From 1917 to after the end of hostilities, Burton Latimer families welcomed convalescing troops into their homes for two weeks to aid their recovery. The vast majority, if not all of these troops were drawn from the Empire forces fighting on the Western Front whose homes were on the other side of the world. The organiser in Burton Latimer was Mrs Annie Potter who was responsible for placing the men with the families, many of whom had relatives fighting overseas themselves. One of the families to play host was that of the Clerk to the Parish Council Mr. Frederick Stokes who lived at "Fernleigh", Finedon Street. Earlier in the war the Stokes family had one of the Belgian refugee families that came to Burton Latimer staying with them. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes' daughter Louie kept an autograph book in which, together with her friends and family, their guests recorded their names with verses and sketches and many recorded their home addresses. Several of the contributors also wrote in Annie Potter's autograph book Some of the names have been traced and it has been possible to add further information in square brackets [thus] - but there is still a lot of work to do on this. We are grateful to Helen Wood (nee Ashby) for giving us access to Louie Stokes' book and to Claire Weiss (nee Potter) for Annie Potter's book.