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89th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
89th (1st Highland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps served with 29th Division. The Division was formed in late 1914 from regular units arriving home from the most distant garrisons of Empire, having been replaced by Territorial units. The new division concentrated in the Stratford-Warwick-Leamington-Rugby-Nuneaton area in the first three months of 1915. They were training for France when orders arrived to prepare to depart for Gallipoli. They embarked from Avonmouth between the 16th and 22nd March 1915 sailing via Malta to Alexandria then on to Mudros in April. They landed at Cape Helles, Gallipoli on the 25 April 1915 and were involved in heavy fighting until the evacuation on the nights of the 7th and 8th of January 1916 when they returned to Egypt. In March they were sent to France, sailing to Marseilles and travelling by train to concentrate in the area east of Pont Remy by the end of March. In July they went into action in the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they were in action in the The First, Second and Third Battle of the Scarpe during the Arras Offensive, then moved to Flanders and fought in the The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of Broodseinde and The Battle of Poelcapelle. Before moving south for The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of Estaires, at Messines and The Battle of Hazebrouck including the defence of Nieppe Forest and The Battle of Bailleul. They were involved in The Action of Outtersteene Ridge, The capture of Ploegsteert and Hill 63 during the Advance in Flanders. At the Armistice the 29th Division was selected to march into Germany to occupy the Rhine bridgehead, they crossed the Belgian-German border at Malmedy on the 4th of December 1918. Demobilisation began in December.
Feb 1915 Training
Mar 1915 Training
12th Mar 1915 Inspection
17th Mar 1915 On the Move
24th Mar 1915 On the Move
26th Mar 1915 On the Move
28th Mar 1915 On the Move
29th Mar 1915 Accomodation
30th Mar 1915 Into Billets
31st Mar 1915 Training
1st Apr 1915 Orders Issued
2nd Apr 1915 Orders Issued
3rd Apr 1915 Preparations
6th Apr 1915 Inspection
7th Apr 1915 On the Move
9th Apr 1915 Embarkation
10th Apr 1915 Embarkation
12th Apr 1915 89th Field Ambulance embark
19th Apr 1915 Orders
20th Apr 1915 Orders
21st Apr 1915 Conference
22nd Apr 1915 Preparations
23rd Apr 1915 Transports Sail
24th Apr 1915 At Sea
25th Apr 1915 Landing
27th Apr 1915 Holding the Line
28th Apr 1915 Ground Gained
6th May 1915 In Action
7th May 1915 In Action
1st June 1915 Orders
2nd June 1915 Medical Evacuation Arrangements
3rd June 1915 Orders
4th June 1915 Hard Fighting
5th June 1915 Clearing Casualties
19th Aug 1915 Water Scarce
22nd Aug 1915 Wounded Evacuated
11th Apr 1918 Dressing Station
12th Apr 1918 Under Shellfire
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264260 S/Sgt. John Davidson Gilbert MM. 89th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps John Gilbert served with the 89th Field Ambulance, RAMC and was also a piper. I believe he played his pipes on the battlefield.
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264205 Pte. G. Cruickshank MM, CDG. 89th Highland Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps G Cruickshank MM, CDG, served with the 89th Highland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. We found out about him after the passing of his niece recently when we were looking through house contents.
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262969 Sgt. Walter Masson 89th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.20th May 1917) Walter Masson served with 89th Field Ambulance and 2nd Northern General Hospital,
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262968 Pte. James Clay 89th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.20th May 1917) When James Clay was born in 1894 in Preston, Yorkshire, his father, Samuel, was 36 and his mother, Anna, was 35. He had six sisters. He died on 20th of May 1917 at the age of 23, and was buried in France, the same day as Sergeant Walter Masson also of 89th Field Ambulance.
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