Copy of a letter from John H. Billinge, Hon. Secretary of the Belgian Funds Committee, to M. Albert Maeterlinck, Belgian Red Cross, 24 July 1918

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Copy of a letter from John H. Billinge, Hon. Secretary of the Belgian Funds Committee, to M. Albert Maeterlinck, Belgian Red Cross, 24 July 1918

1 July 24th. 1916 Dear Mr. Maeterlinck Belgian Red Cross I am advised by the Irish War Hospital Supply d
Depot that they are sending a further bale (number 2432) of
Hospital requisites for the above Fund. Will you please
let me know when this comes to hand. Yours sincerely, M. Maeterlinck Esq.,
Belgian Red Cross,
48 Grosvenor Gardens,
London, S. W.1 2 WHEN ACKNOWLEDGING
PLEASE QUOTE BALE NUMBER 2432 IRISH WAR HOSPITAL SUPPLY DEPOT
40, Morrion Square, DUBLIN 22.7.18 RECEIVED
23 JUL 1918 Surgical Supplies Remarks Bandages Roller Blay 20 Pr Socks
Muslin 4 Helpless Case Shirts
Flanneletta 3 Pr.nPyjamas
Many Tail Chest 1 Night Shirt
Abdominal 5 Hot Bottle Covers
Limb 12 Pillow Cases
Small 6 Bedjkts
Shoulder
Stump Arm
Thigh
Hip
Capeline
Eye Knitted

Flanneletta

This letter is part of a three-sided correspondence between the Irish War Hospital Supply Depot in Dublin, the Belgian Funds Committee in Manchester, and the Belgian Red Cross in London. The Belgian Funds Committee, represented by John H. Billinge as Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, arranged for the Irish War Hospital Supply Depot to regularly ship medical items to the Belgian Red Cross in London, where they were used to treat wounded Belgian soldiers. Eleanor Dallas Pratt, Catholic wife of a respected Anglican surgeon based in Dublin, served as Hon. Secretary to the Irish War Hospital Supply Depot. The letters on behalf of the Belgian Red Cross were written by M. Albert Maeterlinck and C. E. R. Abbott. Maeterlinck was a Belgian national and returned home in January 1919. All files are kept at the Manchester Central Library. The bound volume also contains the lists all dispatched supplies and letters of thanks or supplication from soldiers and their families.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__5976.html)