Appeal on behalf of the Marine Society by the Chairman, Admiral Sir Geoffrey Miles , K.C.B., K.C.S.i.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
Started by the philanthropist Jonas Hanway on June 25, 1756, to provide and equip landmen volunteers for H.M. ships and, later, to clothe and fit out boys who voluntarily offered themselves for service at sea, the Marine Society commemorates its founder on this occasion of its bicentenary. More than 75,000 boys have been helped to go to sea during the two hundred years; and three hundred or so are now being helped annually to make the sea their career, mostly as officers or ratings in the Merchant Navy.