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Missing and wounded service people

During the First World War

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VAD casualties during WW1

Many brave Red Cross volunteers gave their lives helping wounded service men and women.

Volunteers during WW1

90,000 ordinary men and women volunteered with the Red Cross during WW1 in hospitals, driving ambulances, and more.

Auxiliary hospitals

British Red Cross hospitals proved vital in WW1, treating hundreds.

In partnership with:
Heritage Fund
Imperial War Museum
Kingston University London