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1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
The East Anglian Field Ambulance was part of the Territorial Force, Royal Army Medical Corps. The 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance had their HQ in Woodbridge Road, Ipswich with A, B and C Sections based in Ipswich, Woddbridge, Needham Market and Trimley. The 2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance had their HQ at 44 Bethel Street, Norwich with A, B and C Sections based in Norwich, East Dereham and Lowestoft. The 3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance had their HQ at Walthamstowe Lodge, Church Hill, Walthamstow, with A and B Sections based in Southend, C Section based in Silvertown and Prittlewell.
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261414 Pte. Arthur West 1st (East Anglian) Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Arthur West was awarded the War Medal, the Victory Medal, and the King's Medal (No. 503707).
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250200 Pte. Albert Thompson 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.10th October 1918) Albert Thompson is my Great Uncle. He drowned in the sinking of the RMS Leinster in the Irish Sea. The ship was torpedoed by a German U-Boat on 10th October 1918. He is buried in the Grangegorman Military Cemetery in Dublin.
I am searching to find the reasons he was on the boat and his personal history and role in the war.
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223664 Pte. Fred Dewhurst 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps (d.20th July 1917) Fred Dewhurst died on the 20th of July 1917, aged 27 and is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza.
He was the son of John and Elizabeth Dewhurst of Nelson, Lancs
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223663 Pte. G. W. Davies 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps (d.20th Jul 1917) Private Davies died aged 31 and is buried in in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza.
He was the son of William and Martha Davies of Bryn Hywel, Efailwen, Clynderwen; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Davies of 29 King Edward Street, Blarngarw, Glamorgan.
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219883 Cpl. Herbert Victor Chamberlin 3rd/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.13th Aug 1915) Herbert Chamberlin died with many others when the ship he was in, the H.T. Royal Edward, was sunk off Greece on 13th August 1915on the way to Gallipoli . His name appears on the Cape Helles Memorial.
On 28th July 1915, Royal Edward embarked 1,367 officers and men at Avonmouth. The majority were reinforcements for the British 29th Infantry, with members of the Royal Army Medical Corps. All were destined for Gallipoli. Royal Edward was reported off the Lizard on the evening of the 28th, and had arrived at Alexandria on 10 August, a day after sister ship Royal George had sailed from Devonport. Royal Edward sailed for Moudros on the island of Lemnos, a staging point for the Dardanelles.
On the morning of 13th August, Royal Edward passed the British hospital ship Soudan, heading in the opposite direction. Oberleutnant zur See Heino von Heimburg in the German submarine UB-14 was off the island of Kandeloussa and saw both ships. He allowed Soudan to pass unmolested, and focused his attention on the unescorted Royal Edward some 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Kandeloussa. He launched one of UB-14's two torpedoes from about a mile (2 km) away and hit Royal Edward in the stern. She sank by the stern within six minutes.
Royal Edward was able to get off an SOS before losing power, and Soudan arrived on the scene at 10:00 after making a 180° turn and rescued 440 men in six hours. Two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued another 221. According to authors James Wise and Scott Baron, Royal Edward's death toll was 935 and was high because Royal Edward had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment. Other sources report different numbers of casualties, from 132 to 1,386 or 1,865.
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