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Dear All As promised a summary of the information supplied on the Archives of the Royal Army medical Corps. The primary source is probably The Army Medical Services Museum This based at Keogh Barracks in Mychett, Surrey. http://www.ams-museum.org.uk/museum/ They have an archivist a Capt Pete Starling but he may have recently retired. There is a RAMC printed roll of honour. There are also a number of current units of the RAMC which might hold information. For example the RAMC unit at Chavasse House in Liverpool are setting up a small museum. Some military hospitals published their own magazines / newsletters. The Wellcome Library and Archives There is a good proportion of the RAMC collection is at the Wellcome Library and Archives The Wellcome Library has an online archives catalogue and typing 'RAMC' into the 'Reference' field will bring up the collection: http://archives.wellcomelibrary.org/DServe/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini &dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Search.tcl The National Archives There is a wealth of information held at the National Archives Service records may be obtained from the National Archives, although some First World War records (about 40% were destroyed in enemy action in WW2) have not survived. The rescued material forming the 'Burnt documents' (WO 363), plus a class of files reconstructed from material in government pension files (WO 364) at the TNA. These links will provide you with information on tracing service records: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=18 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=6 http://www.ramc-ww1.com/research.php First World War pension and service records held at the National Archives have been digitised and are available for download on Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk. Ancestry and Find My Past www.findmypast.co.uk also contains military records. In addition the medals card index is also available on-line via http://www.ancestry.co.uk. The medals index cards are a good first place to start as many more cards have survived than service records and they sometimes give you an indication of the battalion or battalions with which people served. Should you wish to find out some general and contextual information, it may be worth locating a war diary for the Army Medical Corps. War diaries are held at the National Archives and many of them have been digitised via their Documents On-line service. See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ for more information. It might also be possible to obtain discharge papers through the TNA. Medical detachments were provided for units of infantry, artillery, etc, under medical officers and orderlies, stretcher bearers. Their activities are likely to be recorded as part of the war diary for that specific battalion, field or signals company. In addition the RAMC organised and ran field ambulances, casualty clearing stations, ambulance trains and field hospitals. These organisations had their own diaries - all in series WO 95 and all to be included (eventually) in TNA's digitisation activities commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the war. You can find more information on the hierarchy of medical services online here. The best way of matching the person to a specific unit is to find their service papers, since they will record their postings, transfers and promotions. Not all survive, but those that do have been digitised by Ancestry and can be seen online via their subscription service, or free of charge in the reading room at TNA, Kew. You can also search the medal index cards online, since they might supply information on units in which a man served. Many other policy, directional and operational papers relating to the RAMC are also held here Other Sources The Long, Long Trail http://www.1914-1918.net/ is very useful for tracking the campaigns that RAMC were involved in, giving both general details but also specifics about where certain Field Ambulances or General Hospitals were based.. There are also a number of published histories which are very useful. Given the current interest in the Commemorations for World War 1 a number of local authority archives have extensive information on their websites and a couple of examples are Hampshire http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/hals-collections/army-records.htm Tameside http://www.tameside.gov.uk/archives/familyhistory/military If some one was mentioned in dispatches then a good source would be the London Gazette online or The Times. Also there are the National Army Museum, the Imperial War Museum, Commonwealth War graves Commission and local newspapers. I hope this information is useful and one again many thanks to all the people who took the time and trouble to respond to my request. Regards Nigel Hardman --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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