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59th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
59th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps served with 19th (Western) Division. The Division was formed in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Second New Army. The new units concentrated in the Bulford area with the infantry being based at Tidworth, Ludgershall and Grately. The battalions spent the winter in billets in Andover, Whitchurch, Basingstoke and Weston-super-Mare, returning to the area around Tidworth on the 15th of March 1915. They proceeded to France in mid July and concentrated near St Omer. Their first action was at Pietre, in a diversionary action supporting the Battle of Loos. In 1916 They were in action during the Battle of the Somme, capturing La Boisselle and being involved in The attacks on High Wood, The Battles of Pozieres Ridge, the Ancre Heights and the Ancre. In 1917 they were in action in The Battle of Messines and the Third Battles of Ypres. In 1918 They fought on The Somme during The Battle of St Quentin and The Battle of Bapaume and in the Battles of the Lys at Messines, Bailleul and The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge. They fought in The Battle of the Aisne and during the Final Advance in Picardly they were in action in The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre and the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armitice were were in billets near Bavay. Demobilisation began in December 1918 and the final cadres returned to England on the 27th of June 1919.
23rd Mar 1918 Heavy Fighting
24th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal
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264261 Pte. Albert Chapman 19th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Albert Chapman's service in the first few years of the war can be found at this website.
He was in the 19th Field Ambulance of the Royal Army Medical Corps. At some point he transferred to 59th Field Ambulance. In Summer 1918 he was involved in a rescue of officers who had got into difficulty swimming in the sea at Paris-Plage.
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252043 Pte. Clarence Walter Mabbatt MM. 59th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps I collect medals and I have Clarence Mabbatt's medals in my collection.
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