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103rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps



   103rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps served with 334th Division. The Division was formed as part of Kitchener's Fifth New Army and was mainly comprised of locally raised Pals Battalions. After initial training near home, they concentrated at Ripon in Yorkshire in mid 1915, In late August they moved to Salisbury Plain to begin final training. They proceeded to France in January 1916 and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including the capture of Scots and Sausage Redoubts, The Battles of Bazentin Ridge and Pozieres Ridge. 103rd Brigade and the Divisional Pioneers also saw action in The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 they fought in the The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and the The Battle of Arleux during the Arras Offensive. In August they were involved in the fighting at Hargicourt and in October they took part in The Third Battles of Ypres at the Broenbeek. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin and then moved to Flanders seeing action in The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul and The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge during the Battles of the Lys, suffering heavy losses. The 34th Division was then withdrawn from fighting and on the 21st of April they moved to the area west of Poperinge for reorganisation and was engaged in digging a new defensive line between Abeele and Watou. On the 13th of May the infantry units moved to the area around Lumbres and reduced to a cadre which was then employed in the training of newly arrived American troops. By the 1st of July 1918 34th Division had been reconstituted and returned to action, at The Battles of the Soissonais, the Ourcq and the capture of Baigneux Ridge. They took part in the Final Advance in Flanders and at the Armistice was at rest in the area east of Courtrai. 34th Division was selected to join the Army of Occupation and began to move towards Germany on the 14th of November. On the 22nd of December a large number men with industrial and mining skills were demobilised. By the end of January 1919 the Division was occupying the Cologne bridgehead.

22nd Oct 1915 Inspection

12th Dec 1915 Orders Received

20th Dec 1915 Orders

8th Jan 1916 On the Move

9th Jan 1916 On the Move

10th Jan 1916 On the Move

12th Jan 1916 Locations

15th Jan 1916 On the Move  By the 15th of January 1916 all units of 34th Division had arrive in France and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer.

16th Jan 1916 Organisation

21st Jan 1916 Orders

21st Jan 1916 Instruction  location map

22nd Jan 1916 Orders Issued

23rd Jan 1916 On the Move

23rd Jan 1916 In Reserve

26th Jan 1916 On Alert

27th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme

28th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme

19th Feb 1916 Move  location map

29th Mar 1916 Stores  location map

1st Sep 1916 Artillery in Action

2nd Sep 1916 Quiet

3rd Sep 1916 Quiet

4th Sep 1916 Visit

5th Sep 1916 Stormy

6th Sep 1916 Instruction  location map

7th Sep 1916 Artillery Active

8th Sep 1916 Bombardment

9th Sep 1916 Orders

10th Sep 1916 Quiet  location map

11th Sep 1916 Preparations

12th Sep 1916 Reliefs

12th Sep 1916 Orders

13th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting  location map

14th Sep 1916 Raid  location map

15th Sep 1916 Trench Raids  location map

16th Sep 1916 Bombardment

17th Sep 1916 Orders

18th Sep 1916 Trench Raids  location map

19th Sep 1916 Orders

20th Sep 1916 Orders

21st Sep 1916 Quiet

22nd Sep 1916 Arrivals  location map

23rd Sep 1916 Orders  location map

24th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars  location map

25th Sep 1916 Shelling  location map

26th Sep 1916 Some Shelling  location map

27th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars  location map

28th Sep 1916 Training & Reliefs  location map

29th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting  location map

30th Sep 1916 Trench Raid  location map

1st Oct 1916 Quiet

2nd Oct 1916 Quiet

3rd Oct 1916 Shelling  location map

4th Oct 1916 Orders  location map

5th Oct 1916 Wire Cut  location map

6th Oct 1916 Rounds Fired  location map

7th Oct 1916 Trench Raid  location map

8th Oct 1916 Artillery Active  location map

9th Oct 1916 Quiet

10th Oct 1916 Quiet

11th Oct 1916 Course

12th Oct 1916 Trench Raids  location map

15th Oct 1916 Conference

16th Oct 1916 Courses

19th Oct 1916 Orders Issued

20th Oct 1916 Trench Raids

21st Oct 1916 Enemy Aircraft

22nd Oct 1916 Artillery Active  location map

23rd Oct 1916 Artillery Active  location map

24th Oct 1916 Experiment

25th Oct 1916 Artillery Active

26th Oct 1916 Wire Cutting

27th Oct 1916 Artillery Active

28th Oct 1916 Artillery in Action

29th Oct 1916 Heavy Shelling  location map

30th Oct 1916 Artillery Active  location map

31st Oct 1916 Warning  location map

31st of January 1918 Training  location map

3rd of February 1918  Weather Fine  location map

7th of February 1918 Rainy Day  location map

14th of February 1918 Training

28th of February 1918 On the Move  location map

24th of March 1918 On the Move

25th of March 1918 HQ Moves

2nd Apr 1918 Enemy Active

3rd Apr 1918 Artillery in Action

3rd Apr 1918 Medical School

4th Apr 1918 Enemy Artillery Active  location map

4th Apr 1918 Baths

4th Apr 1918 Hostile Artillery

5th Apr 1918 Reliefs  location map

5th Apr 1918 Clothing

5th Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete

6th Apr 1918 Quiet

7th Apr 1918 Gas

8th Apr 1918 Low Visibility

10th Apr 1918 Evacuation Continues  location map

12th Apr 1918 Moving Back

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Pte. Horace William Perkins 103rd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

Horace Perkins survived 24 months at the front, but never recovered from it. Never spoke about his experiences to his wife or his son, my father.

Rupert Perkins






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