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Description: | From the start of the First World War the German Navy attempted
to stop Britain importing goods. In the years that followed
German submarines destroyed many ships and thousands of tonnes
of goods including food. In 1917 panic buying caused by fear
that the country was running out of food lead to shortges and so
in 1918 the Ministry of Food introduced rationing as a way of
ensuring that people didn't starve.
This ration book was issued
in October 1918. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bromley Museum | Rights holder: | Bromley Museum Service | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | 8.1918 | Source: | Bromley Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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