Refugees - Belgium

Date: 1914-1923

By: Fox, Alizon M (Dr), 1893-1968

Reference: MS-Papers-6738

Description: Correspondence to, from and about Alizon Fox relating to relief work among various refugee people that the Society of Friends (Quakers) were helping in Holland, France and Poland from 1916-1923. Most of the letters appear to have been sent to her home and copies sent to interested relatives. There are a numbers of letters to and from other relatives including her cousin, Mary Dilworth Fox (later Mrs Cocks) Papers include a typescript of the correspondence transcribed by J A Cocks (son of Mrs Mary D Cocks), with preface, and postcards of refugees (original and copies) The Friends' Relief Committee (London) coupons and flyer. Coupons were purchased for any amount the donor wished to contribute to the `Help Poland' fund, organised to give aid to Polish refugees returning from Russia The Third Annual Report of the Society of Friends' English-American Relief in Poland, 1922 (printed); and another undated report relating to relief work in Poland (typescript) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter and postcards Provenance: The donor is the niece of John A Cocks (son of one of Alizon's cousins, Mrs Mary Dilworth Cocks nee Fox). It was Mr Cocks' intention to donate the letters to the Library (see TL 2/4 30 Jul 1979), however this was not done, and after his death Mrs Spicer contacted the library.

Date: 1914-1916

From: Beeton, Edith Audrey Mayson, 1890-1980: Photographs of the New Zealand hospital, St George's Hill, Weybridge, England, 1914-1918

Reference: PA1-o-853

Description: Most of the album shows life and leisure persuits at Duneevan and soldiers and nurses at the St George's Hill Military Hospital at Weybridge. There is some connection between the house and the hospital as there are photographs of soldiers boating on the lake or "Broadwater" in the garden at Duneevan. There are four pictures of British troops on their way to Bisley in August 1914 and one of a group of Belgians (presumably refugees). There is no indication that all the soldiers depicted are New Zealanders, and there is only one page specifically headed "New Zealanders". It is possible that Duneevan was the home of the creator of the album, Audrey Beeton who also may have worked as a nurse at the St George's Hill Hospital. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).