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href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1946</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Medical</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Field_Ambulance" title="Field Ambulance">Field Ambulance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/5th_Parachute_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Parachute Brigade">5th Parachute Brigade</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga">Operation Tonga</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tiderace" title="Operation Tiderace">Operation Tiderace</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Emblem of<br />the British<br />Airborne Forces</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Airborne_Units.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/British_Airborne_Units.png/150px-British_Airborne_Units.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/British_Airborne_Units.png/225px-British_Airborne_Units.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/British_Airborne_Units.png/300px-British_Airborne_Units.png 2x" data-file-width="1256" data-file-height="1250" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a> unit of the British <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne forces</a> during the Second World War. </p><p>When raised the <a href="/wiki/Field_Ambulance" title="Field Ambulance">Field Ambulance</a> was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/5th_Parachute_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Parachute Brigade">5th Parachute Brigade</a>, which was part of the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Airborne Division">6th Airborne Division</a>. As such they participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga">Operation Tonga</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a>. The unit remained in France until September 1944, when they were withdrawn back to England to rest and rebuild. They then took part in the last and largest airborne mission in the war, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>, the <a href="/wiki/River_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="River Rhine">River Rhine</a> crossing in 1945. </p><p>After the war in Europe ended they were sent to the Far East for operations against the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese</a> however the war ended before they could be deployed. Instead they were sent to <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">Malaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> to assist in the restoration of British control. Later in the year they were sent to <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>, where the brigade had to maintain law and order until a Dutch force could arrive to relieve them. The Field Ambulance then returned to Singapore, for a short time before leaving to rejoin the 6th Airborne Division, now serving in <a href="/wiki/Mandate_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandate Palestine">Palestine</a>. However shortly after arriving the 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance was disbanded. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Impressed by the success of German airborne operations, during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a>, the British Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, directed the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> to investigate the possibility of creating a <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">corps</a> of 5,000 parachute troops.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 1941 the <a href="/wiki/1st_Parachute_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Parachute Brigade">1st Parachute Brigade</a> began forming, comprising three parachute infantry battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In keeping with British Army practice at the same time as the infantry battalions were forming, airborne supporting arms were formed including <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a> volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the seven airborne <a href="/wiki/Field_ambulance" class="mw-redirect" title="Field ambulance">field ambulances</a> formed during the Second World War, two, the <a href="/wiki/181st_(Airlanding)_Field_Ambulance" title="181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance">181st</a> and the <a href="/wiki/195th_(Airlanding)_Field_Ambulance" title="195th (Airlanding) Field Ambulance">195th</a>, were glider borne, while the other five, the <a href="/wiki/16th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance" title="16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance">16th</a>, <a href="/wiki/127th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance" title="127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance">127th</a>, <a href="/wiki/133rd_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance" title="133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance">133rd</a>, <a href="/wiki/224th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance" title="224th (Parachute) Field Ambulance">224th</a> and the 225th, were parachute trained.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance"><span id="225th_.28Parachute.29_Field_Ambulance"></span>225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 June 1943 the 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance was raised at <a href="/wiki/Castle_Cary" title="Castle Cary">Castle Cary</a>, using the number 225 from a disbanded unit from the <a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On formation the Field Ambulance was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/5th_Parachute_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Parachute Brigade">5th Parachute Brigade</a>, initially in the <a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne Division</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Airborne Division">6th Airborne Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The war establishment of a parachute field ambulance, consisted of 177 all ranks.<sup id="cite_ref-cole9_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole9-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With nine doctors in two surgical teams and four <a href="/wiki/Section_(military_unit)" title="Section (military unit)">sections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cole9_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole9-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together they could deal with 330 cases in twenty-four hours. With the surgical teams completing 1.8 operations an hour, but if they were required to operate the following day had to be relieved after twelve hours.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Colonel">Lieutenant-Colonel</a>, with a Major <a href="/wiki/Second_in_command" class="mw-redirect" title="Second in command">second in command</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Regimental_Sergeant_Major" class="mw-redirect" title="Regimental Sergeant Major">Regimental Sergeant Major</a> as the senior non-commissioned rank. Medical staff included two specialist surgeons and a specialist anaesthetist, a pharmacist and a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Dental_Corps" title="Royal Army Dental Corps">Royal Army Dental Corps</a> (RADC) Dentist. To assist with operations there were six operating room assistants, a <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a> nursing orderly and six nursing orderlies. Other medical staff were a sergeant sanitary assistant, a <a href="/wiki/Masseur" class="mw-redirect" title="Masseur">masseur</a>, a RADC orderly. These were assisted by five stretcher bearers, one of whom was trained as a shoemaker. The rest of the headquarters consisted of a <a href="/wiki/Quartermaster" title="Quartermaster">Quartermaster</a>, clerks, cooks, storemen, an <a href="/wiki/Army_Physical_Training_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Physical Training Corps">Army Physical Training Corps</a> instructor and a barber.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four sections each comprised an officer (Doctor) in command and a <a href="/wiki/Staff_sergeant" title="Staff sergeant">staff sergeant</a> (nursing orderly) second in command. Three nursing orderlies, a clerk, a dutyman and thirteen stretcher bearers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last component of the Field Ambulance was the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Army Service Corps">Royal Army Service Corps</a> detachment, commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Company_Sergeant_Major" class="mw-redirect" title="Company Sergeant Major">Company Sergeant Major</a> as second in command. They had fifty men under them, including thirty-eight drivers, four motorcyclists and five vehicle mechanics.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Normandy">Normandy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Normandy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 6 June 1944, the 6th Airborne Division, took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga">Operation Tonga</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a>. The 5th Parachute Brigade landed on their own <a href="/wiki/Drop_zone" title="Drop zone">drop zone</a> to the north-east of <a href="/wiki/Ranville" title="Ranville">Ranville</a>. The brigade had to capture two bridges crossing the <a href="/wiki/Caen_canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Caen canal">Caen canal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/River_Orne" class="mw-redirect" title="River Orne">River Orne</a> and hold them until relieved by forces advancing from the British <a href="/wiki/Sword_beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Sword beach">Sword beach</a>. At the same time they had to secure the landing zone for the division's glider borne forces arriving later that day.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parachute_field_ambulance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Parachute_field_ambulance.jpg/350px-Parachute_field_ambulance.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Parachute_field_ambulance.jpg/525px-Parachute_field_ambulance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Parachute_field_ambulance.jpg/700px-Parachute_field_ambulance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="568" /></a><figcaption>Parachute Field Ambulance troops just before boarding their aircraft.</figcaption></figure> <p>Under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce Harvey,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance, landing with the brigade were to establish their Main Dressing Station (MDS) at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Le_Bas_de_Ranville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Le Bas de Ranville (page does not exist)">Le Bas de Ranville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leaving England at 23:45 5 June, the aircraft carrying the field ambulance troops crossed the French coast at from 01:00 the unit started landing in Normandy.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike other units involved that night by 02:30 most of the unit had arrived at their rendezvous, which was under German <a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortar</a> fire. Following at the rear of the <a href="/wiki/12th_(Yorkshire)_Parachute_Battalion" title="12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion">12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion</a>, they arrived at Le Bas de Ranville. The MDS was established in a <a href="/wiki/Chateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Chateau">Chateau</a> called <a href="/wiki/Chateau_de_Guernon-Ranville" class="mw-redirect" title="Chateau de Guernon-Ranville">Chateau de Guernon-Ranville</a> by 04:00 and within half an hour the first of the brigades casualties arrived.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the morning the RACS, commander captured a German supply vehicle and located a vehicle park, which was used to supplement the unit jeeps in bringing in casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-cole85_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole85-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fluid situation on the battlefield prevented some casualties from being evacuated to the MDS, and they were treated where they were by the units medics, until it was safe to move them. During the day the field ambulance was under almost constant, <a href="/wiki/Sniper" title="Sniper">sniper</a> and artillery fire, but by 21:00 contact was made with the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Infantry Division</a>, and within an hour sixty casualties were evacuated to the beachhead. Another 280 remaining wounded were being treated at the MDS.<sup id="cite_ref-cole85_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole85-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fighting in the area continued through the night and by 05:00 7 June 380 wounded had been dealt with at the MDS. In the first forty hours of the landings, the unit's surgeons had performed forty-three operations.<sup id="cite_ref-cole85_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole85-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Breville" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Breville">battle of Breville</a> on 12 June, two of the wounded treated by the unit were <a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadiers</a> <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Kindersley,_2nd_Baron_Kindersley" title="Hugh Kindersley, 2nd Baron Kindersley">Kindersley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Simon_Fraser,_15th_Lord_Lovat" title="Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat">Lord Lovat</a>, both had been wounded by <a href="/wiki/Friendly_fire" title="Friendly fire">friendly fire</a> at the start of the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-cole86_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole86-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 14 and 18 June the MDS received casualties from the <a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="51st (Highland) Infantry Division">51st (Highland) Infantry Division</a>, which had taken over the southern sector of the Orne bridgehead. Then on 18 June, they were withdrawn and sent to a rest area beside the River Orne.<sup id="cite_ref-cole86_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole86-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 June they moved back to the front line, treated a steady flow of casualties, mostly from mortar fire and small arms wounds.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then on 18 July, they were warned to accept casualties from the <a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th Armoured Division</a> taking part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Operation Goodwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 August they were ordered to move the MDS to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Le_Mariquet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Le Mariquet (page does not exist)">Le Mariquet</a>, where they took in casualties from the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">3rd Parachute Brigade</a>. The 6th Airborne Division was ordered to advance on 12 August, and the 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance, became responsible for collecting and evacuating all the wounded during the advance.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 27 August, the 6th Airborne Division had reached the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/River_Seine" class="mw-redirect" title="River Seine">River Seine</a>, and was withdrawn becoming the <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a> reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stretcher_equipped_jeep.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Stretcher_equipped_jeep.jpg/220px-Stretcher_equipped_jeep.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Stretcher_equipped_jeep.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="272" /></a><figcaption>Ambulance <a href="/wiki/Willys_MB" title="Willys MB">jeep</a> fitted with litters for carrying wounded.</figcaption></figure> <p>The next airborne operation by 255th (Parachute) Field Ambulance, was <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a> in March 1945. The 6th Airborne Division would land on the east bank of the <a href="/wiki/River_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="River Rhine">River Rhine</a> in the area of the Diersfordter woods, near the town of <a href="/wiki/Hamminkeln" title="Hamminkeln">Hamminkeln</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 225th now commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel N.J.P. Hewlings still part of the 5th Parachute Brigade would land to the north of the woods, in daylight and a large number of casualties were expected.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Landing on 24 March the 225th established their MDS in some farm buildings at the edge of the woods, and were soon treating the casualties from the landings. The German infantry pulling back from the Rhine actually marched through the farm buildings without discovering the MDS.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the afternoon 25 March the leading units of the <a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Division">15th (Scottish) Division</a>, linked up with the airborne division.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 6th Airborne Division then advanced mostly on foot, from then Rhine to <a href="/wiki/Wismar" title="Wismar">Wismar</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> by 2 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During which in April the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Parachute_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Parachute Brigade">3rd Parachute Brigade</a> advanced 15 miles (24 km) in twenty-four hours, which included eighteen hours of close-quarters fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-reynolds87_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reynolds87-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later the same month the 5th Parachute Brigade marched 50 miles (80 km) in seventy-two hours, during which they also carried out two night time assaults.<sup id="cite_ref-reynolds87_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reynolds87-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The quick advance changed the way the 225th operated, by necessity the divisions three field ambulance units had to <a href="/wiki/Leapfrogging_(infantry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leapfrogging (infantry)">leap-frog</a> to the front, the leading unit accepting all the division's casualties. Between landing and the end of the war the 225th treated 1,083 casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Far_East">Far East</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Far East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Withdrawn back to England, on 19 July 1945 the 5th Parachute Brigade departed for India, arriving on 7 August to prepare for operations against the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese Empire</a>. However the dropping of the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a> on 6 and 9 August ended the war. It had been intended to use the brigade in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Zipper" title="Operation Zipper">Operation Zipper</a>, the invasion of <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">British Malaya</a>, instead on 17 September, the brigade travelled by sea to Northern–<a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">Malaya</a> and advanced on <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a> unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 5th Parachute Brigade then took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tiderace" title="Operation Tiderace">Operation Tiderace</a> the liberation of Singapore, as part of <a href="/wiki/XV_Corps_(British_India)" title="XV Corps (British India)">XV Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Singapore the 225th were quartered in Alexander Barracks, being responsible for the welfare of Japanese prisoners and some Germans who had been part of the German Naval Mission and the crews of two <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cole197_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole197-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Then in December 1945, the Brigade was sent to <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>, to help restore law and order until a Dutch force could arrive from Europe. By 25 December the 225th were in <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a><sup id="cite_ref-cole197_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cole197-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Brigade was then sent to <a href="/wiki/Semarang" title="Semarang">Semarang</a> and the 225th became responsible for the medical welfare of the towns 210,000 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the Dutch force arrived the 225th returned to Singapore arriving on 2 May 1946. Two months later the 5th Parachute Brigade were ordered to Palestine to rejoin the 6th Airborne Division arriving on 9 August. The 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance being now surplus to requirements was disbanded on 19 August, the men being posted as reinforcements to the divisions other medical units.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Footnotes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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p.21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ferguson, p.6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, pp.5–6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ferguson, p.16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cole9-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cole9_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cole9_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.222</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, pp.222–223</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.223</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ferguson, p.17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Crookenden, p.56</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.80</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fowler, p.183</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.84</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cole85-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cole85_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cole85_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cole85_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.85</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cole86-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cole86_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cole86_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.86</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, pp.95–96</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.96</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.97</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.102</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ferguson, p.29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.159</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.164</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.168</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.170</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reynolds87-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-reynolds87_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-reynolds87_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Reynolds, p.87</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.171</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ferguson, p.33</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chant, p.195</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cole197-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cole197_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cole197_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.197</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.198</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p.200</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=225th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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