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A Red Cross volunteer set up a blood donation service in 1921, helping save countless patients. Find out more about his story.
We have loads of information for researchers, but there are also other organisations who can help with your research.
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement started in 1863, inspired by a Swiss businessman, Henry Dunant.
If you're a researcher, these are some of the items we have, including our archives, audio visual collection, historical publications and museum items.
From driving motorised ambulances to tracing missing and wounded soldiers, this photo gallery shows some of the ways our volunteers helped in the First World War.
Red Cross nurses made a name for themselves by helping the wounded during the First and Second World War, but they were still needed after the war.
When war was declared in September 1939, the British Red Cross and the Order of St John joined forces and formed the Joint War Organisation.
In May 1919, the League of Red Cross Societies was formed and extended the role of national Red Cross societies to work in times of peace.
Find out more about the tremendous role our volunteers and staff have played in the last 140 years.
Our Royal Charter is the governing document that sets out our purpose, powers and responsibilities.