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A Signal Wish from the School Children of the Empire who sent Christmas Gifts to Our brave Soldiers & Soldiers 1916

Object

Certificate

Production date

1916

Object number

2012.168

Physical Description

Happy Xmas certificate to Percy Taylor for sending Christmas Gifts to WW1 soldiers, 1916

Associated Event

1st World War
First World War

Associated Organisation

Over-Seas Club (Produced for)

Associated Person

Taylor, Horace Percy (Owner)

Associated Place

Material

Paper

Dimension

Width (Whole): 20.3cm
Height (Whole): 12.7cm

Exhibition Label

Christmas Gifts to Soldiers, 1916

The contribution of Britain’s empire, including Africa, to the First World War (1914-1918) is overlooked in the people represented in this certificate, presented to Percy Taylor of Daubeney Road School, Hackney.

During the First World War Britain sent many African men to Europe to support those already fighting. Germany used African soldiers and labourers to defend its colonies. About 2,350,000 Africans were mobilized between 1914 and 1919 for different European empires. Over 250,000 soldiers and carriers, and 750,000 civilians died in this effort.

Being African in Hackney: 1960s-2020s
14 September 2021 to 14 February 2022

Credit line

Copyright to Horace Percy Taylor

On display?

No