Field Ambulances 20 on
Dates | Location | Higher Formation/Remarks |
23 Parachute Field Ambulance | ||
1947.04.01 | England: | 2 Parachute Brigade: From 127 Parachute Field Ambulance |
1948.06: England: | 16 Parachute Brigade | |
1948.09 | Germany: Rendsburg | 16 Parachute Brigade |
1949.11 | England: Aldershot | 16 Parachute Brigade |
1951.06 | Cyprus | 16 Parachute Brigade |
1951.10 | Egypt: Canal Zone | 16 Parachute Brigade |
1954 | England: Aldershot | 16 Parachute Brigade |
Aug 56 - Feb 57: Cyprus: | 16 Parachute Brigade | |
Jun - Jul 58: Cyprus: | 16 Parachute Brigade | |
Jul - Oct 58: Jordan | 16 Parachute Brigade | |
Oct 58: Cyprus: | 16 Parachute Brigade | |
Mar - Jun 71: Northern Ireland; Londonderry/Belfast; Section attached 3 Para | ||
Aug 71 - Feb 72: Northern Ireland; Musgrave Park; Field Surgical Team attached Military Wing Musgrave Park Hospital | ||
31 Mar 77: Reduced to a Parachute Clearing Troop (PCT) as part of 15 Field Ambulance | ||
23 Field Ambulance | ||
1985.04.01 | England: Aldershot | Reformed |
??: Renamed 23 Parachute Field Ambulance | ||
1986.04.01 | England: Aldershot | 5 Airborne Brigade |
1989: Op ORDERLEY (Provided ambulance support during ambulance strike) | ||
1991: Op GRANBY major elements reinforced 33 General Hospital at Al Jubail and two Field Surgical Teams deployed with 1 and 5 Armoured Field Ambulances | ||
Sep 93: Following the ‘Options for Change’ defence review 144 Parachute Field Ambulance (V) was reformed as 144 Parachute Medical Squadron (V) and became an integral sub-unit of 23 Parachute Field Ambulance | ||
1994: Following the Rwandan Civil War 155 members of unit deployed initially to Ruhengeri in NW Rwanda and later to Kitabi in the SW. | 4 month tour | |
Jul 96: Op RESOLUTE with 23 Hospital Squadron; manned by Regular, TA and reservists to Bosnia Herzogovina as part of the NATO Peace Implementation Force (IFOR). Although the RHQ and Hospital Sqn were withdrawn early in October the unit’s Forward Squadron | ||
1997: Zaire; Op DETERMINANT, Parachute Clearing Troop only | ||
Mid 99: Macedonia; Op AGRICOLA with 5 Airborne Brigade | ||
Jun - Jul 99: Kosovo with 1 PARA Battalion Group | ||
1 Oct 99: 23 Parachute Field Ambulance and 19 Airmobile Field Ambulance merged to form 16 Close Support Medical Regiment | ||
24 Field Ambulance | ||
?? | Kenya: Highridge Camp, Nairobi | |
??: Renamed 24 (Airportable) Field Ambulance | ||
1964.10 | Aden: Falaise Camp, Little Aden | |
1967.09 | England: Plymouth? | |
4 Aug - 10 Dec 69: Northern Ireland; Belfast/Ballykelly: 1 sect attached Musgrave Park Hospital and 1 sect attached 24 Bde | ||
Aug 72 - Feb 73: Northern Ireland; Belfast; sect attached Military Wing Musgrave Park Hospital | ||
1973 | England: Topcliffe | |
Sep 76: Disbanded: Remnants formed 5 Field Ambulance | ||
24 Airmobile Field Ambulance | ||
?? | England: Gaza Bks, Catterick | |
??: Renamed 24 Armoured Field Ambulance | ||
1992 - 2000 | England: Gaza Bks, Catterick | 19 Brigade |
??: Renamed C (24) Medical Squadron | ||
England: | 3 CS Med Regt | |
28 Field Ambulance | ||
1952 - 1953 | Korea | |
c1971 | Germany: Hohne | |
Oct 72 - Feb 73: Northern Ireland; Belfast; sect attached 1 Green Howards | ||
Mar - Jul 73: Northern Ireland; Belfast; sect attached 49 Fd Regt RA | ||
Feb - Jun 74: Northern Ireland; Londonderry; sect attached 1 QDG | ||
Feb - Jun 77: Northern Ireland; Belfast; sect attached 25 Fd Regt RA | ||
29 Field Ambulance | ||
c1960 - 1977/78 | Germany: Harden Barracks, Obernkirchen | |
Apr - Aug 73: Northern Ireland; Belfast; sect attached 1 Glosters | ||
Mar - Jul 75: Northern Ireland; Londonderry; sect attached 5 Hy Regt RA | ||
Oct 75 - Feb 76: Northern Ireland; Belfast; sect attached 17/21 Lancers | ||
Jul - Nov 77: Northern Ireland; Londonderry; sect attached 1 DWR | ||
Germany: Clive Barracks, Hildesheim | ||
1960's | Germany: Hohne?? | |
30 Field Ambulance | ||
1951 - 1980's | Germany: Sennelager | Became 3 ADFA |
31 Field Ambulance | ||
1950 - 1960's | Germany: West Riding Bks, Dortmund | |
1971 - 1976 | Germany: Oxford Bks, Munster | amalgamated with 7 Fd Amb to became 2 AFA |
Aug - Dec 72: Northern Ireland; Belfast; sect attached 2 Royal Anglian | ||
Nov 74 - Feb 75: Northern Ireland; Londonderry; sect attached 22 Lt AD Regt RA | ||
Nov 77 - Mar 78: Northern Ireland: Londonderry; sect attached 2 Gren Gds | ||
England: Aldershot | ||
35 Field Ambulance | ||
c1951 | Eygpt: Fanara, Fayid, Ismailia, Kasfateet | |
c1954 | Egypt: Gordon Barracks, El-Ballah | sailed on MV "Cheshire" |
1956.03 | Libya: Medinine Bks, Tripoli | |
Feb 59: ?? | ||
39 Field Ambulance | ||
1950's | Malaya: Wardiburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur | |
127 Parachute Field Ambulance | ||
1945 | Palestine | 2 Parachute Brigade |
1947.01 | England: | 2 Parachute Brigade |
1 Apr 47: Renamed 23 Parachute Field Ambulance | ||
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