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136th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps    136th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps served with 40th Division. The Division was formed between September and December 1915. They proceeded to France between the 2nd and 6th of June 1916 and concentrated near Lillers. They went into the front line near Loos and were later in action in The Battle of the Ancre on the Somme. In 1917 they saw action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The capture of Fifteen Ravine, Villers Plouich, Beaucamp and La Vacquerie abd The Cambrai Operations, including the capture of Bourlon Wood in November. In 1918 they fought in The Battle of St Quentin and The Battle of Bapaume on the Somme then the The Battle of Estaires and The Battle of Hazebrouck in Flanders, suffering heavy losses. The Division was reduced to a cadre and were reorganised, returning to action in July in The Final Advance in Flanders and the Battle of Ypres. At the armistice they had just been relieved and moved to Lannoy. On the 2th of November they moved to Roubaix and demobilisation began. 10th Oct 1917 Orders   20th Nov 1917 Ready   22nd Nov 1917 Orders   25th Nov 1917 Orders 30th Nov 1917 Congratulations 18th Dec 1917 Patients 1st Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete 2nd Apr 1918 Moves   3rd Apr 1918 Quiet   4th Apr 1918 Quiet 5th Apr 1918 Orders   6th Apr 1918 Reliefs Completed 7th Apr 1918 Reorganisation 9th Apr 1918 In Action   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 136th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps? There are:5244 items tagged 136th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 136th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. 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He served with the RAMC as a Sergeant with 136th Field Ambulance, attached to the 40th Division of the British Army, which saw action in the Somme, Cambrai, Flanders, Ypres, and other battles. His medals from WW1 are the "Mutt and Jeff" pair. After 1918 he returned to his headmaster job, staying in that post until he retired in 1951, and is well remembered on the Doveridge village website. During WW2 he was in the Home Guard, and also a Special Constable. His medals include the Defence Medal, and the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal with 3 bars from the WW2 period. He died in 1961. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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