Original WW1 era fund raising postcard of a British Relief Station with British voluntary lady workers, issued by France's Day in aid of the British Committee of the French Red Cross (registered as a charity in 1916), France. Donations were asked to help the 2 million people forced to leave their homes in France during WW1 to help these refugees rebuild their lives as they returned to their homes. Help included furniture, implements, infant food and clothes. circa 1919.
French Refugees: During World War I, about 2 million French citizens had to leave their homes, due to orders from the French military and administrative authorities, the German invasion, German shellings, or repatriation ordered by German authorities from the ten partially or wholly invaded departments. French refugees within France existed not because of one massive exodus, but because of a succession of displacements between 1914 and 1919. Source: Philippe Nivet International Encyclopaedia of the First World War. The introduction of men's conscription in 1916 made the need for female workers urgent .
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Location: France, Europe
Photo credit: © ThislifeThen / Alamy / Afripics
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