the 207 (Welsh) Field Ambulance¹

Military Service

• Military Service*: The 207 (Welsh) Field Ambulance Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician on 12 March 1940 at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, , war diary states Lieutenant D G Adamson RAMC reported for duty.
  
  Prior to Douglas' arrival the commanding officer had a struggle to get provisions from Cardiff and transport to bring all that was needed to Chepstow. One lorry broke a big end, but was replaced by County Motors, Hereford, who was the contractor.
  
  Very shortly after this, about 150 more personnel started arriving, to add to the various cooks and drivers already there. The men were billetted in the Church Hall, the Congregational Hall and the Drill Hall.
  
  Great coats, boots, denim clothing and 'necessaries' arrived from Cardiff, along with another 2 trucks.
  
  Most of the men who had been temporarily billetted in the Drill Hall were distributed to the Oddfellows Hall, Cooperative Hall, Baptist Hall, a dance Hall in Bridge Street, leaving only 30 men in the Drill Hall.
  
  A couple of days later, the men were issued with battle suits, shirts, socks and underpants which had arrived from Cardiff.
  
  Once stretchers had been received, stretcher drill was added to the training programme. Easter leave was organised for some, various Other Ranks were hospitalised at Newport and terated or operated on, returning fairly swiftly to the unit.²
• Military Service: The 207 (Welsh) Field Ambulance Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician on 2 April 1940 at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, , Major M S Kohane, Lieutenant D G Adamson and 135 other ranks proceeded by train to Newport; 1 other rank by train as advance party, 9 other ranks by road baggage party. Total 145 other ranks. All this party accommodated at Embarkation Rest Camp.
  
  Over the next few days, other Officers arrived from or departed for various places, including the arrival of 3 NCOs as drill instructors. The men were examined medically so they could be sorted into categories. Men continued to be admitted and discharges from hospital.
  
  On April 20th it is recorded that Personnel of 207(W) Field Ambulance at Drilll Hall Chepstow marched to the Race Course Stables Chepstow for accommodation on the loose boxes. They were joined there by personnell of the 207 (W) FA who had been at Newport.³
  
• Military Service: The 207 (Welsh) Field Ambulance Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician on 13 May 1940 at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, , Lieut. D G Adamson and 1 other rank proceeded to Tregantle for a course of instrtuction at the Army Gas School.⁴
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
• Military Service: The 207 (Welsh) Field Ambulance Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician on 31 May 1940 at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, , Lieut. D G Adamson and 1 other rank returned from a gas course at Tregantle.⁴
• Military Service: The 207 (Welsh) Field Ambulance Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician in June 1940 at Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, , the unit has moved to Porthcawl.⁴
• Military Service: The 207 (Welsh) Field Ambulance Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician on 18 July 1940 at Miskin Manor, Pontyclun, Llantrisant, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, , the unit has moved to Miskin Manor at Pontyclun.⁴