16th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

   16th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps was part of 16th Brigade, 6th Division, they proceeded to France on the 10th of September 1914, landing at St Nazaire. Then marched at once to the Aisne to reinforce the hard-pressed BEF. They moved north to Flanders and were in action at Hooge in 1915. In 1916 they were again in action at Battle of Flers-Courcelette on The Somme, and again in The Battle of Morval and The Battle of Le Transloy, in 1917 they were in action at Hill 70 and Cambrai.In 1918 they saw action in the Battle of St Quentin, The Battles of the Lys, The Advance in Flanders, Battles of the Hindenburg Line and The Pursuit to the Selle. After the Armistice, 6th Division were selected to join the occupation force and they moved into Germany in mid December, being based at Bruehl by Christmas 1918.

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8th March 1915 Opening of Officers Convalescent Depot in Armentières  Officers Convalescent Depot, 96 Rue Sadi Carnot opened today for reception of officers. QMS Aldhous joined from the 16th Field Ambulance for duty.

23rd April 1915 Transfer of horsed wagons  Orders received by 19th Field Ambulance at Erquinghem-Lys for the seven horsed ambulance wagons to be sent to No. 1 Co. 6th Divisional Train this morning, with drivers and horses. The motor ambulance wagon sent by the ADMS 6th Division has been sent to the 16th Field Ambulance.

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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.
Hugh R. Langrishe

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