Auxiliary Hospital Mrs L A Berwick, Sunny Rise, Bracknell
26 Crowthorne Waste Paper Collection of War Charities Miss H M M Moody, Ferndene, Crowthorne
27 Wargrave Woodclyffe Auxiliary Hospital W. Ryder, The Little House, Wargrave
28 Wokingham Work Guild Mrs H M Lomax, Frog Hall, Wokingham
29 South Easthampstead District of Berkshire Branch of British Red Cross Society Miss E Monck, Aldworth, Crowthorne
30 Heatherside Auxiliary Military Hospital Miss E Monck, Aldworth, Crowthorne
31 Finchampstead Belgian Refugees S F Smithson, The Old Rectory, Finchampstead
32 Maidenhead Rural North Branch of British Red Cross Society Mrs Carpendale, Pinkneys Green
33 Hungerford Sailors and Soldiers Xmas Parcel Fund E C Townshend, Willows Close, Hungerford
34 Finchampstead Hospital Supply Depot Miss L M Hopkinson, Wyse Hill, Finchampstead
35 Bourton War Hospital Supply Depot Mrs W H Ames, Church Farm House, Bourton
36 Hungerford District of Berkshire Branch of British Red Cross Society A S Gladstone, JP, Wallingtons, Hungerford
37 The VAD Red Cross Hospital, Hungerford A S Gladstone, JP, Wallingtons, Hungerford
38 The VAD Red Cross Hospital, Barton Court, Kintbury A S Gladstone, JP, Wallingtons, Hungerford
39 Twyford and Ruscombe War Committee Rev. R W H Acworth, Twyford Vicarage
40 Sonning and Woodley Surgical Requisites Association Mrs C Christie Miller, The Deanery, Sonning
41 Mortimer VAD Hospital Miss F M Wyld, Highbury, Mortimer
42 Waltham St Lawrence Prisoners of War Fund Claude M Warren, Old School House, Shurlock Row
43 Wokingham South Rural District of Berkshire Branch of British Red Cross Society Mrs A M Western, The Coppice, Finchamapstead
44 Registered in error – subsequently cancelled
45 Ascot Military Hospital Miss Nora Collie, Ascot Military Hospital
46 Wantage District of Berkshire Branch of British Red Cross Society Miss Gertrude Elliott, Ginge Manor, Wantage
47 Binfield Popeswood Auxiliary Hospital Henry E A Wiggett, White Lodge, Binfield
48 Spencers Wood Local Red Cross Fund Rev. F T Lewarne, Spencers Wood, Reading
49 Faringdon District of Berkshire Branch of British Red Cross Society Henry Procter, Gravel Walk, Faringdon
EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES (to 7 January, 1917, only)
2 Burghfield Sailors and Soldiers Xmas Parcel Fund H G Willink, JP, Hillfields, Burghfield
3 East Challow Xmas Presents Concert Fund Miss E B Vince, Manor Farm, East Challow
4 Kintbury Xmas Presents Fund Mrs Alice G Mahon, Barton Holt, Kintbury
Report of War Charities Sub-committee of BCC, 20 January 1917 C/CL/C1/1/20)