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12th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
12th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps was part of 12th Brigade, 4rd Division when war broke out in August 1914. 4th Division was held back from the original British Expeditionary Force by a last minute decision to defend Britain against a possible German landing. The fate of the BEF in France and the lack of any move by the Enemy to cross the channel, reversed this decision and they proceeded to France in late August 1914. They were in action at the The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne and at The Battle of Messines in 1914. In 1915 they fought in The Second Battle of Ypres. Between the 5th of November 1915 and 3 February 1916, 12th Brigade were attached to 36th (Ulster) Division, providing instruction to the newly arrived Division. In 1916 moved south and were in action during the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they were at Arras, in action during the The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, before heading north for the Third Battle of Ypres, where they fought in The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle and The First Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action on The Somme, then returned to Flanders fighting in the Defence of Hinges Ridge during The Battle of Hazebrouck and in The Battle of Bethune, The Advance in Flanders The Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. The 4th Division was demobilised in Belgium in early 1919.
18th Aug 1914 Concentration
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26th Aug 1914 Shellfire
27th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance
27th August 1914 On the Move
30th Aug 1914 Rear Guard
30th of August 1914 A Hot March
30th Aug 1914 On the March
31st Aug 1914 Rear Guard
31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals
31st Aug 1914 On the March
1st Sep 1914 Rear Guard
1st Sep 1914 On the March
2nd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
2nd Sep 1914 On the March
3rd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne
3rd Sep 1914 On the March
4th Sep 1914 Rear Guard
5th Sep 1914 Rear Guard
6th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
6th Sep 1914 On the March
7th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
8th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
9th Sep 1914 Bridging
10th Sep 1914 Bridging
10th of September 1914 Marching
30th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire
5th December 1914 Quiet
9th December 1914 Uniforms
8th June 1915 More meningitis cases Visited with Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services 27th Division, the Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS) XII Division re arrangements for attachment of officers of 12th Division Field Ambulance to this Field Ambulance.
Four cases reported suspected cerebrospinal meningitis in 5/Scottish Rifles ordered to be sent to Isolation Hospital, Bailleul by ADMS 27th Division. Transferred 8 am 9th June.
1st July 1916 Bombardment 
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257792 Major. John duPlessis Langrishe DSO MID. 12th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Capt. Jack Langrishe was a Regular Army doctor, having joined the British Army in 1907 after graduating from Trinity College, Dublin. He served in India from Sept. 1908 to Aug. 1913 and in the British Army hospital in Queenstown, Ireland, from Sept. 1913 to Sept. 1914.
He went to France in Sept. 1914 as regimental medical officer to 38th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. On 19th January 1915 he was appointed to 16th Field Ambulance, 16th Infantry Brigade, then in Flanders.
He then joined the staff of the A.D.M.S. 14th Division on 10th Nov. 1915 in Flanders, later on the Arras and Somme fronts. On 6th of November 1916 he took command of 12th Field Ambulance with the acting rank of Lt. Colonel, retaining this post and rank until 1st March 1919.
The Field Ambulance supported the actions in a number of sectors, finally being involved in the advance from Arras to Cambrai in October 1918. The Field Ambulance remained in being until March 1919. Jack was promoted to Major (substantive) on 28th January 1919, retaining his acting rank of Lt. Col. until relinquishing command of the Field Ambulance. He was Mentioned in Despatches by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig on 7th November 1917 (L.G. 24.12.1917) and appointed to the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) the same month (L.G. 1.1.1918); he was invested by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace on 23rd November 1918.
He continued to serve until retirement on 2nd May 1928.
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256039 A/Cpl. George Wheeler 12th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps My wife found what she thought was an old coin in Molesey, Surrey many years ago when she was a child.
When she showed me I quickly realised it was a WW1 1914-18 medal without the clasp/ribbon.
The details on the bottom are 6425 A. Cpl. G. Wheeler. R.A.M.C.
After some research in the National Archives website it seems George Wheeler served from 1914 in 12th Field Ambulance, RAMC.
It is unclear why my wife, as a young girl found this medal but I wanted to see if there were any living relatives I might be able to return it to?
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253564 L/Cpl. Leslie Thomas Sillay MM. 12th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps My grandfather Tom Sillay was in the 12th Field Ambulance for the whole duration of the Great War. He was awarded the Military Medal for rescuing a Fusilier officer who had been wounded in no man's land.
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218692 Cpt. James Patrick Rafter MC & Bar. 12th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps My Great-Uncle, James Rafter, was a doctor who served in France during WW1 after the cessation of hostilities he was the ship's doctor on the Mauretania but fell ill en route to New York, he died in New York on 5th October 1919. I have a copy of a letter he wrote to his sister whilst on the front line.
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