Remembering Edith Cavell: a brave British Red Cross nurse
We remember brave nurse Edith Cavell who was killed in 1915. Her crime? Moving Allied forces to safety.
Testament of Youth: a volunteer’s WWI memoir of a lost generation
Poet and pacifist Vera Brittain was a Red Cross nurse during the First World War. Here, we share her most famous work ‘A Testament of Youth’.
The beginnings of the British Red Cross
Our museum and archives curator explains how it all began
The famous Black doctor of Paddington
A doctor who overcame prejudice to help others during the First World War finally won recognition a hundred years later.
The heroic women of WW1: a nurse's diary
Peggy Arnold was a WW1 nurse serving on the frontline. Here we celebrate her bravery, and the bravery of volunteers like her.
“The Red Cross emblem remains as relevant today as ever in saving lives”
Head of international law Michael Meyer on the significance of our emblem and motto
The man who took on the Nazis with a needle
Prisoner of war, top-secret spy and subversive stitcher – Cas certainly lived a full life. His daughter had no idea, until she found a mysterious box in the attic.
The history of vaccines
Our museum and archives coordinator on our long history supporting vaccinations
Valentine volunteers love stories from World War 1
Many of our volunteer nurses found love with the patients they treated during the First World War 1. Here are their stories.
On the frontlines: Women war artists and the British Red Cross
From our archives, a look at the lives and works of women artists and how their portrayals of war have helped shape our understanding of history.
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