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7th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
7th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps was part of 7th Brigade, 3rd Division when war broke out in August 1914. 3rd Divsion proceeded to France in August 1914. They saw action in The Battle of Mons and the rearguard action at Solesmes, The Battle of Le Cateau, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, at La Bassee, Messines and the First Battle of Ypres. They took part in the Winter Operations of 1914-15, The First Attack on Bellewaarde and the Actions at Hooge. In 1916 they took part in The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters then moved to The Somme for The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin helping to capture Longueval, The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 They were at Arras, seeing action at Battles of the Scarpe and The Battle of Arleux. They moved north to the Flanders and were in action during The Battle of the Menin Road and Battle of Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres. Then moved south and were in action at The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 They were in action on The Somme, in the Battles of the Lys, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of the Selle. After the Armistice 3rd Division advanced into Germany as part of the Occupation Force.
5th August 1914 Mobilization
11th August 1914 Advance Party arrives
13th August 1914 Advance Party arrives
14th August 1914 Quartering Arrangements Completed
16th August 1914 Movement Orders
17th August 1914 On the Move
18th August 1914 On the Move
19th August 1914 Changes in quartering arrangements
20th August 1914 Changes in quartering arrangements
21st August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas.
22nd August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas.
23rd August 1914 German attack crosses Canal
24th August 1914 Withdrawals
25th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement
25th Aug 1914 Rear Guard
26th August 1914 In Action
26th August 1914 Retirement
26th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement
27th Aug 1914 Rear Guard
27th August 1914 Continued withdrawals
28th Aug 1914 Rear Guard
28th August 1914 Initial Intelligence Report
28th Aug 1914 On the March
29th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement
30th August 1914 Demolitions on withdrawals
31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals
3rd Sep 1914 On the March
4th September 1914 Enemy across the Marne
6th September 1914 Attack Made
7th September 1914 Attack progressing
8th September 1914 Ongoing Battles
9th September 1914 Ongoing Action
10th September 1914 Davance
11th September 1914 Continued progress
12th September 1914 Bad Weather
13th September 1914 Strong Opposition
14th September 1914 Further Advance
15th September 1914 Shelling
16th September 1914 Difficulties
17th September 1914 Heavy Bombardment
18th September 1914 Night Attacks
19th September 1914 Attack Repulsed
20th September 1914 Ongoing Action
20th September 1914 Reliefs
21st September 1914 Attacks
22nd September 1914 Reliefs
23rd September 1914 Patrols
24th September 1914 Artillery Exchange
26th September 1914 Aircraft Assists
27th September 1914 Continuing action around bridges
28th September 1914 Bridges
29th September 1914 Ongoing fighting on all fronts
30th September 1914 September Intelligence Summary
1st October 1914 Commencement of Move
15th Oct 1914 On the March
6th of November 1914 Around Ypres
22nd of November 1914 In the Line 
9th Jan 1917 Counter Attacks
10th Jan 1917 Steady Progress
11th Jan 1917 Assault Fails
13th Jan 1917 Progress Made
14th Jan 1917 Aircraft shot down
15th Jan 1917 Air Raid
16th Jan 1917 Slight Advance
17th Jan 1917 Hard Fighting
18th Jan 1917 Heavy Bombardment
18th Jan 1917 Ground Gained
18th Dec 1917 Wounded
23rd of January 1918 Prisoner Captured
31st of January 1918 Training
1st Aug 1918 Some Shelling
1st Aug 1918 Dispositions
2nd Aug 1918 Hostile Artillery Active
3rd Aug 1918 Quiet
4th Aug 1918 Orders Received
5th Aug 1918 Patrols
6th Aug 1918 Some Shelling
7th Aug 1918 HQ Moves
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246128 Pte. William Archie Deacon 7th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.26th September 1917) William Deacon was born on the 21st May 1894 in Nuneaton, son of George & Elizabeth Deacon of 2 Market Place, Nuneaton. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, possibly as a boarder, and later trained as a Dentists Assistant. On the 21st August 1914 he enlisted at Nuneaton with the 7th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He was killed in action on the 26th of September 1917 age 23 years at Ypres. He is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium.
A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1908-09, he is commemorated on the SchoolWar Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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235015 Pte. Frank Walsh MM. 7th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Frank Walsh and his brother Edmund both won Military Medals at the same time with two other men whilst serving with 7th Field Ambulance.
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235014 Pte. Edmund Walsh MM. 7th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Edmund Walsh and his brother Frank both won Military Medals at the same time with two other men whilst serving with 7th Field Ambulance.
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219558 Pte. Richard Thomas Barnes 7th Field Ambulance Royal Army Mdical Corps Pte Thomas Barnes was my grandfather. He married my grandmother in 1918 in Redcar. My grandmother was a widow her husband a Royal Artillery soldier who died in 1917 of pneumonia. All my grandfather's relations were from Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire how he ended up in North Yorkshire and married my widowed grandmother is a mystery. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He died in 1928 getting his leg removed whilst under the influence of chloroform, ironic really got through the war and lost it in civvy street
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