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Preparation of comfort parcels for British soldiers in prison camps

During the Second World War, the Joint War Organisation of the Order of St John and the British Red Cross pooled their fundraising activities and resources and worked together. Here, nurses from the two organisations work together to create comfort parcels to send to the wartime prison camps.

Object type: Film and Photographic Material
Date: Production: 1939 - 1945
Subject(s): War
Nursing
Joint War Organisation
British Red Cross
Voluntarism
St John Ambulance Brigade (1887 - 1968)
Associated organisation: British Red Cross (1870 - present)
Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1999 - present)
Joint War Organisation
St John Ambulance Brigade (1887 - 1968)
Associated activity: War
Associated event: War: Second World War (1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945)
Materials and technique: Photograph on paper
Catalogue number: PHA1110