Military Fete at Leytonstone in Aid of the Whipps Cross Hospital Hut Fund

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

754

Date Released

13 Jun 1918

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1First River Trip for Wounded
2. 2Speech Day at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Attended by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs
3. 3Military Fete at Leytonstone in Aid of the Whipps Cross Hospital Hut Fund
4. 4The Cure for Potato Blight
5. 5The ‘Ace’ of the French Air Service, Lieut Fonck
6. 6Boat Drill of the US Navy Reserve
7. 7An Irish Wedding. Marriage of Major Dermot H Mcalmont and Lady Barbara Helen Conyngham, at Slane, County Meath.

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

Schoolboy band march past followed by wounded soldiers. Song and piano ‘turn’. Soldiers with German aviator’s clothing ‘worn by one of Gothas brought down in nasty raid.'

Keywords

Music and dance; Fundraising; Fashion and costume; Casualties

Library number GR

2347

Length of story (in feet)

62

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