HC Deb 11 July 1928 vol 219 cc2249-50W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will give the list of charities which have benefited from the Naval Prize Fund; the sums that have been given; and whether any claims are reserved as against these sums?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

The following charities have benefited from the Naval Prize Fund, namely:

£
British Legion (Officers' Association) 27,500
Queen Adelaide Naval Fund 2,000
Sir F. Richards' Memorial Fund 2,000
Royal School for Naval and Marine Officers' Daughters, Twickenham 2,000
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Royal Naval Benevolent Trust 2,000
(Grand Fleet and Kindred Funds) 100,000
Royal Naval Fund 10,000
Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association 3,000
£
Incorporated Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society 3,000
Nazareth House, Southsea 400
Royal Naval and Marine Orphan Home, Portsmouth 4,000
Royal Naval and Marine Orphan Home, Gillingham 1,600
Royal United Service Orphan Home for Girls, Devonport 1,600
St. Theresa's Orphanage, Plymouth 400
The Royal Sailors' Orphan Girls' School and Home, Hampstead 1,000
Alexandra Children's Home, Devonport 200
Seamen's Hospital Society 2,000
Royal Hamadryad Seamen's Hospital Cardiff 200
Royal Merchant Seamen's Orphanage, Bearwood 2,000
Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution 2,000
Sailors' Orphan Society of Scotland 500
Hull Seamen's and General Orphanage 500
Port of Hull Society's Sailors' Orphan Homes 1,500
Royal Alfred Aged Merchant Seamen's Institution, Belvedere 1,600
Trinity House Special Bounty Fund 500
Royal Alfred Widows' and Samaritan Funds, London 300
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society, London 2,200
Tyne Mariners' Benevolent Institution 200
Hull Fishermen and Widows' Orphan Relief Fund 250
Aged Merchant Seamen and Widows' Fund, Liverpool 750
Glasgow Aged Seamen's Relief Fund 300
Glasgow Seamen's Friend Society (Ladies' Auxiliary) 200
The Missions to Seamen, London (for charitable purposes) 2,500
Dominion and Colonial Charities 5,000
British Sailors' Society 2,000
Greenwich Hospital (for benefit of Warrant Officers and Dependants) 5,000
Greenwick Hospital (for Warrant Officers, Royal Naval Reserve and dependants) 3,000
King George's Sanatorium, Bramshott 1,100
Haslar Hospital Wireless Fund 100
Portland Hospital Wireless Fund 100
Plymouth Hospital Wireless Fund 100
King George V. Hospital, Malta 812
£195,412

No claims are reserved against any of the sums mentioned in these cases. In addition to these amounts, a sum of £100,000 has been transferred to Greenwich Hospital from the balance of unclaimed and forfeited shares, subject to refund if necessary for the payment of shares.