The British Red Cross is delighted to launch a new digital resource making the First World War service records of members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment accessible online for the first time.
Recording the service of ambulance drivers, nurses, stretcher bearers, knitters and cooks, the collection is an exceptional source of historical information about non-military activity at this time. Please visit www.redcross.org.uk/ww1 to search the first tranche of 30,000 cards, to read about our famous VADs and to learn about the work of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
Over 250 volunteers are currently transcribing the remaining cards which will be made available in monthly updates until completion in late 2015. If you would like to get involved or for further information, please contact [log in to unmask]
The resource has been produced following a successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund and in partnership with the Centre for the Historical Record at Kingston University.
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For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra
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