Lord Algernon Percy presided at a meeting of the Warwickshire War Relief Committee held at the Shire Hall, Warwick, on Thursday. There was a good attendance, including the Countess of Denbigh, Lord Leigh, Lady Ilkeston, and Sir Michael Lakin.

The honorary treasurer reported that £10,197 had been promised to the county relief fund in support of the National Fund, and £7,975 had been actually received. £250 of this for special purposes in Warwickshire. It was decided to send £7,725 to the Prince of Wales’ Fund as a first instalment.

It was decided to write to the honorary secretaries of all the local committees urging that all possible steps should be taken to collect for the fund, and it was also resolved that local committees should apply to the county committee for funds for the relief of distress.

Banbury Guardian, September 1914