F Taylor Posted 15 May , 2006 Share Posted 15 May , 2006 Hi I am trying to find out where I can get My Grandfathers RAMC Records for 1914-1916 War. I know he was in KUT et AMAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petestarling Posted 16 May , 2006 Share Posted 16 May , 2006 Fran That depends on the rank. The AMS Museum holds records for regular commissioned officers but soldiers are a problem because the majority were destroyed during WW2 by bombing. The place to start is the National Archives. If nothing else you should find his medal index card which will tell you what medals he was entitled to and if you are really lucky it might also give his unit in the RAMC. Then search the soldiers records and see if his survived. If he had a bravery award then there are various other places to look and if you know what unit of the RAMC he served in then look in the unit war diary at the National Archives. Kut el Amara will narrow the field down a bit. The official history of the medical services in the great war has a section on that campaign and it gives the units which took part. The AMS Museum has all the volumes of the history as may some good libraries. Pete Starling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadin Posted 17 May , 2006 Share Posted 17 May , 2006 Questions about Unit War Diaries. What is available in them? What is needed to do a search in one? I understand they are not on-line, so is there a service that will do a search in one? If so, where and how much? Thanks, Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n cherry Posted 18 May , 2006 Share Posted 18 May , 2006 Unit's War diaries (assuming they still exist but the coverage is very high) are located at the National Archive at Kew....you can just go there and get hte diary out. Basically they tell you what a unit did on a particluar day eg recieved 500 casualties, 50 died, unit location and anything else the writer deemed interesting! The NA has a web site and also there are various people who advertise searches there for money of course....however iti s satisfying to sit there yourself nad try and decipher it. Note very rarely will an other rank be mentioned. If after info on the Medical Services the offical histories are quite illuminating. Please pm me if you need any more info..... Veteran of many an hour sat at the NA and a friend of Pete Starling and with an interest in the medical services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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