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Unidentified volunteers

Gone but not forgotten

The pictures below show First World War Red Cross volunteers but their identities are a mystery. Do you recognise anyone?

Sepia photo of soldier standing with Red Cross badge on sleeve

IN4419 - Lone soldier at an unknown location (Credit: British Red Cross)

V.A.D. nurses with wounded soldiers in garden, Southmead, Bristol.

IN4375 - VAD nurses with wounded soldiers in the garden at Southmead Hospital, Bristol (Credit: British Red Cross)

Soldiers in hospital being looked after by two nurses

IN4396 - Nurses and patients on a ward in Burton-on-Trent town hall auxiliary hospital, Staffordshire (Credit: British Red Cross)

Group photo of soldiers and nurses

IN4400 - Nurses and soldiers abroad (Credit: British Red Cross)

Two Red Cross nurses looking a bit unsteady on a motorbike during WW1.

IN4376 - Members of the VAD on a motorbike and sidecar at Southmead Hospital, Bristol (Credit: British Red Cross)

Nurses playing cards outside Cheadle Hulme Red Cross hospital, Cheshire.

IN4478 - Nurses playing cards outside Cheadle Hulme Red Cross hospital, Cheshire (Credit: British Red Cross)

Members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment outside Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Red Cross hospital.

IN4477 - Members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment outside Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Red Cross hospital (Credit: British Red Cross)

Fundraising collection by members of the Sussex/80 Voluntary Aid Detachment.

IN4442 - Fundraising collection by members of the Sussex/80 Voluntary Aid Detachment (Credit: British Red Cross)

Three members of the VAD at St Paul’s, Newport.

IN4390 - Three members of the VAD at St Paul’s, Newport (Credit: British Red Cross)

Two unidentified members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment at Southmead, Bristol.

IN4476 - Two unidentified members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment at Southmead, Bristol (Credit: British Red Cross)

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