THE ROYAL RED CROSS
“THE TREMENDOUS BURDEN OF CARING FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN SOUTH AFRICA LED TO FURTHER REFINEMENT OF THE NURSING EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF THE BRITISH ARMY”
“SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE ROYAL RED CROSS HAS BECOME SYMBOLIC OF THE SELFLESS SERVICE OF QARANC PERSONNEL”
When Queen Victoria received word that nurses with the British Army had been wounded and some had lost their lives during the First Boer War of 1880-81, she was deeply moved. The
