Of the 56 countries that made up the British Empire 100 years ago, its sovereign King George V visited just one of them. “How is the Empire?” he’d often ask his advisors – but their ...

Support from the Royal family remains strong today. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II championed our work for over 70 years, first as patron of the Junior Red Cross and later as patron of the British Red ...

During the war, the Royal Family changed its surname from 'Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' to 'Windsor', which sounded more British. George V was related ... He was awarded the Military Cross and in 1918 ...

Getty Images These women ran the American Red Cross Club on Great George Street ... "The American Red Cross employed British women, including Elizabeth Berwick, whose parents were from the ...