Picture No | 10731826 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Queen Alexandra with Jeannie Jackson |
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Queen Alexandra pictured with Miss Jeannie Jackson, the daughter of a Burnley miner who collected £1,100 in coppers on the streets of Burnley in aid of war funds dressed in a miniature uniform. For £450 a motor ambulance called the 'Young Kitchener' was purchased and the remainder was handed over to buy comforts for the troops. The little girl was introduced to the Queen at Marlborough House in July 1916.
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Source | Photograph in ‘The Illustrated War News’, 5 July 1916, part 4, page 2 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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