Appeal on behalf of King George's Fund for Sailors, by Kenneth Horne
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
More than 25,000 sailors and their dependants-among them 6,000 widows-were helped last year. Seamen who left the sea through disablement were made proficient in jobs such as farming and furniture making, while aged seamen and their wives were looked after and given comfortable homes, and sailors' orphans given a good start in the world.
These and many other activities covering every aspect of welfare and benevolent work for the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, are carried out by 120 voluntary societies, supported by more than £200,000 a year given to them by King George's Fund for Sailors.