Description
Object description
whole: the four images are positioned in the lower three-quarters, each held within a narrow black border. The title is
separate and positioned in the upper quarter, in black. The main text is separate and placed in the lower three-quarters, also in black.
Further text is integrated and located in the upper right and lower left, in black. A small crest featuring a ship and rocks is positioned
in the bottom right corner. All set against an orange background and held within a white and red border.
image: four images illustrating the importance of Red Cross ambulances. The first image is a depiction of a wounded soldier laying on a
stretcher, being attended to by a Red Cross ambulance man. Another wounded soldier is carried away on a stretcher as an artillery gun fires
and shells explode in the background. The second image is a depiction of three Red Cross Ambulances parked at the edge of a battlefield.
The third image is a depiction of a wounded soldier on a stretcher being loaded into the back of an ambulance. The fourth image is a
depiction of three wounded soldiers laying in bed on a hospital ward. A doctor and two nurses laugh and joke with them.
text: RED CROSS AMBULANCE IN ACTION
At the height of the battle the British Red Cross go into action and save many a life through their bravery and service.
ST. HELENA RED CROSS AMBULANCE
The British Red Cross play a most vital part in war time and your subscriptions to the fund help them a great deal.
ST. HELENA RED CROSS AMBULANCE
Lifted into Red Cross ambulances, the stretcher cases are taken from the front line to a safe base hospital.
The finest surgeons and doctors are in attendance there, and nurses take every care of the wounded patients.
Thank you, St. Helena!
Other war gifts from St. Helena include subscriptions to the Aid to Russia Fund, St. Dunstan's, and King George's Fund for Sailors.
PRINTED IN ENGLAND by Henry Hildesley Ltd. London.
51/9766
G.P.D. 365/54.
Physical description
51/9766
GPD 365/54
This poster was printed in Great Britain for distribution in St Helena
Additional versions of the poster were produced for various other parts of the British Empire (see PST 8260, PST 15831, PST 15832, PST
15833, PST 15834, PST 15835, PST 15836, PST 15838, PST 15839)
Part of a series of similar posters distributed throughout the British Empire to thank the colonies for their contribution to the war
effort (see PST 8260, PST 8261, PST 15349, and PST 15803 to PST 15866)