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Description: | Red cloth bag with label which reads 'This bag belonged to Queen Alexandra and held her Red Cross papers during the Great War of 1914'. Queen Alexandra had a long involvement with the British Red Cross. Under the guidance of her and her husband in 1905 they oversaw the reorganisation and reconstitution of the Society and she became President whilst her husband, King Edward VII, became Patron. In 1908 she signed the petition for the granting of the Royal Charter, which was approved by the Privy Council. Her continued involvement included the purchase of a building for what would become the Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors and Soldiers in Richmond. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | British Red Cross Museum and Archives | Rights holder: | British Red Cross Museum and Archives | Subjects: | London at War Science and Medicine | Temporal: | 1914-1918 | Source: | Red Cross Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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