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[Lauramck]

Can anyone tell me where the 2/1 Northumbrain field ambulance were based during the latter half of 1917 and 1918? And while I'm at it, has anyone any information about them?
I'm trying to make sense of a nurse's service record. Also there's a mention of a week spent in a convalescent home  - where might this have been.
Many thanks for any help
Lauramck

[apwright]

They were at Stavros from September 1917 through to the Armistice.
I can't find mention of where they were before that for the year after their arrival in Salonika in Sept 1916.

The Official History Medical Services notes that they took over at Stavros from 83rd Field Ambulance and had 5 nursing sisters attached. They operated more like a stationary hospital or CCS, as they didn't have all the transport of a mobile FA.

Most of the convalescent depots were in & around Salonika, but there was also one at Stavros - perhaps because it was so far from the city and it wouldn't be worth sending folks all the way back there??

Adrian

[Lauramck]

Thanks Adrian. That's a great help. I have a lovely photo of The Stavros League Champions 1917-1918! and indeed others if you have any interest.
Regards
Lauramck