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8th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
8th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps was part of 8th 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
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 Action with enemy
23rd August 1914 German attack crosses Canal
24th August 1914 Ongoing Action
24th August 1914 Withdrawals
25th August 1914 Casualties
25th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement
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
29th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement
30th August 1914 Demolitions on withdrawals
31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals
4th September 1914 Enemy across the Marne
5th September 1914 Renforcements & Medial Attention
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 Ongoing Action
16th September 1914 Difficulties
17th September 1914 Heavy Bombardment
18th September 1914 Standby
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
25th September 1914 Shrapnel
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
12th November 1914 Reliefs 
27th October 1915 Inspection by His Majesty the King
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
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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1206461 A/Cpl. William Wilkin 8th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. (d.29th Oct 1916) Will Wilkin was a regular soldier. He is recorded on the 1911 census as a Private (Clerk) at Delhi Barracks in Tidworth. Unfortunately, his papers form part of the "burnt" records. His unit was operating in the area around Colincamps in the Somme when he was killed. His grave is in Euston Road Cemetery. He was 30 years old when he died, and was unmarried. His mother became National President of the Co-operative Women's Guild in the year following his death, and she made reference to the losses that every family was experiencing in her address to the 1917 Congress in Torquay.
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252237 Pte Saville Walker MM. 8th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.1st October 1918) Saville Walker served with the 8th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, being awarded the Military Medal for his bravery in action.
On the night of 1st October 1918 while carrying wounded from the line while under heavy shelling, a shell burst overhead and he received a fatal chest wound from the shrapnel. His name lives on in his nephew, Arthur Saville Walker.
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240487 Pte. James Blake 8th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.21st March 1918)  James Blake previously enlisted on 22nd of July 1901, 18 days after his 17th birthday and served in the Wiltshire Regiment. After several years service he returned to civilian life as a builder's labourer in his home town of Salisbury. He remained on the reserve list and at the outbreak of WW1 he was called up in August 1914, joining the RAMC. He was shipped out to the front immediately and saw engagement in the Retreat from Mons within the same month.
His role as a stretcher bearer took him into the front lines of all major battles for the next three and half years. His last leave home was a few days in January 1918 when he was reunited with his wife Jennie and daughters Hilda 7, Edna 4 and Phyllis who had been born July 1916. He was racked with bronchitis but insisted on returning to the front to allow the other boys their turn for leave.
Only weeks after, on the 21st March, Jim was killed in action during the first day of 'Operation Michael' when for the first time the German Army launched their new tactic that opened their attack directly on the centres of command as opposed to the front line - no doubt the field ambulances where all at the back expecting to move forward after the first strike...
There is no known grave for James Blake, the grandfather that his 5 grandchildren never knew - but we have found him commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais. His name can still be found on the War Memorial in the town centre of Salisbury (my mother Hilda, then aged 9, was on the platform wearing his medal on the day it was opened by the town's dignitaries) and his name can also be found in the RAMC's Golden Book of Remembrance that is kept close to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey.
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220526 Col. Albert George Thompson DSO . 8th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps In 1914 Albert Thompson was a surgeon. He set up a hospital in the underground caves at Arras (known as the Thompson Caves.) Having seen action in the 2nd Boer War and India he was by 1914 57 years of age.
He was awarded the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
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211437 Pte. Ernest William Horton 8th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. (d.21st March 1918) My grandfather 58917 Pte Ernest William Horton was killed on 21/03/1918 at Arras. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial to the missing at Arras.He was in the 8th Field Ambulance RAMC. He was married with 3 children. He lived in Ironstone Rd., Rawnsley, Cannock Staffs. Family still there. I have his ID tags.
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