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Aid
to Britain came in many forms. As well as providing donations of cash and badly needed
equipment, volunteer skilled workers, lumberjacks and merchant seamen arrived in the UK from the
Caribbean and other parts of the Commonwealth.
Extract:
The British Honduras Forestry Unit [.pdf file]
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Many
Commonwealth countries presented gifts to the people of Great Britain as part of
the war effort.These gifts
ranged from the costs of providing an entire air squadron (presented by
Hyderabad, India, in 1944) to mobile canteens used for providing food for the
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