The New Zealand Soldiers' Club, housed at 17 Russell Square, in London, provided food and accommodation for New Zealand soldiers on leave from the battlefront in France during World War I. From 1916 to 1919, the club housed, clothed and fed over 100,000 soldiers. Almost all were met personally by the club's committee as they disembarked from trains returning to London from France.
The New Zealand Soldiers' Club, housed at 17 Russell Square, in London, provided food and accommodation for New Zealand soldiers on leave from the battlefront in France during World War I. From 1916 to 1919, the club housed, clothed and fed over 100,000 soldiers. Almost all were met personally by the club's committee as they disembarked from trains returning to London from France. Prior to August 1916, New Zealand soldiers on leave were given temporary accommodation in a number of YMCA hostels across London. The New Zealand War Contingent Association recognised that a place was needed to provide basic but comfortable living quarters for able-bodied and wounded soldiers when on leave in the UK. (en)
The New Zealand Soldiers' Club, housed at 17 Russell Square, in London, provided food and accommodation for New Zealand soldiers on leave from the battlefront in France during World War I. From 1916 to 1919, the club housed, clothed and fed over 100,000 soldiers. Almost all were met personally by the club's committee as they disembarked from trains returning to London from France. (en)
