Attached is a hand drawn map of the route of 143 Field Ambulance in May 1940. It was drawn by Major Erric Richard Stanford. I believe that my grandfather was a driver for the Major and the 143rd Field Ambulance. Would this mean my grandfather was in the RASC or the RAMC? I believe my grandfather was in the RASC, but I have no idea what regiment etc.... how would i find this out? I'm trying to retrace his steps back in the UK once he was evacuated at Dunkirk with 143rd on 1st June 1940. Any ideas guys? Thank you.
Steven, welcome to the forum. The first step would be to obtain your grandfather’s device records, to do this the information is here: Requests for personal data and service records: a detailed guide. These will give you his regiment and service details. You could also post his name here, some members may have information they could share. Mark.
Do you know his army number ? That would tell you which Corps he enlisted into. Army Number Block Allocations Royal Army Service Corps 1 - 294000 and 10660001 - 11000000 Royal Army Medical Corps 7245001 - 7536000
I literally don't know much at all to be honest, all I know is he drove Major Stanford around and then I found the route map so assumed my grandfather travelled this route too. I have sent off for his service record so hopefully once I have his service number I will be able to find out more. Thanks so much for replying to me. I am committed to finding out his story and where he was during this truly terrible time. His name was Richard Lloyd Hughes - born 1915.
