Historical information

After the second World War Legacy understood there was a need to redefine the criteria of people that they help. There was discussions about whether the deceased serviceman had to have served overseas or whether they could have served in any capacity.
Legatee Cremor proposed the motion at the General Meeting on 9 May 1949. The motion was:
'That the eligibility rules of JLC be amended to provide that the dependents of any deceased member who was attested for service in the Armed Forces of the 1939-45 War be eligible for Legacy benefits.'
He also prepared a two page document of the arguments for the changes. A second document lays out the arguments against the motion. A file copy of a 2 page letter to the President supports Legatee Cremor's motion, the signature is indistinct so it's not known who wrote it.
The arguments against included that the extension of eligibility would greatly increase Legacy's workload and budget required would increase 10 fold. They estimated that the men of the '1914 War' would be retired by 1965, and that there weren't enough men from the '1939 War' to make the decision.
The notation H24 in red pen shows that it was part of the archive project that was trying to capture the history of Legacy.

Significance

Documents that showed Legacy redefined the criteria of who they helped after the second World War.

Physical description

White paper x 5 pages with black type of the discussions for eligibility in 1949.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten H24 in red pen.