Salute the Soldier Week

Each county was set a target of money to raise and local civic leaders were presented with plaques as a reward for the fund raising efforts. The government had an initial campaign launched in September 1940 known as War Weapons Weeks – which was a drive to replace the materiel lost at Dunkirk. The amount realised in the weeks specifically designated War Weapons Weeks was £456,861,000, The amount realised in the weeks specifically designated Salute the Soldier Weeks was £628,021,000, equivalent to about £ in . ==References==