33rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

   33rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps served with 11th (Northern) Division. 11th (Northern) Division was formed in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After initial training close to home, the units of the Division concentrated with the infantry at Grantham, the artillery at Leeds, Sheffield, Norwich and Weedon, the Engineers at Newark, RAMC at Sheffield and ASC at Lichfield in Staffordshire. On the 4th of April 1915 the Division assembled at Witley and Frensham for final training. They sailed for Gallipoli from Liverpool via Mudros at the end of June 1915. They landed near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on the 6th and 7th of August. On the 19th and 20th of December 1915 the Division was withdrawn from Gallipoli, moving to Imbros then to Egypt at the end of January. They concentrated at Sidi Bishr and took over a section of the Suez canal defences on the 19th of February. On the 17th of June 1916 the Division was ordered to France to reinforce Third Army on The Somme. They departed from Alexandria on with the last units leaving on the 3rd of July. By the 27th July, they were in the front line on the Somme and took part in The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Thiepval. In 1917 they were in action in Operations on the Ancre then moved north to Flanders for The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde and The Battle of Poelcapelle. In 1918 they were at Arras for The 1918 Battle of the Scarpe and The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line and fought in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and The Battle of the Sambre including the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armistice the Division was on high ground east of Havay.

31st August 1916 Billets

3rd of January 1918 Location of Divisional Units

10th of January 1918 Reliefs and Orders

13th of January 1918 More Snow - More Training

21st of January 1918 Reliefs

24th of January 1918 Artillery Very Quiet

25th of January 1918 MG Fire All Night

28th of January 1918 Enemy Aircraft Brought Down

3rd of February 1918 Dugout Attacked

10th of February 1918 A Large Explosion

17th of February 1918 Shelling

24th of February 1918 A Daylight Patrol

26th of February 1918 Enemy Heavies Active

2nd of March 1918 Heavy Gas Shelling

10th of March 1918 5th Dorsets on Patrol

12th of March 1918 Enemy Fire "Above Normal"

17th of March 1918 Seventeen Balloons Spotted

24th of March 1918 Germans on Short Rations

31st of March 1918 Allied Gas Operations

14th of April 1918 Dumps Destroyed

16th of April 1918 German Patrols

17th of April 1918 Enemy Scores Own Goal

19th of April 1918 A Bit Quieter

20th of April 1918 Gas Attack Cancelled

21st of April 1918 Heavy Bombardment

26th of April 1918 Slight Shelling

28th of April 1918 Demolition Plans

29th of April 1918 In a German Tunnel

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Pte. Frank Pollard 34th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

Frank Pollard was one of three brothers who served in the war, one was killed and the other wounded. Formerly his occupation was a weaver but he enlisted on the 30th July 1915 and after training at Devonport he arrived at Mudros on December 3rd 1915. He then served as a stretcher bearer with 34FA and survived the war. According to his war diary he was attached to 33FA from June 7th to June 10th 1917 before returning to his unit.
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