| Collection | Terry Weatherley Collection |
| Description | Covers for song sheet for Mother of Nations, words by Boyle Lawrence, music by Brigata Bucalossi, dedicated by permission to the "Daily Express" Shilling Fund in aid of the Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund. Price 1s/6d. Note, the musical notation for Mother of Nations is missing, but the sheet incorporates musical notation for Rule, Britannia! (The British Empire) -- La Marseillaise (France) -- Lord God, protect the Czar! (Russia) -- La Brabançonne (Belgium) -- God save the King! on the inside covers. A handful of lyrics have been pencilled in for La Marseillaise, as follows: Allons enfants de la Patrie, le jour de gloir est arrive. The front cover is stamped 'specimen copy' and includes images of oval photographic portraits of H.M. King George V and H.R.H The Prince of Wales [later Edward VIII] against a back drop featuring the Union Flag and military vessels. The back cover feaures the following photographic portraits: M. Rene Viviani, Prime Minister of France -- M. Coremykin, Prime Minister of Russia -- M. Charles de Broqueville, Prime Minister of Belgium -- M. Raymond Poincare, President of the French Repubic -- H.I.M. The Czar of Russia -- H.M. The King of the Belgians -- General Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army -- H.I.H. The Grand Duke Nicholas, Generalissimo of the Russian Army -- General Leman, The hero of Liege -- Rt. Hon. H.H. Asquith, Prime Minister of England -- Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty -- Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs -- Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleets -- Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War -- Field Marshal Sir John French, Commander of the British Expeditionary Force.
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