With thanks to Historian Andrew Mackay for finding this poem and poet for us.
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| Postcard with Mary's poem - sold in aid of WW1 soldiers' comforts and printed in Blackburn, Lancashire. |
Born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, UK in November 1897, Mary's parents were Charles Bond, a coalminer, and his wife, Annie Bond, who was born in Ireland. The family lived in Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire.
Mary Ellen Bond was a student at the time of writing this poem and attended Bank Top Congregational Sunday School.
Mary died in 1988 in Blackburn, Lancashire.
If anyone has any further information about Mary, has a photograph and/or knows if she wrote any other poems please get in touch.
Bank Top is in Blackburn with Darwen in the County of Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Soldiers’ Comforts
Almost 18,000 charities were set up to assist people during the First World War.
Sources:
Postcard from Andrew Mackay,
Find my Past website
https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/1914-1918-charities-helped-win-ww1/volunteering/article/1299786
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre/international-heritage-centre-blog/new-kind-help-comforts-first-world-war
