Hi Steve, The only additional information I can give you is that during [and] as part of the 'work up' and planning for the 'Flanders Offensive' [7th June -10 November] instructions were issued by GHQ on the 22 May for a regrouping of Divisions and both the Army and Corps Artillery, largely by a transfer from the Messines area to the Ypres area. As part of the various Division movements during June and July the following Divisions were transferred from the Third Army to the [new] Fifth Army [it was going to be the Fifth Army who made the main offensive], 15th, 18th, 20th, 29th, 48th and 51st,61st for reserve and the 56th for GHQ reserve. The final allotment was: II Corps: 8th, 18th, 25th and 30th Divisions XIX Corps: 15th, 16th, 36th, 55th Divisions XVIII Corps: 11th, 39th, 48th, 51st Divisions XIV Corps: Guards, 20th, 29th, 38th Divisions VIII Corps: [Reserve] 61st Division V Corps: [GHQ Reserve] 56th Division Perhaps your man was injured or wounded as part of or during these reorganization phases or movements and was moved to 88th Field Ambulance. Terms of reference: Official History of the War Military Operations France and Belgium 1917 Vol 2 Chapt VI 'The Northern Operations' Hope this be of some help Best Regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHN MORSE" <morse.steve@btinternet.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] 88 Field Ambulance 20 July 1917 > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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