British Red Cross Society annual report for 1957 with a statement of accounts
Production date
1958
Description
The report contains information on: training progress; sick and wounded of HM Forces and ex-service disabled men and women; disaster and emergency relief; participation in civil defence; civilian sick and disabled in the United Kingdom; overseas branches; the International Red Cross; the British Junior Red Cross; publicity; a statement of accounts for the year ending 31 December 1957; council, executive committee and sub-committees; National Headquarters officers; Branches in England, Wales and the Channel Islands; Central Council Branches at home; Branches in the colonial territories; honours awarded in 1957; Joint Committee hospitals, homes and settlements; and British Red Cross homes.
Some of the main events during 1957 were: providing relief to Hungarians; helping to resettle British nationals from Egypt; responding to the Asian flu epidemic; the formation of Branches of the British Red Cross in Aden and Dominica; and the formation of a Committee of the British Red Cross in the British Virgin Islands
Some of the main events during 1957 were: providing relief to Hungarians; helping to resettle British nationals from Egypt; responding to the Asian flu epidemic; the formation of Branches of the British Red Cross in Aden and Dominica; and the formation of a Committee of the British Red Cross in the British Virgin Islands
Collection Type
Archives
Level of Current Record
item
Catalogue Number
RCC/1/29/34