Editing The Salvation Army (section)

===Red Shield===
The Red Shield has its origins in Salvation Army work during wartime. At the end of the 19th century, Staff-Captain Mary Murray was sent by William Booth to support British troops serving in the [[Boer War]] in South Africa. Then, in 1901, this same officer was given the task of establishing the Naval and Military League, the forerunner of the Red Shield Services.<ref name="Salo AU" />

[[File:Armee-du-salut.jpg|thumb|The Salvation Army red shield logo, displayed on the side of a night shelter in [[Geneva]], Switzerland.]]
Salvation Army officers serving in the Red Shield Services in wartime performed many functions. The Doughnut Girls of World War I are an early example, who served refreshments to troops in the trenches. They also provided first aid stations, ambulances, chaplaincy, social clubs, Christian worship, and other front-line services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki%5Cwww_uki_ihc.nsf/stc-vw-sublinks/88C38CD01C4E9F518025747A003178D0?openDocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928014925/http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki%5Cwww_uki_ihc.nsf/stc-vw-sublinks/88C38CD01C4E9F518025747A003178D0?openDocument |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2011 |title=International Heritage Centre: Red Shield |publisher=.salvationarmy.org.uk |access-date=11 April 2012 }}</ref>

This symbol is still used in Blue Shield Services that serve the British Armed Forces but it is widely used as a simple, more readily identifiable symbol in many Salvation Army settings. It is common to see the Red Shield used on a casual Salvation Army uniform. It is now official Salvation Army policy in the U.K. that the red shield should be used as the external symbol of the Salvation Army, with the Crest only being used internally. Therefore, any new Salvation Army building will now have the red shield on the outside rather than the crest which certainly would have been used on its Corps (church) buildings. This was "imposed" in the U.K. by the Senior Management with little or no consultation with members. Not all have welcomed this change.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sps-shop.com/ukt%5Cspnsshop.nsf/default.html |title=SP&S Online Store |publisher=Sps-shop.com |access-date=11 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122813/http://www.sps-shop.com/ukt/spnsshop.nsf/default.html |archive-date=16 July 2011  }}</ref>