Hello Each Is anyone researching 88th Field Ambulance, part of 29th Division. I am trying to find their location on 19 and 20 July 1917. Or even any battalions in the 29th. if I can find them I may find the FA. Regards Steve

Hi Steve, The only information I have found, and you may have this already [if so sorry for repetition]. My terms of reference: 1] Location of Hospitals and Casualty Clearing Stations BEF 1914-1918 Ministry of Pensions. Dated 13 July 1923. 2] Various volumes of Official History of the War Military Operations France and Belgium. The 29th Div had three Field Ambulance: 87th who arrived in France 20 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st West Lancs 88th who arrived in France 19 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st West Anglian 89th who arrived in France 26th March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st Highland All three FA arrived with the 29th Div from Egypt. 29th Division. 86th Bde. 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Bn, Middlesex 1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Bn, Royal Guernsey 2/3rd Bn, London Regiment 86th Brigade Machine Gun Company 86th Trench Mortar Battery 87th Bde 2nd Bn, South Wales Borderers 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn, Border 87th Brigade Machine Gun Company 87th Trench Mortar Battery 88th Brigade 1/5th Bn, Royal Scots 4th Bn, Worcesters 2nd Bn, Hampshire 1st Bn, Essex 2nd Bn, Leinster The 1st Bn, Royal Newfoundland Regiment 2/1stBn, London Regiment 88th Brigade Machine Gun Company 88th Trench Mortar Battery Hope this might be of some help regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHN MORSE" <morse.steve@btinternet.com> To: "GREATWAR-L@rootsweb. com" <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] 88 Field Ambulance 20 July 1917 > Hello Each > Is anyone researching 88th Field Ambulance, part of 29th Division. I am > trying to find their location on 19 and 20 July 1917. Or even any > battalions in the 29th. if I can find them I may find the FA. > > Regards > Steve > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Peter The 29th trained around Coventry before going to Gallipoli. Do you happen to know any of the FA locations on 19/20 July 1917? or if the Div was near Ypres. They do not seem to have turned up at Ypres until August and yet my man was killed on 20 July when the battalion were near Essex Farm. His death cert has (unusually) Place of death - 88 Filed Amb , France! Regards Steve Peter Fellowes <peter.fellowes@ntlworld.com> wrote: Hi Steve, The only information I have found, and you may have this already [if so sorry for repetition]. My terms of reference: 1] Location of Hospitals and Casualty Clearing Stations BEF 1914-1918 Ministry of Pensions. Dated 13 July 1923. 2] Various volumes of Official History of the War Military Operations France and Belgium. The 29th Div had three Field Ambulance: 87th who arrived in France 20 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st West Lancs 88th who arrived in France 19 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st West Anglian 89th who arrived in France 26th March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st Highland All three FA arrived with the 29th Div from Egypt. 29th Division. 86th Bde. 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Bn, Middlesex 1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Bn, Royal Guernsey 2/3rd Bn, London Regiment 86th Brigade Machine Gun Company 86th Trench Mortar Battery 87th Bde 2nd Bn, South Wales Borderers 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn, Border 87th Brigade Machine Gun Company 87th Trench Mortar Battery 88th Brigade 1/5th Bn, Royal Scots 4th Bn, Worcesters 2nd Bn, Hampshire 1st Bn, Essex 2nd Bn, Leinster The 1st Bn, Royal Newfoundland Regiment 2/1stBn, London Regiment 88th Brigade Machine Gun Company 88th Trench Mortar Battery Hope this might be of some help regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHN MORSE" To: "GREATWAR-L@rootsweb. com" Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] 88 Field Ambulance 20 July 1917 > Hello Each > Is anyone researching 88th Field Ambulance, part of 29th Division. I am > trying to find their location on 19 and 20 July 1917. Or even any > battalions in the 29th. if I can find them I may find the FA. > > Regards > Steve > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message