Event    From /11/1939 

War Savings Campaign

Categories: Philanthropy

Second World War gives a good description of the story behind these plaques.  Each year the fundraising was given a different focus: Communities would have a fund-raising committee which worked with local newspapers local companies and financial institutions.  Targets were often met for which these plaques were awarded and often erected in the town hall. Some campaigns were:
Spitfire Fund - 1940
War Weapons Week - June 1941
Warship Week - 24-31 1942 and 15-22 November 1942
Wings for Victory Week - 1 - 8 May 1943
Salute the Soldier Week - 17-24 June 1944
Tanks for Attack Week – unknown
Penny a Week – on-going (but probably finished by now).

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
War Savings Campaign

Commemorated ati

Holborn Town Hall - Army

At British Military Badges we found a similar plaque on sale for £250: “Mould...

Read More

Holborn Town Hall - RAF

Frinton & Walton agree with our thoughts that the “McM” probably indicate...

Read More

Other Subjects

Samuel Lewis

Samuel Lewis

Moneylender and philanthropist. A jew, born in a slum in Birmingham, who worked his way into being an established travelling jeweller by 1867, when he married and came with his wife, Ada, to London...

Person, Philanthropy

2 memorials
Ragged School Museum

Ragged School Museum

In 1877 a ragged school was set up by Dr Barnardo at 46-50 Copperfield Road, E3, in a group of three canal-side warehouses. The school closed  in 1908 when there were enough schools in the area run...

Group, Education, History, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Samuel Augustine Courtauld

Samuel Augustine Courtauld

Philanthropist and editor. Associated with Halstead, Braintree.  Almost certainly related to Samuel Courtauld of Institute fame but we cannot discover how.

Person, Literature, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Lord Nuffield, William Morris

Lord Nuffield, William Morris

Motor manufacturer and philanthropist. Born Worcester. Began work in a bicycle shop and designed the first Morris car in 1912. Founder of the Morris Motor Company and founder of the Nuffield Fou...

Person, Engineering, Philanthropy, Transport

1 memorial
Lord Paul

Lord Paul

Business magnate, philanthropist and politician. Born Swraj Paul at Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He moved to England in 1966 to get treatment for his daughter who was suffering from leukaemia. Founded...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, India

2 memorials

Previously viewed

Sidney Mumford
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Rose Lawson

Rose Lawson

Killed as a result of a 13 October 1944 air raid on Coronation Avenue.

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial