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3rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
3rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps was part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Division when war broke out in August 1914, They were one of the first British formations to proceed to France in August 1914, and fought on the Western Front throughout the war, taking part in most of the major actions. In 1914 they were involved in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, the First Battle of Ypres and the Winter Operations of 1914-15. In 1915 they were in action during The Battle of Aubers. The 3rd Field Ambulance
transferred to the Guards Division on the 24th of August 1915 and were in action in The Battle of Loos. In 1916 they fought on The Somme in The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Morval, capturing Lesboeufs. In 1917 they were in action in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Third Battle of Ypres and The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 they fought on The Somme, during the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre. At the Armistice they were near Maubeuge and were then ordered to the Rhine, crossing the German frontier on the 11th of December. Battalions began to return to England on the 20th of February 1919 and had all returned home by the 29th of April 1919.
18th Aug 1914 Exciting Scenes Tuesday 18th August: "Entrained Albershot at 5.30am, arrived Southampton and embarked on the "Welshman" .
Southampton is packed with troops embarking on different ships. Some exciting scenes getting the horses aboard. There are about 500 horses on our boat." 1914 diary of James McFarlane, No.3 Field Ambulance 1st Division
19th Aug 1914 Cheering
26th Aug 1914 On the March
29th Aug 1914 At Rest
30th Aug 1914 On the March
31st Aug 1914 On the March
1st Sep 1914 Outpost Duty
2nd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
3rd Sep 1914 Advance Guard
3rd Sep 1914 Retirement
4th Sep 1914 In Action
6th Sep 1914 In Reserve
19th Sep 1914 Reliefs Complete
24th Oct 1914 Withdrawl
30th Oct 1914 Shelling
31st Oct 1914 Divisional HQ Hit
15th Nov 1914 Orders
20th of May 1915 Troop Distribution
7th of December 1916
31st of March 1918 Relief Completed 
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258304 Harry Slater 6th (Howe) Battalion Harry Slater was in the 6th. Howe Battalion, 2nd Royal Naval Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division Said he was at Lille and the Siege of Antwerp in Sept 1914. He was with 2nd Field Ambulance, RAMC on Lemnos then 3rd (RN) Field Ambulance, RAMC in France.
From my grandfather's diary, the only parts we can decipher is as follows:
- 1916 was on Lemnos supporting the end of the Gallipoli Campaign. At Mundros and Portanos.
- 18 May 1916 sailed back to France on the Franconia
- 23 May arrive Marseille at 2pm
- 52 hours in cattle truck on railway to Channel Coast. 30 carriages and 10 cattle trucks. 30 in our truck.
- 24 May through Rhone Valley, Valence at 5am, Lyon at 9am, Dijon, Les Laumes Alesia. Rainy and wet.
- 25 May along the River Seine, bypass Paris and saw Eiffel Tower, Deauville and iron works, Juvisy, Versailles, St Germaine, 4.30pm Amiens and left train at 6.30pm at Pont Remy station.
- 26 May-Wanel near Hallencourt Sleeping in haylofts and farmhouses. Hallencourt is where the 2nd Field Ambulance is. Dad in 3rd Field Ambulance at Wanel.
- 16 June Marched via Pont Remy to Abbeville. Rail to Bruay via St Pol heading in the direction of the front.
- 17 June Force-marched.
- 18 June La Thieuboye near St. Pol. In a barn.
- 24 June Battle obviously at Arras. Plenty of air activity.
- 1 July Marched through Villers and St. Venant (Arras) Timberwork and preparation.
- 9 July Walked to Haverskerque. Drunken Australians. Merville.
- 21 July Loading at Nieppe Station.
- 22 July Via Lillers by London bus to Busnes. Coal Mine Area.
- 8 August March to trenches. Badly damaged village with church, brewery. Advance Dressing Station.
- 11th August 1916, he wrote in his diary: I finished my birthday, 21st, up in the trenches. Being one of a party of night workers on a bearer post. The position would be some 100 yards from the enemys position and rifle and machine gun bullets were whistling overhead. We were working on top most of the time.
- 15 August Marched back to Field Ambulance Base.
Very little written between 15 August and 18 September
- 18 Sept Moved to nearby Bruay
- 4 October Leave Bruay
- 5 October arrive Parennes about noon
- 21 Oct Cookery advanced dressing station.
- 2 November Agincourt
- 13 November reported Beamont Hamel in our hands.
His normal very full diary became very short in content for the August/December period but on 13 November he recorded: Bombardment at 5-40. Boys over.
Go up to old first line. Bob Brand hit. Cpl Dunkley sniped.
1st near shave Sniper.
2nd near shave Shell.
14 November he recorded: Shell hit bearer post. 3rd near shave.
- Surgeon Forester killed
- Surgeon Walker killed
- Chap RB killed
- Tommy Johnson killed
- Scales killed
- Cpl Ted Nelson killed
- Harold Knight killed
- Cheetham killed
- RB Bearer killed
- RB Patient killed
- Albert Gill wounded
- J Lamb wounded
- Alf Nelson wounded
18 November Leave in buses and stop at Beauval.
19 November Hougencourt
21 November March to Agincourt.
22 November Then to Noulette.
23 November To Lamotte.
24 November Back to Noulette.
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211424 Stanley Fox Linton 3rd Northumebrland Field Ambulance. Royal Army Medical Corps The 3rd Northumberland Field Ambulance 50th Division was commanded by Stanley Fox Linton, TD, MSc, MD, DPH, in 1916 -1917
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