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Women's involvement in the Red Cross

During the First World War

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

British Red Cross volunteer nurses outside Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Hospital, First World War, 1914-1918 (Credit: British Red Cross)

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Fundraising for the British Red Cross

Find out about the many amazing fundraising projects volunteers organised during WWI.

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

Volunteers during WW1

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

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

Nursing during the First World War

Thousands of women became Red Cross nurse both at home and overseas. Read their fascinating stories.

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Imperial War Museum
Kingston University London