ADMS, 47th (London) Division, France, 1917-1919

Date:: 1917-1919

Reference:: RAMC/1212/11-28

Part of:: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection

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Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments CollectionRAMC
- Papers and souvenirs of Major General Thomas Wykes GibbardRAMC/1212
  - ADMS, 47th (London) Division, France, 1917-1919RAMC/1212/11-28

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ADMS, 47th (London) Division, France, 1917-1919. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Comprises:

RAMC/1212/11: Reprint by the Germans of a socialist newspaper, La Guerre Qui Vient, 1911, which they dropped by aeroplane on the Anglo-French side of the lines, 1917.

RAMC/1212/12: Circular from the Director-General Medical Services, British Armies in France re certain infectious diseases, April 1917.

RAMC/1212/13: Printed "extracts from German documents and correspondence", 1917, intended to boost British morale.

RAMC/1212/14: Four sheets of intelligence summaries. 1 printed, 3 cyclostyle, Nov 14-16 1917.

RAMC/1212/15: Two circulars giving details of medical arrangements by Gibbard, 10-15 Dec 1917.

RAMC/1212/16: Cyclostyle copy of a map of traffic routes around Masnieres and Rumilly, 05 March 1918.

RAMC/1212/17: Message of thanks from Major-General Gorringe to the 47th (London) Division for their defence against the German offensive of March 1918, 30 March 1918.

RAMC/1212/18: Message from Major-General Gorringe to all chaplains of the 47th Division, 13 April 1918.

RAMC/1212/19: Medical report on operations 21-26 March 1918, by Colonel Gibbard, 9 April 1918.

RAMC/1212/20: Intelligence summary, 47th Division, 3-4 June 1918.

RAMC/1212/21: Orders for offensive, from Brigadier-General Parker, IV Corps, 1-2 Nov 1918.

RAMC/1212/22: Order of the Day issued by Major-General Gorringe on the occasion of his departure from the 47th Division, 28 March 1919.

RAMC/1212/23: Summary of "some of my war service and places I was present at during the Great War", by Gibbard, c.1919.

RAMC/1212/24: Map "France, sheet 57C", between Longueval and Bourlon, November 1917.

RAMC/1212/25: Newspaper cuttings showing maps of the Western Front, 25 March-8 April 1918.

RAMC/1212/26: Daily Mail "Bird's-eye map of the Front". Section 2, c.1918.

RAMC/1212/27: Bundle of military Christmas card sent to Gibbard, 1917.

RAMC/1212/28: Notebook containing sketches of "Divisional signs used in France during the Great War", c.1919.

Publication/Creation

1917-1919

Physical description

1 file

Terms of use

Open and available by appointment at the Museum of Military Medicine. A digitised copy is available to view via the online catalogue on the Wellcome Collection website.