The Red Cross is an international organisation established to secure neutral rights and protection for wounded soldiers irrespective of nationality, and for all places and persons devoted to their care. The organisation was formed at an international conference in Geneva in 1863 following public sympathy aroused during the Crimean War and the Austrian-Italian War and especially the Battle of Solferino in 1859. The original notion of such a body can be traced back to the Order of St Mary which was instituted at the siege of Acre in 1190. Research Red Cross
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