British Red Cross WW1 local branch list

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