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This was done under the protection of the red cross emblem. It gave aid and relief to both warring armies during the Franco-Prussian War and in other wars and campaigns during the 19th century.

The British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War was formed. On 4 August 1870, a public meeting was held in London and a resolution passed: a National Society be formed in this country for aiding sick and wounded soldiers in time of war and that the said Society be formed upon the rules laid down by the Geneva Convention of 1864. He called for a National Society to be formed in Britain just like in other European nations. When war broke out between France and Prussia in July 1870, Colonel Loyd-Lindsay (later Lord Wantage of Lockinge) wrote a letter to The Times.

This agreement – the original Geneva Convention – was adopted in 1864. The founding charter of the Red Cross was drawn up in 1863.ĭunant also proposed that countries adopt an international agreement, which would recognise the status of medical services and of the wounded on the battlefield. In response to these ideas, a committee (which later became the International Committee of the Red Cross) was established in Geneva. He proposed creating national relief societies, made up of volunteers, trained in peacetime to provide neutral and impartial help to relieve suffering in times of war. Many were left to die due to lack of care. The suffering of thousands of men on both sides of the Battle of Solferino in 1859 upset Dunant. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement started in 1863 and was inspired by Swiss businessman Henry Dunant. Our belief in the power of kindness can be traced back to the creation of the Red Cross Movement.

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