To
Private George Green
1st Volunteer Service Company
Northumberland Fusiliers

Dear Sir
The Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of
Morpeth desire ro place on record their high
appreciation of your patriotism in volunteering
for active service in the Boer War in South
Africa.
They congratulate you upon your safe and victorious return.
Your gallant conduct on the field of action, your devotion
to duty, and your exemplary behavious at all times during
the campaign have endeared you to your officers, comrades
and fellow townsmen.
This address of welcome, accompanied by a sum of money,
is presented to you as a slight token of the admiration and
esteem in which you are held, and we hope thatin the evening of
your days you may look back upon a well spent life, and regard
this occasion as not the least pleasant of your reminiscences.
May 1901.