Old photograph of soldiers from Australia and New Zealand outside the Victoria League Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Victoria League in Scotland was founded with the aim of promoting friendship and hospitality for Commonwealth visitors to Scotland. Originally founded in 1907 as the Edinburgh Branch of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship based in London, the Victoria League in Scotland later emerged to act as the governing body for the whole of Scotland. During the First World War, the Victoria League in Edinburgh extended its hospitality to Commonwealth servicemen on leave in Scotland, which included providing beds for 300,000 men and serving over 1 million meals by the end of the war. A similar service was provided again during the Second World War.
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