Celebration dinner for winners of Nairobi Sub Area Cup January 1946

Celebration dinner for winners of Nairobi Sub Area Cup January 1946

Menu from dinner for winning football competition.

Front - lists an eleven-man team, three reserves, football officer and football committee. Includes three signatures. On the right a menu for a meal.

On the reverse - left side a list of speeches and toasts. On the right details of event celebration dinner of RAF AHQEA Nairobi Sub Area Cup at the Avenue Hotel, Nairobi on 3 January 1946. Includes 13 handwritten signatures.

1946-01-03

Four page printed card

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[inserted] [three signatures] [/inserted]
[underlined] TEAM [/underlined]
T. Tilly
R. Barnett – M. White
F. Service – S. Galloway – G.H. McNaught
D. Wallace – J.M. Brown
J. Millard – D. Harper – P. Watson
RESERVES: H.G. Humphries, J. Cowie, A. Roberts.
[underlined] Football Officer. [/underlined]
F/Lt. A.K. MacLennan.
[underlined] Football Committee. [/underlined]
T.G. Buckingham,
A.T. Hulskramer,
J.W. Hawke.
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MENU
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Hors D’oeuvres Various
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Cream of Tomato Soup
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Filet of Fish Grillee [sic] – Anchovy Sauce.
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Supreme of Chicken Maryland
Croquette Potatoes
Green Peas
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Poire Helene
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Cheese
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Coffee
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[underlined] SPEECHES AND TOASTS [/underlined]
THE KING
[underlined] TO THE TEAM: [/underlined] W/Cdr. G.L.W. Boswell.
[underlined] REPLY: [/underlined] F/SGT. D. WALLACE.
[underlined] TO THE COMMITTEE: [/underlined] LAC M. White.
[underlined] REPLY: [/underlined] F/Lt. A.K. MacLennan.
[underlined] TO OPPONENTS: [/underlined] Cpl. M. Millard.
[underlined] REPLY: [/underlined] Cpl. Dixey.
[underlined] TO ABSENT PLAYERS, SUPPORTERS & FRIENDS: [/underlined] Cpl. A.T. Hulskramer.
[underlined] TO THE R.A.F. IN EAST AFRICA: [/underlined] Cpl. Lee.
[underlined] REPLY: A.O.C. A/Cdrs S.H.C. Gray, O.B.E.
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[inserted] [twelve signatures] [/inserted]
[underlined] ROYAL AIR FORCE. [/underlined]
[underlined] A.H.Q.E.A. [/underlined]
Winners of the
NAIROBI SUB-AREA CUP
1945.
CELEBRATION DINNER
at the
AVENUE HOTEL, NAIROBI,
Thursday, January 3rd, 1946.
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