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138th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
138th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps served with 41st Division. The Division was formed at Aldershot in September 1915 from locally raised units from the south of England. They proceeded to France in the first week of May 1916, the division concentratingbetween Hazebrouck and Bailleul. In 1916 they were in action at The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of the Transloy Ridges on the Somme. In 1917 they fought during The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of the Menin Road and took part in the Operations on the Flanders coast. In November the Division was ordered to Italy, moving by train to Mantua. The Division took the front line near the River Piave, north west of Treviso. In February they were summoned back to France and departed from Campo San Piero, travelling by train to concentrate near Doullens and Mondicourt. They were in action during The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume and The Battle of Arras before moving to Flanders for The Battles of the Lys. They were in action during the Final Advance in Flanders, at Courtrai and Ooteghem. At the Armistice the advanced units were at Nederbrakel, Tenbosch and the River Dender. 41st Division was chosen to join the Army of Occupation, and on the 12th of January 1919, the Division took over the left section of the Cologne bridgehead. Demobilisation began in March and the Division was renamed the London Division.
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264813 Capt. Gervas Charles Wells-Cole 138th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Gervas Wells-Cole was my grandfather. He qualified as a doctor in 1914 and then joined the RAMC in 1915. He served on the Western Front, to my knowledge in the Ypres area in 1916/1917. During this time he befriended Reverend Tubby Clayton of Talbot House, Poperinge and the founder of Toc H. They remained friends for the rest of their lives. At some point my Grandfather was invalided back to the UK with pleurisy. According to his obituary, he served in 138th Field Ambulance and was demobbed in 1919.
During his working life, he was a General Practitioner/Surgeon. Between 1935 and 1971 he was also Coroner for the City of Lincoln.
He died in 1974.
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244848 Pte. Samuel Forster Army Service Corps (d.30th Aug 1917) Samuel Forster was my great uncle. He was an ambulance driver originally with horses and serving in France with the 138th Field Ambulance. Sam contracted appendicitis while on active duty and was thought to be recovering well, unfortunately several days later he contracted peritonitis and died and is buried in France.
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241483 Pte Samuel Forster 138th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.30th August 1917) Samuel Forster was a driver with the 138th Field Ambulance. Samuel had appendicitis and had surgery and seemed to be recovering well but later developed peritonitis and died on 30th of Aug 1917 he was 20 years old. Samuel had originally worked with the horse ambulances.
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234098 Pte. Ernest Percy Andrews 138th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Ernest Andrews was born in 1890. He was employed as a Leather Manufacturer in Northampton when he enlisted on the 21st of October 1915.
He went to France in May 1916.
Ernest was discharged on the 3rd October because he was no longer physically fit for war service. Not sure what happened to him, but think he may have been gassed.
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224709 Pte. Ernest Edward Gibbons 138th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Ernest Gibbons was born in September 1882 and married Georgina Elizabeth Neale. They had five children before he joined the 138th Field Ambulance. He suffered in a gas attack and was classed as disabled and honorably discharged on 13th of March 1918.
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219571 Sgt.Maj. Ellis Ratcliffe DCM, CdeG. 138th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps My Great Uncle, Ellis Ratcliffe, joined the RAMC and was promoted to Sgt Major with the 138th Field Ambulance. He served on the front line commanding the stretcher bearers and he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for directing the recovery of the wounded under continuous heavy enemy fire. This appeared in the Gazette in September 1918 and he was also awarded the Croix de Guerre but I have no details.
I am told that he insisted upon riding a white horse so that he could be clearly seen by his stretcher bearers. Surprisingly, he was never wounded and he returned at the end of the war to pursue a successful career in local education.
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