who died 20/07/1916 FROMELLES (PHEASANT WOOD) MILITARY CEMETERY France '
Discover the experiences of stretcher bearers from the First World War and learn how they continue to influence military and civilian medicine today. Usually lettered A through D. Each was commanded by a Major or Captain,
Why are French police using guns during traffic stops? Canadian Infantry who died 13/07/1918 WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY France '
were in extremely short supply in 1914. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Royal Navy who died 03/07/1919 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL United Kingdom '
I read areview (on which this particular site only had one)which was very good and I have ordered the book. Rifle Brigade who died 23/06/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium '
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There were only four stretcher-bearers per company and so it was often sometime before they received medical help. Shells are bursting close to where they are rescuing the wounded soldiers. An SB patch was attached to his uniform, which he kept afterwards as a memento. During the First World War, the battalion and regimental stretcher bearers transformed the medical landscape of the western front battlefield and beyond. That of the 8th Loyal North Lancs [Lancashires] near RED LODGE was very heavily shelled and eventually demolished. Did they have rifles and were they trained to shoot them? Local recruiters wouldnt take him. Casualty rates among stretcher bearers were high, as they often performed their duties while under direct fire. Royal Engineers who died 10/07/1915 VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3 Belgium '
. The RE units were more like road construction battalions. Return to Medicine on the Western Front (part one) We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Imperial War Museum copyright image Q31794. Graded a captain. On Gallipoli the scale of the casualties overwhelmed the meagre facilities at hand. var fontend = ''
outbreak of war in 1914, only six Australian officers had graduated:
November, 1917 " . 3 a distinctive mark, characteristic, etc., that identifies a person or thing.
Ms Robyns, from Anglesey, was thumbing through books at Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern when she spotted her grandfather among the soldiers at Ypres. The other discussions on this discussion forum were quite rightly pointed out to the OP. GWF is free to use so please support the Forum. Welsh Regiment who died 07/07/1916 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL France '
There is a photograph at the Canadian Archives (which I am attempting to affix here) which shows the typical role of stretcher bearers during an operation. Controlled the division's provost (military police). Royal Fusiliers who died 24/06/1916 NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY United Kingdom '
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Looking through a school book about World War One, former teacher Kathryn Robyns was surprised to see her grandfather among the images from 1917. He assisted the AA & QMG. He hailed from the vicinity of Gloucester, NSW and tried to enlist locally when he was underage. dailyinfo[9]='
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General Staff Officer (3rd Class). However, places must be reserved in advance by contacting our customer services team on 020 7730 0717. APM. To prove your point, I came across this thread as a latest post, and followed your link to the poem, which I haven't seen before. Along with its collections of original letters, diaries and photographs, State Library of Queensland also holds many publications pertaining to the First World War. Rifle Brigade who died 23/06/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium '
These wore a red cross arm-band, which, under the Geneva Conventions, gave them certain protection from enemy fire, but, in return, they were only lightly armed and had authority to fire only in defence of themselves or their patients and not to join in combat generally.
WW1 Infantry Stretcher-Bearers - Soldiers and their units - The Great 2 Sergeants
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One of my favourite poems is 'To Stretcher Bearers' by 'Woodbine Willy' (Rev. Despite being taken by surprise, the battery managed to return fire within15 mins. stretcher bearers - Soldiers and their units - The Great War (1914-1918) Forum Home Serving in the Great War Soldiers and their units stretcher bearers Remembered Today: 22659 Serjeant George SNELL Military Medal "T" Bty. Share All rights reserved. PHILIP AND JAMES) CHURCHYARD United Kingdom '
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The ground is a quagmire. I have never used quote marks when searching any site. dailyinfo[5]=' Probationary Flight Officer Harold John FLYNN Royal Naval Air Service who died 05/07/1917 RAMSGATE CEMETERY United Kingdom '
RAMC brassard Red cross on white. DADOS. the
dailyinfo[24]=' Second Lieutenant David Wishart HANNA Military Cross 8th Bn. Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I - Anzac Portal dailyinfo[17]=' 36836 Private Joshua HOGG 2nd/6th Bn. General. Our main job was to collect wounded men and get them back to the dressing station as quickly as possible, leave them with the doctors and then go out and find more wounded men. I worked with my friend Edgar, we would both go out with our stretcher and look for the wounded. Companies
I should have said how the RAMC worked and played in my previous post. Battalion HQ also included the
Each member of the headquarters staff had a role but titles were cumbersome and archaic, and for . Each Platoon was subdivided into
As mentioned earlier in this thread your GGF may not have acted as a regimental SB all the time so I think you are right in assuming he was on sentry rather than stretcher duties at the time. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Suffolk Regiment who died 02/07/1915 LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium '
He had been in Ginchy prior to my Grandfathers arrival in the area but was convalescing after being wounded. This would imply that thay were clearing from the RAP back to the Advanced Dressing Station. v3.0. Rifle Brigade who died 01/07/1915 HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION France '
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The best oversight of Stretcher bearers per se is 'The Long Carry' by Frank Dunham. dailyinfo[27]=' Assistant Steward Harry Robert COCKS H.M.H.S. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Stretcher bearers were provided at unit level, initially from bandsmen. Dr Emily Mayhew will explore the creation . var fontstart = ''
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dailyinfo[15]=' 46357 Private James George Frank HOLYOAK 6th Bn. Second-in-Command. A Team of Three Evacuating a Soldier from a Shell Crater In WW-I stretcher-bearers experienced life and death on static battlefields unlike any others in history. var daym=mydate.getDate()
No. B. Makeup of the AIF, staffing numbers etc A full strength AIF Infantry Battalion
dailyinfo[19]=' 3497 Private Bertie SMITH 2nd/6th Bn. contained all the required combat support troops but not
"fighting" troops. dailyinfo[2]=' 5853 Corporal Alfred George PARTRIDGE 1st Bn. dailyinfo[12]=' Captain Donald Charles CUNNELL 20th Sqdn. Hi Mike, very true. Interactive: What would you have done between 1914 and 1918? Rifle Brigade who died 23/06/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium '
One C Section stretcher bearer was shot through both legs by a sniper in Shrapnel Valley while he carried a wounded man on a stretcher -- there are numbers of such examples. It is only murder attempting to advance against these pill-boxes over such ground. Suffolk Regiment who died 02/07/1915 LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium '
Yes. dailyinfo[5]=' Probationary Flight Officer Harold John FLYNN Royal Naval Air Service who died 05/07/1917 RAMSGATE CEMETERY United Kingdom '
All men carried an emergency field-dressing and if possible attempted to treat their own wounds. Remembered Today:
He was responsible for supply, transport and
Valuable as it undoubtedly is to read past discussions about a subject, it's often refreshing and interesting to see what can be added to any discussion on this discussion forum, particularly from newer members who might have something else to bring to the table and either add to an existing discussion or start another one. German prisoners were much used for carrying stretchers and worked well. Royal Navy who died 03/07/1919 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL United Kingdom '
The Bearer Division were the stretcher-bearers responsible for collecting the wounded, whilst the Tent Division were the medical staff responsible for the treatment of their wounds. dailyinfo[17]=' 36836 Private Joshua HOGG 2nd/6th Bn. In the first . 9th L.N.Ls [Loyal North Lancashire Regiment] and the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers evacuated via Collecting Post in Wood about J.1.c.10.10 to RAILWAY WOOD (76th Field Ambulance). Sometimes revisiting an old subject can bring new discussions and information to the fore, which is after all what we look at the forum for. Sections
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Men felt proud to fight for their country. Stretcher bearer casualties - The National Archives Australian Infantry, A.I.F. From BIRR CROSS ROADS wounded were evacuated on motor ambulances. What is a stretcher bearer ww1? - TimesMojo The chief medical officer of the division. Responsible for weapons, equipment and maintenance. The AIF was broken up into 5
They seemed to be under the impression they were removing him from danger however he felt it was more dangerous being a stretcher bearer because they were more exposed as targets when tending and bringing in the wounded. Now its your turn to surprise me, as the RE Pioneer has been virtually lost to historical memoryand if you googled that term you would find a link explaining pretty much all the pioneer categories apart from the RE version. 7 August Bringing the wounded down from the front line today. If he was RAMC he was NOT a stretcher bearer, but more highly trained. General Staff Officer (2nd Class). We welcome relevant, respectful comments. who died 04/07/1918 MERICOURT-LABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION France '
Their semi-skilled and low pay employmentwas eventually seen asundermining the RE brand of highly educated, highly skilledand highly remunerated professional engineers, and with the retrenchment of defence spending after the war they were discontinued. Well I do consider your post quite rude. Sergeant : Quartermaster, Drummer (Bugler), Cook, Pioneer, Shoemaker,
Each posting of yours gives me so much more information! R.A.M.C. Description Australian stretcher bearers with casualty on stretcher preparing to leave the battlefield, and another soldier attending to a second casualty. Were the bearers generally from the various brigades that were fighting or were they members of RAMC? This article is one of my guides to help you to research a soldier who served in the British Army during WW1 and you can view other guides by clicking on the blue links below: [9] There were no divisional staffs
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IMHO I believe that Percy McQuone was always a "stretcher bearer" in the RAMC although this can only be proved from other sources, if they survive. Towards the end of the book he writes of some small woods that the fighting is going on in, this is towards the end of the war so 1918, and makes a very detailed description of two stretcher bearers going into this wood while it is being shelled to pick up soldiers who have been wounded, with the shelling ongoing, and not going in once but twice to retrieve these soldiers, and bringing them out successfully and alive. Grimsby's: Gt. Stretcher Bearer My name is Chris and I was a stretcher bearer in the First World War. He does, however, illustrate the two versions of entwined SB in full circle, and the khaki version in use by as late as 1917 on Australian Imperial Force, left arm. Royal Naval Reserve who died 26/06/1917 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL United Kingdom '
CRA. Powered by Invision Community. Arthur Morrell PRATT Army Chaplains Department who died 29/06/1917 ST. I realise it's just a matter of terminology but the 46th wasn't a Regiment but a Division. Div and Aust Mounted Div). The stretcher-bearers are done up completely. I would appreciate comments from the experts, but it seems to me that the caption may be a bit misleading. Four of the British Army's 447
Mr Ensor survived the war and worked as a surveyor. and the title changed to BGRA. if (month<10) month="0"+month
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Strecher bearer party. On 15/11/2019 at 09:23, Private_Robertson4568 said: Pioneer Andrew Rourke 110747. Thus I would suspect the photo shows two RAMC men (actualy CAMC) and two attached infantrymen. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. organisation of the first AIF. I suppose the forum is different things to different people, but I am quite happy to glean new information from posts on topics which may have already been discussed. Report from the War Diary of 75th Field Ambulance, (Catalogue ref: WO 95/2399). Im sure you will find it interesting, Paul, but bear in mind that the book covers pioneer battalions, which were all infantryunits. Newcastle was fired upon once during the war by a Japanese submarine. Graded a lieutenant colonel. Everyone who posts on the forum is hear to deepen their knowledge on the subject of the Great War, not all are able or have the knowledge to research through the old posts. GSO2. During the First World War, the battalion and regimental stretcher bearers transformed the medical landscape of the western front battlefield and beyond. Its called "The Road to St Julien" The letters of a Stretcher-Bearer from the Great War, by William St Clair and edited by John St Clair. dailyinfo[18]=' 4749 Sapper VENKAYASWAMI 2nd Queen Victorias Own Sappers and Miners who died 18/07/1918 DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) India '
dailyinfo[25]=' Nursing Sister Cicely Mary Leigh POPE Voluntary Aid Detachment who died 25/06/1921 CHELA KULA MILITARY CEMETERY, NIS Serbia '
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We have been working continuously now since the 13th. The 109th Field Ambulance alone had over thirty casualties, killed, wounded and gassed - and this out of one hundred men who were doing the line. on exchange with the British Army. They had medical corpsmen, called immunes. This has set me thinking. How many stretcher-bearers were there per battalion? Domestic impact of war: society and culture - BBC Thanks Mike. On their arrival, the new recruits were inspected by the sergeant in change who clearly thought some of them underage. What is being described here is the first stage of a wounded soldier's treatment i.e. his behalf. While so engaged they were in the vicinity of a Trench Mortar Shell Dump near NOREUIL, when an enemy shell fell in the dump causing a fire and great explosion killing and wounding a number of men nearby. www.westernfrontassociation.com My great uncle told my dad the bearers were always going forward when the infantry were going backwards (I am sure he was talking about the retreat of March 1918). Thank you all very much. 13th Cheshire Regiment and 2nd Royal Irish Rifles evacuated by a relay post in CHATEAU WOOD to BIRR CROSS ROADS A.D.S [Advanced dressing station] (77th Field Ambulance). Structure of a British Infantry Battalion in the First World War Thanks for your replies. dailyinfo[23]=' B/1089 Lance Serjeant Sidney Frederick WALKER 9th Bn. Ten years later, in 2014 and despite an excellent reputation and continuous activity in the role at which they excelled,they were rather shamefully sacrificed by the RLC as a cost savings measure during coalition governmentdriven defence cuts. All units have emphasised the excellent work of their Battalion Stretcher-Bearers. It really could do with being in a larger font. Studdert-Kennedy. dailyinfo[14]=' Nurse Alice May STALLARD 1st Southern General Hospital Voluntary Aid Detachmentwho died 14/07/1918 HALLOW (SS. Stretcher bearer - Wikipedia Royal Flying Corps who died 12/07/1917 BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD France '
each course was set aside for an Australian officer from 1911 but by the
I've always found stretcher bearers very interesting too.
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was responsible for all aspects of the division's performance. We were verging on the condition of collapse. //-->, By Lancashire Fusiliers who died 17/07/1918 POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY Poland '
Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died 19/07/1916 AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS France '
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Family 'legend' is notoriously unreliable when it comes to what forebears did in the war, my own included. #WorldWarOne #stretcherbearer #paramedic #WesternFrontAssociationIf you enjoy this video, please subscribe to our YouTube channel !The Western Front Association is a UK registered charity. titles were cumbersome and archaic, and for this reason are explained
Studying and researching British Army and associated Imperial uniforms and insignia. At their feet is a stretcher. Diaries of a stretcher bearer 1916-1918 | State Library of Queensland The Structure of a British Infantry Battalion during World War One This page looks at how a British infantry battalion was structured early in the First World War. Well, I just typed Stretcher Bearers in the search box,and lo and behold I only got one resultthis one. I am now more confused than ever. German prisoners were much used for carrying stretchers and worked well. Edward Munros diaries offer a frank account of his experiences, and convey the hardships of life as a non-combatant on the front line. Arthur Morrell PRATT Army Chaplains Department who died 29/06/1917 ST. A great account of just how tiring and dangerous the role of SB was. who died 20/07/1916 FROMELLES (PHEASANT WOOD) MILITARY CEMETERY France '
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William Ensor is seen fourth from the left at the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele, on 17 August 1917, Another photo taken at the same time shows the stretcher bearers struggling through the mud, Mr Ensor survived the war and lived to the age of 83, Kathryn Robyns studies one of the photos featuring her grandfather.
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