Certificate
Red Cross Society
Category
Ephemera
Date
Jul 1919
Materials
Paper
Measurements
30 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Manchester
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938269.1
Summary
Certificate issued to the Countess of Stamford, 1st July 1919, from the British Red Cross Society expressing their congratulations that at a meeting of the Council of the British Red Cross Society, held at St James' Palace, her name has been inscribed upon the roll of honourable service, and thanking her for her work for the cause. Accompanied by a letter (b) from the Duke of Westminster, as President of the Cheshire Branch, 56 Mosley Street, Manchester, congratulating and thanking her for the same. The two documents are no longer contained within the original cardboard tube (c) (no ends) on which is a cream address label with red print and black handwritten ink text, addressed to 'The Countess of Stamford / Dunham Massey Hall / Altrincham', and on which is handwritten in red pencil crayon, 'P.S.' and 'Roll H... Service', but are now stored flat, separately. The tube bears a brown George V 1 1/2d stamp with a Manchester 1919 postmark.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Red Cross Society , issuer