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→WW1 British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry Lists For Wounded And Missing
====WW1 British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry Lists For Wounded And Missing====
Naval & Military Press have has published a number of facsimile reprints, in total 14 (9 for 1915, 2 for 1916, 1 for 1917, 2 for 1918)<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/?s=British+Red+Cross+and+Order+of+St+John+Enquiry+List+&post_type=product ''British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List For Wounded And Missing''] Naval & Military Press</ref> catalogued as ''British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List For Wounded And Missing'', however the titles on the book covers do not contain the word ''for''. N&MP state states the originals are held by the Department of Printed Books, The Imperial War Museum, “who hold the largest collection of these titles known to exist”. The IWM catalogue reference is "Enquiry list... : wounded and missing", part of Books, First World War, catalogue number LBY S. 6/767, and the holding details are 1915 (July-September), 1916 (February, September), 1917 (up to and including July 20th 1917, reprint), 1918 (October, December). Note: the IWM catalogue, when re-searching, often did not locate the item. In addition, elsewhere<ref>[https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=Enquiry%20List%20Wounded%20Missing&rn=2 Library Hub Discover catalogue record for BRCS Summary of work 17.7.15]</ref> it is advised that a publication available at IWM catalogued as ''The British Red Cross Society. Summary of Work for the week ending… '' includes a “report by the Enquiry Department for Wounded and Missing”, which '''possibly''' may include a List of names. These reports are catalogued by IWM as LBY BRCS B69- LBY BRCS B76 1914- 21 Oct.-4, 11, 24 Nov.-1, 5, 12, 19 Dec; LBY BRCS B77- LBY BRCS B87 1915- 2, 9, 16, 23 Jan.-6, 13, 20, 27 Feb.-6, 13, 27 Mar.; LBY BRCS B88- LBY BRCS B97 1915- 10, 17 Apr.-1, 8, 15, 29 May-5, 12, 19, 26 June; LBY BRCS B98- LBY BRCS B103 1915-3, 10, 17, 24? July-7, 21 Aug. LBY BRCS B104 Summaries of Work 11 September 1915 - March 1919. It is possible there may be additional IWM catalogue entries.
The Red Cross Archive in London is stated to hold additional lists to those reprinted by Naval and Military Press,<ref name=BRC/> but details could not be located in the Red Cross Archive [https://museumandarchives.redcross.org.uk/explore online catalogue], so it is unclear under what title they are catalogued. The [[British Library]] catalogue details one list ''Enquiry List, No. 21, 1918. Wounded and missing... up to November 20th, 1918'' (UIN: BLL01001129921). The Australian War Memorial Library holds copies, probably four, catalogued as ''Enquiry list : wounded and missing'' by British Red Cross and Order of St. John. (More details of these records.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211115070725/https://vad.redcross.org.uk/en/~/media/BritishRedCross/Documents/Who%20we%20are/History%20and%20archives/Missing%20and%20wounded%20service%20during%20the%20First%20World%20War.pdf Missing And Wounded Service During The First World War] vad.redcross.org.uk, now archived.</ref><ref name=BRC> David_Blanchard et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/191464-british-red-cross-list-october-1918/ BRITISH RED CROSS List October 1918] ''Great War Forum'' 25 February 2013 et al. Retrieved 20 January 2022.</ref>). The reprints are available at The National Archives Library.
