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Up to Ypres August 1916 – July 1917. This page is under construction. As I work through the Unit War Diary and those private diaries that have been kindly send to me, I will add […]

Recovery after Mametz Wood Jul – Aug. 1916. 32nd Week at War continued 8th to 14th July, Morlancourt – Longpre – Gorenflos On the evening of Tuesday 11th July the 38th (Welsh) Division were relieved […]

Battle of Mametz Wood 5th – 12th July 1916. In this section of the Unit’s history, I have concentrated on the casualty evacuation chain during the Battle of Mametz Wood and especially the role played […]

Early days in France  – December 1915 to June 1916 The 130th (St John) Field Ambulance arrived in France on Saturday 4th December 1915 and spent their first 6 months or so in Theatre on […]

At the 9.30 parade on the 17th February the men of the Unit were informed that they would move to Criccieth by route march at 11.30 the same day and to have their luggage at […]

On arrival at Porthmadoc the Unit was marched to the town hall where the men were allotted their billets. 48135 C W Jarman records that on arrival at the town hall he was set to […]

So the Unit left Cardiff by special train on the 29th December 1914 on the 30 or so mile journey to Porthcawl under the command of Lt Col J. E. H. Davies, who was to […]

The content for this section of the Unit’s history has been lost during the malicious hacking attack of the original website and I will be attempting to revive this data over the next few days. […]