Records created and used by Devon Branch
Production date
1909-1997
Collection Type
Archives
Level of Current Record
sub-sub-fonds
History
The first branch minute book begins in 1907, the first detachments were raised in 1909. By 1915 the Devonshire Branch was organised into separate Divisions in Exeter; Torquay; Paignton; Tiverton; Honiton; Totnes; Plymouth; Ashburton; Barnstaple; Tavistock and South Molton.
In 1974 the branch officially changed it's name from Devonshire to Devon.
The branch closed on 31 December 1997 due to unification with the national organisation under a single charitable status. In 2004 Devon became part of the British Red Cross Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset and Channel Isles Area in the Wales and Western Region.
In 1974 the branch officially changed it's name from Devonshire to Devon.
The branch closed on 31 December 1997 due to unification with the national organisation under a single charitable status. In 2004 Devon became part of the British Red Cross Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset and Channel Isles Area in the Wales and Western Region.
Catalogue Number
RCB/2/7