Royal Overseas Officers’ Club, London

‘Princess Mary yesterday honoured the Royal Overseas Officers’ Club by her presence at one of those pleasant afternoon functions of which the club is making a special feature. Tea on this occasion was taken in the concert hall, and a brief but very attractive entertainment was given, of which the principal item was a soldier sketch, in which Miss Mabel Russell and Mr. Gerald du Maurier took part’. Pall Mall Gazette, 30 May 1917. ‘Princess Mary honoured with her presence the entertainment given in the Royal Overseas Officers’ Club, Pall Mall, on Tuesday of last week. Miss Mabel Russell and Mr. Gerald Maurier appeared in a clever little sketch’. The Era, 6 June 1917. The sketch performed by Gerald du Maurier and Mabel Russell is likely to have been A Bit of a Lad which they were performing at other charity events in March-July 1917.