'The Central Association for Soldiers' Wives', Morning Chronicle, 1 August 1856, P. 3.
Year: 2020

The Central Association for Soldiers’ Wives, which has been in operation since March, 1854, is about to be discontinued, many of the regiments having returned home, and others been despatched to foreign stations. The good the association has done is incalculable, thousands of women and children having been kept out of the work-houses and from extreme poverty from the funds so liberally subscribed by the public. In how many instances has the soldier proved himself the braver, knowing that his wif