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British Red Cross Devonshire President WW 1 badge
Countess Fortescue's circa First War ivorene British Red Cross fob badge.
The Devon Branch of the British Red Cross Society originally dates from its foundation in May 1907 by the Countess Fortescue, following an appeal by Queen Alexandra in 1905 to set up a territorial force of trained nurses to support the new Territorial Army. Two years later the scheme for V.A.D. nurses was taken over by the War Office, which finally recognised that in the event of war, and possible invasion, the Home Defence Force (as originally envisaged for the Territorial Army) would require clearing hospitals, ambulance trains, rest stations, convalescent homes as well as any private hospitals that were expected to be offered. Separate branches of the V.A.D. force were formed for women and men -- the men serving, as they did in the war, as ambulance drivers, those working in canteens at the docks and railway stations and others acting as male orderlies, particularly as stretcher bearers. The Devon Branch, ahead of many other Counties, had its headquarters at Southernhay, Exeter, and was vested in the County Committee with a President, Director, Treasurer and other officials, and a separate Finance Committee. The County Director was appointed by the Devon Territorial Force Association. Devon County was then divided into Divisions, each with an Assistant County Director, Winkleigh being situated in the South Molton Division. In 1917, for example, Devon provided 236 nurses for home service in the war hospitals, and 74 for overseas, in France, Belgium, Egypt and Mesopotamia under the ‘Special Service’ scheme. An alternative ‘General Service’ scheme provided for other forms of work and in 1917 provided 338 general service volunteers at home and 63 for foreign service. The Devon Patriotic Fund was an offshoot of these efforts, providing among other things the ‘Linen League’ to supply sheets and pillow cases to the V.A. hospitals both at home and in France.
Without the heroic efforts of the British Red Cross Society and the Voluntary Aid Detachments it is impossible to imagine how the army medical services could have coped with the enormous numbers of sick and wounded men who flooded down the line from the casualty clearing stations to the base hospitals and, for the lucky many, to the voluntary hospitals throughout the country. The scale of the work involved was enormous. Up to May 1917, for example, the Devon first-line VAD hospitals received over 17,000 patients in direct convoys from Southampton and other ports, transferred by ambulance trains to Exeter and other towns. From there motor or horse-drawn ambulances driven mainly by the Men’s VA Detachments of the Red Cross or the St.John’s Ambulance Service brought the wounded from the stations to the hospitals. Already by May 1917 the Exeter Men’s Detachments had transported 9,223 patients, including nearly 5,000 ‘cot cases’. In addition, patients sometimes needed to be moved from hospital to hospital to secure specialist treatment, both within the County and for the many needing specialist care transferred to other parts of the country. Many of the ambulance vehicles themselves, including ambulance trailers, were presented to the hospitals or purchased out of special voluntary funds. Owners of private cars often made their vehicles - together with their chauffeurs - available for hospital transfers or to provide recreational drives and entertainment at convalescent homes.
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Devon
Tel : 07494 489140
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The Devon Branch of the British Red Cross Society originally dates from its foundation in May 1907 by the Countess Fortescue, following an appeal by Queen Alexandra in 1905 to set up a territorial force of trained nurses to support the new Territorial Army. Two years later the scheme for V.A.D. nurses was taken over by the War Office, which finally recognised that in the event of war, and possible invasion, the Home Defence Force (as originally envisaged for the Territorial Army) would require clearing hospitals, ambulance trains, rest stations, convalescent homes as well as any private hospitals that were expected to be offered. Separate branches of the V.A.D. force were formed for women and men -- the men serving, as they did in the war, as ambulance drivers, those working in canteens at the docks and railway stations and others acting as male orderlies, particularly as stretcher bearers. The Devon Branch, ahead of many other Counties, had its headquarters at Southernhay, Exeter, and was vested in the County Committee with a President, Director, Treasurer and other officials, and a separate Finance Committee. The County Director was appointed by the Devon Territorial Force Association. Devon County was then divided into Divisions, each with an Assistant County Director, Winkleigh being situated in the South Molton Division. In 1917, for example, Devon provided 236 nurses for home service in the war hospitals, and 74 for overseas, in France, Belgium, Egypt and Mesopotamia under the ‘Special Service’ scheme. An alternative ‘General Service’ scheme provided for other forms of work and in 1917 provided 338 general service volunteers at home and 63 for foreign service. The Devon Patriotic Fund was an offshoot of these efforts, providing among other things the ‘Linen League’ to supply sheets and pillow cases to the V.A. hospitals both at home and in France.
Without the heroic efforts of the British Red Cross Society and the Voluntary Aid Detachments it is impossible to imagine how the army medical services could have coped with the enormous numbers of sick and wounded men who flooded down the line from the casualty clearing stations to the base hospitals and, for the lucky many, to the voluntary hospitals throughout the country. The scale of the work involved was enormous. Up to May 1917, for example, the Devon first-line VAD hospitals received over 17,000 patients in direct convoys from Southampton and other ports, transferred by ambulance trains to Exeter and other towns. From there motor or horse-drawn ambulances driven mainly by the Men’s VA Detachments of the Red Cross or the St.John’s Ambulance Service brought the wounded from the stations to the hospitals. Already by May 1917 the Exeter Men’s Detachments had transported 9,223 patients, including nearly 5,000 ‘cot cases’. In addition, patients sometimes needed to be moved from hospital to hospital to secure specialist treatment, both within the County and for the many needing specialist care transferred to other parts of the country. Many of the ambulance vehicles themselves, including ambulance trailers, were presented to the hospitals or purchased out of special voluntary funds. Owners of private cars often made their vehicles - together with their chauffeurs - available for hospital transfers or to provide recreational drives and entertainment at convalescent homes.
Price includes insured postage to any UK address.
All items are covered by the Distance Selling Regulations which give buyers the right to cancel the purchase within seven days after receipt of the item for a full refund less RETURN transport costs
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Period 1900s Antiques
Material Iron
Origin English
Item code ac051a1134 / m2
Status For Sale
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$75.38
€69.77
$75.38
€69.77
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Tel : 07494 489140
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