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51st Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps
51st Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps was served with 51st (Highland) Division. The Sanitary Section was responsible for providing clean water, cooking facilities, billets, washing and de-lousing stations. They proceeded to France in May 1915, concentrated in the area of Lillers, Busnes and Robecq and were rushed to the defence of Ypres, being in action until the 19th of May when they moved to Estaires on the River Lys. They were in action in the The Battle of Festubert and The Second Action of Givenchy before moving south to The Somme taking over the line near Hamel. In 1916 they were in action in the Battles of the Somme, including the attacks on High Wood and The Battle of the Ancre, capturing Beaumont Hamel. They left the Division on the 17th of April 1917, transferring to XVII Corps.
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221630Pte. Thomas Alexander Raffan 51st Sanitary Section Royal Army Medical Corps (d.23rd Dec 1918)
Thomas A. Raffan Jr. served in the RAMC Sanitary Section of the 51st Highland Div. He died of pneumonia on the 23rd December 1918 most likely from influenza. His parents lived at 62 Urquhart Rd. Four years after his death his family moved to Toronto, Canada
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