Explore 150 Voices: 150 years of British Red Cross history

Painting of Robert Loyd-Lindsey bringing aid during the Franco Prussian War, 1870. Story told by Mike Adamson, British Red Cross CEO.

In 1908, Queen Alexandra signed the petition granting the British Red Cross' Royal Charter. Story told by Mehzebin Adam, British Red Cross curator.

Embroidery was a common form of therapy for convalescing soldiers. This square was made in 1916. Told by Abigail Stokes, a volunteer from Birmingham.

Dame Clara Butt, a world-famous singer, arranged fundraising concerts during the war years. Story told by opera singer Nadine Benjamin.

The Red Cross sent up to 163,000 food parcels for prisoners of war each week to help prevent starvation. Story told by Jake Gill, volunteer from Manchester.

The camera was used by W R Clarke to take photographs while he was a prisoner of war in Germany. Story told by historian Dan Snow.

This Supplemental Charter gave us our peacetime role: humanitarian work in the UK and overseas. Told by Lauren MacGregor, a volunteer from Edinburgh.

The Red Cross was involved in blood donations from 1921, helping the National Blood Transfusion Service until 1986. Told by Bethan Crowden, a Cardiff volunteer.

This shoulder bag was made from sacks used in Red Cross seed distributions in Angola in 1995. Told by British Red Cross curator Mehzebin Adam.

This artwork, 'A Journey by Boat,' was made by a young refugee supported by the Red Cross in 2016. Told by Mahdi Ali, a volunteer in Manchester.

A Junior Red Cross volunteer in British Honduras, now called Belize, gives a disaster relief kit to young survivors, 1961. Told by Monika Rego, London volunteer.

The British Red Cross uses fleece blankets like this one when they are providing relief to people in crisis in the UK. Read by Gill Moffat, British Red Cross trustee.