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It was decided that The Gurkhas were to receive the same gift as the British troops; Sikhs the box filled with sugar candy, a tin box of spices and the Christmas card; all other Indian troops, the box with a packet of cigarettes and sugar candy, a tin box of spices and the card. Authorised camp followers, grouped under the title of 'Bhistis' were to receive a tin box of spices and the card. The smokers' and non-smokers' gifts were both deemed unacceptable by the committee for nurses at the front in France who were instead offered the box, a packet of chocolate and the card.
However, suppliers of the content items had trouble and it was realised that there were still not enough to go round. The Committee resolved the problem by hurriedly buying in an assortment of substitute gifts: Those sailors who should also have received the lighter as part of their gift, were given instead, a handsome bullet pencil in a silver cartridge case which bore Princess Mary's monogram.
Raising money for the scheme proved a great success and on 18 October the 'Sunday Times' reporting on the splendid response to the initial request for help, published a long list of well-known names of folk who had already donated money. In fact, more money was raised than was needed, even after the eligibility for the gift had been extended.
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The sum remaining, after all the Fund's liabilities had been discharged, was eventually transferred to Queen Mary's Maternity Home, founded by the Queen for the benefit of the wives and infants of sailors, soldiers and airmen of the newly formed Royal Air Force. Some had a considerable wait to receive their boxes, with difficulties distributing them, and with sourcing both the brass and the contents during the ongoing war.
Distribution dragged on even beyond the Armistice in The final number of boxes produced was over 2. A Princess Mary Gift Fund Box was a treasured possession of many veteran soldiers of the First World War, even when the original contents — usually cigarettes and rolling tobacco — had long been used.
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The embossed brass box was air-tight, and made a useful container for money, tobacco, papers and photographs, so was often carried through subsequent service. A great many men carefully repacked their presents and sent them home to their wives and families.
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Modern reproductions are made of the boxes, though not to the same standard as the originals — typically the brass plate is thinner, and they are not airtight. We surprised Mary with a Christmas Wish full of surprised for her her entire family!
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