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MARINE SOCIETY
(INSTITUTED 1756)
Patron H.M. THE KING
HAWKINS TRUST
For the Relief of Widows of Captains, Commanders, and
Lieutenants of the Royal Navy
The income of this Fund is appropriated every year in the month of June in donations of £10 each
to 43 Widows.
If there be not 43 applicants, grants may be increased to the extent of £30.
Applications to be made annually in April.
Only Widows of Officers of the above ranks are eligible to receive grants.
COLONEL KELLY HOLDSWORTH TRUST
For the Benefit of the Widows and Orphans of Naval Officers of and above
the rank of Commander (Executive Branch)
The Income of this Fund is appropriated every year in the month of December. Applications to
be made annually in October.
HICKES TRUST
For the Relief of Poor Boys and Girls, preference being given to the
Orphans of seafaring Men
In time of Peace, one-half the income of this Fund is devoted to the fitting of poor girls to useful
trades, and one-half to training and fitting out boys for the sea.
In time of War, the whole income of the Fund is devoted to training and fitting out boys for
the sea.
Applications for girls to be made to the Secretary.
TRAINING SHIP "WARSPITE," GRAYS, ESSEX
For Boys of Good Character desirous of a Sea Life
The Society annually trains about 210 boys of good character for a sea life only and of this number
about one-half enter the Royal Navy.
Candidates are trained, clothed, and maintained free of all expense to parents or guardians.
Requirements of candidates —
Age, between 14 and 16 years.
Height, not less than 4 feet 1 1 inches, without shoes.
Must have parents' consent. •
Further information can be obtained from the Secretary, who will gladly acknowledge contri-
butions at —
Marine Society's Office, " Warspite,"
Clark's Place, Bishopsgate, B.C.
THE DREWRY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
A sum of £10,000 has been given by Mr. H. P. Drewry, a British Merchant and Shipbroker, to provide
scholarships for potential Merchant Navy Deck Officers at the Nautical School, Pangbourne ; H.M.S.
Worcester ; H.M.S. Conway ; the Training Ship Mercury ; and the Navigation School of
the University of Southampton. One scholarship a year will be offered at each of these five schools and
each scholarship will be tenable for the normal period of the course of the school to which it is allocated.
Candidates for these Scholarships must be the sons of Merchant Navy or Royal Naval Reserve Officers
and will be considered in the following order of preference : —
(1 ) Sons of Officers who have been killed by enemy action during the war ;
(2) Sons of Officers who have been seriously disabled during the war by enemy action ;
(3) Sons of Officers who have died during the war while still in Service, although not as a result of
enemy action.
Candidates will be selected at such an age that when they have completed their school careers they
will be ready to go to sea. Applications for scholarships for entry in any particular year should be made
to the Principals of the above schools not later than the end of January of that year. <-