Minutes of the Joint Women's VAD Committee
Production date
Sep 1915-Mar 1920
Collection Type
Archives
Level of Current Record
series
History
In January 1916 the War Office approved that the control of all Voluntary Aid Detachments should be vested in a Committee consisting of three representatives of the British Red Cross Society, three of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and three of the Territorial Force Association for the duration of the War. This Committee superseded the body which had been dealing with the joint activities of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John, and was known thereafter as the Central Joint V.A.D. Committee. It delegated the various developments of women's work to the department already in existence at Devonshire House. The Chairman of the Interim Standing V.A.D. Committee of the Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society was added to the Committee. The Women's Joint V.A.D. Committee was appointed to deal with large requisitions for VAD members for military formations at home and abroad and submitted its proceedings to the Central Joint V.A.D. Committee through the County Director-in-Chief. Reserve Detachments were inaugurated in April 1917, to meet the largely increasing demand for General and Special Service members for hospital service.
Catalogue Number
JWC/5