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Lady Lawrence

Lady Lawrence, founder of the Munition Makers Canteen Committee in 1915, designed to maintain the good health of muntions workers with the provision of regular meals at canteens established at the factories. The work was taken over by the Government at the end of January 1917. Lady Lawrence was the wife of Major Lord Lawrence of the London Regiment and before her marriage was Miss Dorothy Hobson

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13991298
Media ID
45428600
Size
3600px x 4918px (1.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Val d'Estrange in The Sketch, 14 February 1917
Date
1917

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