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Death by Shock

Rocking of the stretcher would increase the pain/fatality rate of the wounded soldier

-sturdy rides became increasingly difficult in muddy conditions

Bandsmen

Sergeant Robert McKay, Stretcher bearer 109th Field Abulance Unit

Stretcher Bearers: Duty

Bandsmen were of the "right sort of stuff" for the job.

-intelligent

-trainable

-a bonded group

Bring casualties back to the British lines

-avoid further injury to soldier

-remain "faithful in adversity"

In Arduis Fidelis

British N.C.O.s Orchestra Minden 1917

We carry no rifle, bayonet nor bomb,

But follow behind in rear

Of the steel fringed line that surges along

With a ringing British cheer,

Through the tangled wire of the blown-in trench,

spite of shrapnel or bursting shell,

we make for the spots-Khaki-clad helpless blots-

that mark where our front rank fell.

We are the men who carry them back,

the wounded, the dying and dead.

-" The R.A.M.C" by Corporal W. H. Atkins

https://yooniqimages.com/images/detail/102288820/Creative/embroidered-badge-of-the-royal-army-medical-corps-which-reads-in-arduis-fidelis-faithful-in-adversity-the-regimental-motto-of-the-royal-army-medical-corps-commemorative-art

http://www.worldwar1postcards.com/real-photographic-ww1-postcards.php

True Heroes

Stretcher Bearers: Who are they?

Stretcher bearers endured strenuous work and dangerous conditions to save other soldiers' lives.

-no means of self-defense

Stretcher Bearers: The Forgotten Heroes of WW1

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30060231

Stretcher Bearers were part of a division of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in the British Army

Works Cited

"Battlefield Medics: Saving Lives Under Fire." History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.

"Spartacus Educational." Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.

"First World War Veterans of Guysborough County." : Stretcher Bearers. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.

Horton, Charles H., and Dale Le Vack. Stretcher Bearer: Fighting for Life in the Trenches. Oxford: Lion, 2013. Print.

German POWs

By: Meredith Gioe

Composed of:

-Bandsmen

-Volunteers

-POWs

POWs were sometimes impressed into being stretcher bearers when the number of Allied casualties became overbearing

Volunteers ("Conchies")

Conscientious Objectors:

-refused traditonal military service

Battle of Vimy Ridge

1916 Battle of the Somme

"Saving men over killing them"

http://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/objects-and-photos/photographs/battles-and-fighting-photographs/german-prisoners-as-stretcher-bearers/

Charles H. Horton

Motivated by Christian ideals, he volunteered as a stretcher bearer in 1915

This image is available from Library and Archives Canada.

http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/lifestyle/birmingham-war-hero-kept-silence-3906313

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