British Red Cross WW1 local branch list

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