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Brothers in Alms - Entertainment, Respite, Hospitality, Healing

ENTERTAINMENT, RESPITE, HOSPITALITY, HEALING

It was the walking wounded who came back from the terrible scenes that they had witnessed that required compassion and aid. It was vital to keep up spirits of all at home and those returning to show how much their sacrifices on our behalf were appreciated.

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French soldiers at dinner

French soldiers at dinner

British soldiers

British soldiers

British officers relaxing, c.1916

A Glass of Wine and Letters

soldiers sleeping

A Shoulder to Lean On

The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen

The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen

British and French soldiers interred in Holland, c.1915

Pop Up Barbershop

war scenes

war scenes

Well Advertised!

Recovering Soldiers Play Basketball

Recovering Soldiers Play Basketball

Two British soldiers read an advertisement by 5th Infantry Division for a Christmas Concert Party in Fonquevilliers, France, December 1916

Christmas on the Western Front

Nurses Fishing

Nurses Fishing

National Motor Volunteers at a reception for wounded soldiers at the Connaught Rooms, London, January 1916

What a Cracker

British, American & French troops relaxing on a beach with French children and members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), c.1917

Beach Day

Men Playing Chess

Men Playing Chess

war scenes

US soldiers stand on a float during a Victory Parade in New York City, holding cages of “Captured German War Pigeons,” May 1919

Victory Pigeons

Army Chaplin

Army Chaplin

Barnum and Bailey circus elephants used to recruit U.S. Marines, c.1917

US Recruitment Drive

Soldiers on Royal Naval destroyer HMS Mermaid preparing Christmas dinner, c.1916

Mermaid at War

Violinist entertaining British soldiers in a hospital facility, c.1916

Entertaining Wounded Soldiers

Soldiers and civilians on east coast of England keeping watch for enemy ships, c.1917

Coast Watch

American Soldiers with their Pets

American Soldiers with their Pets

British soldiers gathered around a lamp

Story Time

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