The New International Encyclopædia/Sandes, Eloise

SANDES, sănds, Eloise (1850— ). The founder of soldiers' homes in Ireland and India. She was born near the city of Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, and at an early age evinced her practical sympathy for the military garrisons in Ireland. Beginning with her own home, which she placed at the disposal of the rank and file of the Tralee garrison, she was led to invest her own income in the building of a home in Cork, which became so successful that funds were readily obtainable to carry on the work. In 1903 there were nearly twenty such institutions under the care of Miss Sandes, in Ireland and India.