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Sgt.Mjr. John Edward March
British Army 22nd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Leicester
John March joined the Royal Army Medical Corps on 30th of Nov 1901 aged 19. He had previously served in the 1st Volunteer Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (Militia). Prior to WW1 he served abroad in South Africa and in Aldershot.He progressed through the ranks and was promoted to Staff Sergeant (Sgt) on 10th Aug 1914 and joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in Belgium on 16th Aug 1914. The following year on 5th Jun 1915 he was promoted to 2nd Quartermaster Sgt (2QMS). On 16th Sep 1915 he joined No 22nd Field Ambulance, 7th Division in the Field . On 15th Oct 1916 he joined No 7 General Hospital in St Omer and then Boulogne and remained until 24th Mar 1919. On the 31st Dec 1916 he was appointed Acting Sgt Major for the duration of the War and on the 1st Jun 1918 he was promoted to Temporary Warrant Office (WO) Class I & appointed Temporary Sgt Major. On 20th Jun 1918 he was substantively promoted to WO Class II.
John Edward March was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, which was promulgated in the London Gazette on 17th Jun 1918. On 12th May 1919 he returned to Depot RAMC Aldershot and on 1st Oct 1921 was promoted to substantive WO Class I and appointed Sgt Major. He was posted to the Mustapha Reception Station in Alexandria, Egypt and his family went with him. They returned to England on the 8th Apr 1927. He was discharged on 24th Sep 1927 after 26 Years Service.
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