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35th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps    35th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps served with 11th (Northern) Division. 11th (Northern) Division was formed in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After initial training close to home, the units of the Division concentrated with the infantry at Grantham, the artillery at Leeds, Sheffield, Norwich and Weedon, the Engineers at Newark, RAMC at Sheffield and ASC at Lichfield in Staffordshire. On the 4th of April 1915 the Division assembled at Witley and Frensham for final training. They sailed for Gallipoli from Liverpool via Mudros at the end of June 1915. They landed near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on the 6th and 7th of August. On the 19th and 20th of December 1915 the Division was withdrawn from Gallipoli, moving to Imbros then to Egypt at the end of January. They concentrated at Sidi Bishr and took over a section of the Suez canal defences on the 19th of February. On the 17th of June 1916 the Division was ordered to France to reinforce Third Army on The Somme. They departed from Alexandria on with the last units leaving on the 3rd of July. By the 27th July, they were in the front line on the Somme and took part in The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Thiepval. In 1917 they were in action in Operations on the Ancre then moved north to Flanders for The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde and The Battle of Poelcapelle. In 1918 they were at Arras for The 1918 Battle of the Scarpe and The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line and fought in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and The Battle of the Sambre including the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armistice the Division was on high ground east of Havay. 17th April 1915 35th Field Ambulance in camp 17th April 1915 35th Field Ambulance in camp 18th Oct 1914 Lord Kitchener inspects Northern Division  Lord Kitchener inspects the 11th (Northern) Division at Belton Park, near Grantham. 5th July 1915 35th Field Ambulance Embarks on SS Ionic 6th July 1915 SS Ionic Sets Sail 7th July 1915 SS Ionic Journey 8th July 1915 Arrival 14th July 1915 Into Port 19th july 1915 On the move 21st July 1915 Arrival 27th Jul 1915 At Anchor 28th July 1915 Diembarkation 29th July 1915 Bivouac 1st August 1915 Bivouac 6th August 1915 On the Move 7th August 1915 Landing 8th August 1915 Dressing Station Moves 9th August 1915 Evacuation to hospital ships 9th August 1915 Evacuation to hospital ships 21st Aug 1915 Battle of Scimitar Hill  The attack on Scimitar Hill was a last chance effort to break north out of Anzac Cove and northeast out of Suvla Bay, and have the two Allied forces link up. Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle was in charge of the attack and the British 29th Division was given the honors since they were a veteran unit and not one of the new reinforcements. The W Hills and the Scimitar Hill was the primary objective to be captured. At the same time another attack, on Hill 60, would tie down some of the Turkish forces. Like most of the Gallipoli campaign, the artillery barrage looked impressive, but did very little. The 11th Division that attacked the W Hills, lost their bearings… got lost and could not find the hill in the dense fog that crept in. However the 29th Division found the Scimitar Hill and drove the Turks off of it. However Turkish artillery drove the British off the hill, seeking cover from the intense bombardment. The British counter battery fire set the hill on fire, incinerating the wounded. Reinforcements from Suvla Bay were cut down as they tried to charge up the hill. Over 5,000 British were killed and wounded, many from the fires caused by red hot shrapnel. The Turks only lost 2,600 men in the fight. One Victoria Crosses was awarded for Scimitar Hill, to Private Frederick Potts, for crawling through the burning brush with his wounded comrade strapped the shovel on his back. He was wounded in the thigh before he started the 600 yard crawl, and was under fire the entire way. A request was sent to Lord Kitchener to send another 95,000 men, but Kitchner could only offer 40,000. The British government started considering evacuating the Allied forces. 21st Aug 1915 Advance 31st August 1916 Billets 3rd of January 1918 Location of Divisional Units   10th of January 1918 Reliefs and Orders   13th of January 1918 More Snow - More Training   21st of January 1918 Reliefs   24th of January 1918 Artillery Very Quiet   25th of January 1918 MG Fire All Night   28th of January 1918 Enemy Aircraft Brought Down   3rd of February 1918 Dugout Attacked   10th of February 1918 A Large Explosion   17th of February 1918 Shelling   24th of February 1918 A Daylight Patrol   26th of February 1918 Enemy Heavies Active   2nd of March 1918 Heavy Gas Shelling   10th of March 1918 5th Dorsets on Patrol   12th of March 1918 Enemy Fire "Above Normal"   17th of March 1918 Seventeen Balloons Spotted   24th of March 1918 Germans on Short Rations   31st of March 1918 Allied Gas Operations   3rd of April 1918 Le Rutoire Shelled   14th of April 1918 Dumps Destroyed   16th of April 1918 German Patrols   17th of April 1918 Enemy Scores Own Goal   19th of April 1918 A Bit Quieter   20th of April 1918 Gas Attack Cancelled   21st of April 1918 Heavy Bombardment   28th of April 1918 Demolition Plans   29th of April 1918 In a German Tunnel   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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