‘File 16/48 II Correspondence regarding Earl Haig’s appeal fund ( poppy day )’ [‎15r] (29/432)

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Correspondence and other papers (order forms, promotional materials, magazines, receipts) relating to British Legion poppy appeal campaigns in Bahrain for the years 1945 to 1950. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/48 I Corr. re: Earl Haig’s Appeal Fund (Poppy Day)’ (IOR/R/15/2/1558).

The correspondence concerns orders for poppies and other British Legion materials, and collections carried out in Bahrain, usually organised by female members of the Bahrain expatriate community (including the wife of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) local representative, and the wives of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay) and Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave). The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway); the British Legion (chiefly Captain B H R Cullin, Organising Secretary, and Captain R W Smith-Stewart, Director of Appeals); Lady Marjorie Lepel Belgrave, wife of Charles Dalrymple Belgrave; and Lady Sybil Ethel Hay, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay.

The file contains a range of printed promotional materials, published by the British Legion, including:

• copies, dating from 1947, of the British Legion magazine Poppy Post and Remembrancer (ff 70-73, ff 77-80, ff 82-85, ff 122-129);
• leaflets promoting Poppy Days (f 3, f 180-183), Remembrance Week (f 7), the Overseas Wreath Laying Service (ff 118-119), and the work of the British Legion (ff 108-109, ff 120-121).

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1 file (214 folios)

Arrangement

The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 199-215) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-86; these numbers are also written in pencil.

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English in Latin script

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