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British Red Cross Volunteers

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Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 30 Apr 2016 16:25

From The Red Cross Facebook page...

"We've put our archive of more than 244,000 personnel index cards from World War One on our website.
Now you can search for your family’s records, and discover what Red Cross volunteers were doing in your local area 100 years ago"

http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

safc

safc Report 1 May 2016 01:26

thanks
chris in sussex

another free site always welcome

Researching:
Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 3 May 2016 16:23

Thank you very very much for that site Chris

I have a photo of my grandmother in what looks like a VAD uniform and often wondered about it.

I typed her name into the site and lo and behold her service record. Absolutely no doubt that it is her as the address is the same as in 1921.

Brilliant

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

Fiona

Fiona Report 4 May 2016 19:58

brilliant-- and thanks for passing it on. Don`t suppose you`ve any idea how far through the alphabet they`ve got?--I need "T" so could have quite a wait!

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 4 May 2016 20:57

Mine was Rhodes so could be close. Worth a try.

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)