INTRODUCTION.

 

Along with some likeminded friends our intention is to portray a Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), medical section of 16 & 133 Parachute Field Ambulance in Europe from 1942 onwards to the end of the war.

 

We are few in number at the moment but hopefully by the start of the new season (2009) we shall be able to put 8 medical orderlies and a medical officer in the field at Military shows and in doing so be able to give an accurate representation of one aspect of the Royal Army Medical Corps within the British Airborne Brigade during WW2.

 

WHO ARE WE?

 

 We are just a group of ordinary people with a desire to give as accurate a portrayal as possible of the WW2 British Airborne Forces RAMC medical units attached to both the 1st & 6th Airborne Divisions during WW2.

 

We come from all walks of life including, nursing, tree surgeon, factory worker, retired, etc and also have ex serving soldiers and RAMC medics, as well as a Queen Alexandra’s’ Royal Army Nursing Corps nurse as part of our membership.

 

Although we portray a medical unit and indeed have a huge amount of medical knowledge between us, it doesn’t ultimately follow that you must have some form of medical experience in order to join our group of living historians.

 

We welcome anyone with a genuine interest in the 1940’s and the 1940’s Medical Corps, so please feel free to contact us if you feel you may like to join us.

 

HOW DO WE HOPE TO ACHIVE OUR AIM?

 

Primarily we will be putting a living history display on at shows throughout the season with the intention of showing the general public as best we can, what an actual Airborne Medical Section looked like in the field and what type of equipment, both medical and non medical was carried and used by those soldiers, from dressings to tea pots.

 

 

  

 

"After all where would we all be without a cup of tea"?

 

Our aim is to provide first hand education with a direct hands on approach to the equipment in use, the personnel manning the medical facility and being able to answer any questions put to us by the general public that visit our display. We would hope that we would be able to educate young and old alike as to what it was like for soldiers during WW2, both treating and being treated.

 

Indeed we have had veterans of the 1st & 6th Airborne Divisions visit our display and comment on how "That’s how it did look, that’s the way I remember it, basic!" in the words of one veteran last year.

 

Likewise one veteran commented on "Why we didn't have the kettle constantly on the boil for brews for the lads".

 

We hope to take away as much education from the veterans as we hope to pass on to the general public and any information given to us by the veterans is always eagerly digested and passed on to others.

 

We looking forward to welcoming anyone that wishes to visit our display in the coming year and you can be assured that we will always have the kettle on and a biscuit or two to nibble on while we chat.