August 14, 1915. LAND AND W.ATERc 
S.O.S.! 
An Urgent Appeal for 
the Relief of British 
Prisoners of War 
in Germany 
BY THE 
Royal Savoy Association 
n^HE Royal Savoy Association urgently appeals for funds in order to 
continue the purchase and despatch of a weekly supply of necessities 
and comforts to relieve the sufferings of 500 British Prisoners in Germany. 
In every instance great care is exercised (through the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families 
Association) to ascertain that only really necessitous cases are dealt with. 
Numerous postcards expressing deep gratitude are being received daily, and afford ample 
proof that the parcels sent out have safely reached those for whom they were intended. 
At the moment our list contains nearly 400 names, including 
120 TRAWLERS 
•who have daily faced danger and death in order that the highways of the sea might be kept open 
for the War vessels that guard our coasts and the merchant ships that feed us. 
Nothing is more touching than the appeals from friends at Grimsby, and other towns on 
the East Coast, on behalf of these humble and helpless men whose courage is only equalled by 
their lack of self-consciousness in the performance of their duty. We have received up till now 
;C4,ooo out of 
the £6,000 asked for, ^ 
and the bulk of it has come as thank offerings for God's preservation of dear ones. The most 
eloquent, however, have been from employes of business firms, servants and children who have 
foregone their savings to send a practical message of comfort and love from the home country 
to those splendid heroes whose present confinement, after a life of such freedom, must be 
esgecially hurtful. The jov of sharing in such a work brings a happiness unknown to the 
self-centred and to those who can still indulge in luxury, even in the face of the contrast between 
their lot and that of the subjects of our appeal. 
THE PARCELS, VALUE 5s. to 10s., include everything that is 
knoWn to be necessary for the Welfare and comfort of the prisoners. 
Any amount, large or small, or gifts in kind, will be gratefully received by : 
Rev. HCXJGK B. CHAPlMCAl^ (Clia,pla,in), 
British Prisoners of War Association, Savoy School, Savoy Place, W.C. 
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