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108th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
108th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps served with 36th (Ulster) Division. The Ulster Division was formed from the Ulster Volunteer Force in August and September 1914, a process complicated by the tension surrounding the issue of Home rule. In July 1915 they moved to Seaford, Sussex in England. They proceeded to France in the first week of October, minus the Divisional Artillery, which followed in November. The 36th (Ulster) Division concentrated near Flesselles, north of Arras. With training and familiarisation, including periods in the trenches with 4th Division in the front line north of the River Ancre near Albert. On the 21st of October they moved to the area around Abbeville, for winter training. Between the 5th of November 1915 and 3 February 1916, 12th Brigade from 4th Division were attached to 36th (Ulster) Division, providing instruction. The 36th Ulster Division took over the front line in Spring. In 1916 they Division suffered heavily on the first day of the Battle of the Somme where they attacked at Thiepval. In 1917 They were in action at The Battle of Messines, capturing Wytschaete and in the The Battle of Langemarck during the Third Battles of Ypres and the The Cambrai Operations where the Division captured Bourlon Wood. In 1918 they were in action the Somme in the Battles of the Lys and the Final Advance in Flanders. At the Armistice they were at Mouscron, north east of Tourcoing, where the Division remained throughout demobilization which was complete by June 1919.
23rd of November 1914 Reorganisation
16th of October 1915 Divisional Exercise
7th of November 1915 Present Stations
25th of November 1915 Orders
29th of November 1915 Moves Completed
19th of December 1915 Movement Instructions
8th of January 1916 Moves 
2nd of February 1916 Moving to the Trenches
8th of February 1916 Shelling
10th of February 1916 Shelling and Bombs
12th of February 1916 A Line Rearrangement
19th of February 1916 Under Heavy Fire
23rd of February 1916 Weather Turns
25th of February 1916 Heavy Snow and a German Patrol
26th of February 1916 A Store Burns
28th of February 1916 Changes to the Front
29th of February 1916 Active Aeroplanes
1st of March 1916 Reorganisation
2nd of March 1916 Very Strong Enemy Wire
3rd of March 1916 Divisional Artillery Relieved
12th of March 1916 Aircraft Active
30th of June 1916 Positions During Bombardment
10th of July 1916 Entraining Plans
13th of July 1916 To Tilques
19th of July 1916 Reorganisation
22nd of July 1916 Orders for Line Changes
17th of May 1918 Harassing Fire
15th of February 1919 Boxing Tournament
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