THE EMPIRE'S DEFENDERS.
INSPIRITING- MESSAGE FROM
THE QUEEN
The following is the full text of the message recently sent by Her Majesty rbe Queen to the Empire’s defenders ;
To the men of our Navy, Army and Air Force, 1 send this message to till every man how much we —the women of the British Empire at Homewatch and prey for you during the the long hours of those days of stress and endurance.
Our pride in you is immeasurable, our hope unbounded, 'and our trust absolute.
Ton are fighting in the cause c*f righteousness and freedom, lighting to defend the children and women of our land from the horrors that have overtaken other countries, fighting for onr very existence as a people at Home and across the seas.
You are offering your all, you hold back nothing, aud day by day you show a love so great that no man can have greater. We on our part send forth with full hearts and unfaltering will the lives we hold most dear; we, too, are striving in all ways possible to make the war victorious.
I know that 1 am expressing what is felt by thousands of wives and mothers when I say that we are determined to help one another in keeping our homes ready against your glad home-coming.
In God’s name we bless you, and by His help we. too, will do our best.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1918, Page 4
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235THE EMPIRE'S DEFENDERS. Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1918, Page 4
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