Our history

Red Cross marchers at Bloody Sunday funerals

Our Stories — Our Times: The Troubles

The Red Cross in Northern Ireland maintained a key, neutral and independent role throughout the conflict in Ulster.

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A photograph of Red Cross volunteers carrying out measles immunisations in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), 1968

The history of vaccines

Our museum and archives coordinator on our long history supporting vaccinations

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A black and white photograph showing a British Red Cross nurse lights cigarette for seated patient, as they both smile

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.

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A photo of a group of soldiers during World War 1 helping eachother though mud towards an ambulance

W. Somerset Maugham: writer, spy, ambulance volunteer

Red Cross interpreter and ambulance driver W. Somerset Maugham lived a life of love, intrigue, creativity and service to others.

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Watercolour painting from the sketchbook of Edith Maud Drummond Hay, 1914-1918

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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Red Cross Youth badge from the collection of Billy Nicholson

Our Stories — Our Times: Youth Cadets

Explore how Youth Cadet branches worked closely with counterparts in the Irish Red Cross to foster mutual understanding of humanity and university across our movement.

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