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 : Lady Monson transports eggs for the wounded, 1915


Lady Monson transports eggs for the wounded, 1915

With the news that 200, 000 eggs a week were wanted for sick and wounded soldiers, Lady Monson, an enthusiastic worker, is seen driving a car loaded with eggs. Lady Monson was the daughter of the late General Roy Stone of Mendham, New Jersey, USA and a widow of Lawrence Turnure of New York. Her hsuband, 9th Baron and Baronet, was once Assistant-Comptroller of the Household and Equerry to the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg (Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh)

Picture No
10700893
Media ID
46683762
Size
5600px x 3319px (1.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sketch magazine, 21 April 1915
Date
1915

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