British Red Cross WW1 local branch list

Red Cross nurses line up for inspection in Fulham.

VAD Inspection, Fulham (Credit : British Red Cross)

During the First World War, the British Red Cross had branches in the following locations. Although we have a record of the branches from the time, some have little or no further information about them. 

Region 1 – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man

General

  • General Scotland Branch Activities
  • General Northern Ireland Activities

West Scotland

  • Argyllshire
  • Kirkcudbrightshire
  • Bute and Arran
  • Lanarkshire
  • Dunbartonshire
  • Renfrewshire
  • Dumfriesshire
  • Ross-shire and Cromartyshire
  • City of Glasgow
  • Wigtownshire

East Scotland

  • Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
  • Linlithgowshire (now West Lothian)
  • City of Dundee 
  • Midlothian
  • City of Edinburgh
  • Peeblesshire
  • Fife
  • City of Perth and County of Perthshire
  • Forfarshire (now Angus)
  • Roxburghshire
  • Haddingtonshire
  • Selkirkshire
  • Kincardineshire
  • Stirlingshire

Northern Scotland

  • City of Aberdeen and County of Aberdeenshire
  • Inverness-shire
  • Caithness-shire
  • Nairnshire
  • Elginshire and Morayshire
  • Sutherland

Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland

  • Co. Antrim
  • City of Dublin
  • Co. of the City of Belfast
  • Co. Kildare
  • Co. Tyrone
  • Co. Kilkenny
  • Co. Down
  • Co. Waterford
  • Co. Westmeath
  • Co. Louth
  • Isle of Man
  • Co. Meath
  • Co. Cork
  • Co. Wicklow
  • Co. Dublin

Wales

  • Monmouthshire
  • Merionethshire
  • Carmarthen
  • Montgomery
  • Breconshire
  • Caernarvonshire
  • Pembroke
  • Denbighshire
  • Cardiganshire
  • Flintshire
  • Radnor
  • Anglesey
  • Glamorgan (now split into West, Mid, and South Glamorgan)

Region 2 – Northern England

Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Cheshire

  • Derbyshire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Cheshire

Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire

  • Herefordshire
  • Shropshire
  • Worcester
  • Birmingham

Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester

  • Lancashire
  • Merseyside
  • Greater Manchester

Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

  • Lincolnshire
  • Leicestershire
  • Rutland
  • Northamptonshire

North East and Cumbria

  • Co. Durham
  • Cumberland (now part of Cumbria)
  • Northumbria

Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands

  • Staffordshire
  • Warwickshire
  • West Midlands

Yorkshire

  • East Riding
  • West Riding
  • North Riding
  • South Riding

Region 3 – Southern England

Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex

  • Bedfordshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Essex

East Anglia

  • Cambridgeshire
  • Norfolk
  • Suffolk

Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Surrey

  • Hampshire
  • Isle of Wight
  • Surrey

Kent and Sussex

  • Kent
  • Sussex

London

  • Middlesex (doesn’t exist, mostly part of Greater London now)
  • City of London

South West and Islands

  • Cornwall
  • Devonshire
  • Dorset
  • Jersey
  • Somerset

Thames Valley

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Berkshire

Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire

  • Wiltshire
  • Bristol
  • Gloucestershire

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