A 1918 Military Medal to the 2nd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

 

Footnote: Private L. Symonds, 2nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Mile End, E.) was awarded the Military Medal "for bravery in the field", the announcement appearing in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 30540 of Friday, February 22, 1918, on Saturday, February 23, 1918, page 2431. The 2nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps was part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. The 1st Division was one of the first British formations to proceed to France in August 1914, and fought on the Western Front throughout the war, taking part in most of the major actions. In 1914, they were involved in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, the First Battle of Ypres and the Winter Operations of 1914-1915. In 1915, they were in action during The Battle of Aubers and The Battle of Loos. In 1916, they were in action in the Battles of the Somme. In 1917, they saw action in The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Third Battle of Ypres. In 1918, the Battles of the Lys, the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre, in which the Division fought the Passage of the Sambre-Oise Canal. At the Armistice, the 1st Division was selected to advance into Germany and formed part of the Occupation Force at Bonn.