First World War
The National Egg Collection for Wounded Soldiers and Sailors 1914-1918
The National Egg Collection for Wounded Soldiers began in November 1914, after proposals by the editor of the magazine Poultry World, Frederick Carl. At first, the scheme had a target of sending 20,000 freshly-laid eggs per week to a hospital in Boulogne, and wanted to later achieve 200,000 eggs per Read more…