RAMC and FANY

Question 1

What was the Royal Army medical Core

Answer 1

The branch of the army responsible for medical care. Provided medical treatment to the wounded and sick

Question 2

How many men were in the RAMC in 1914

Answer 2

9000

Question 3

How many men were in the RAMC in 1918

Answer 3

113,000

Question 4

Who else was allowed to join the RAMC

Answer 4

Nurses from Queen Alexandra, but only 300 of them in 1914

Question 5

How many nurses from Queen Alexandria were part of the RAMC in 1918

Answer 5

10,000

Question 6

What were the first aide nursing yeomanny

Answer 6

The first woman’s voluntary organisation to send volunteers to the western front

Question 7

How many women volunteered in 1914

Answer 7

First six women went in 1914 and over 500 women volunteered to provide frontline medical support

Question 8

What did FANY do

Answer 8

Driving ambulances, driving supplies to the front line, setting up a mobile bath unit that could be up to 40 men and hour

Question 9

What did one unit run

Answer 9

The Calais ambulance unit, with 22 drivers and 12 ambulances

Question 10

What did FANY pave the way for

Answer 10

VAD nurses to help medical services