Today marks 80 years since VE Day. This day was marked by celebrations up and down the country, ones we know that many members of the American Ambulance were involved in. While today marked celebration, the organisations work was far from over. They continued to work tirelessly to help with repatriating injured servicemen, the movementContinue reading "VE DAY 80"

A couple of years ago a number of model companies launched models of the famous Austin K2/Y ambulance. I’ve had numerous requests for details on the livery of these vehicles so thought I’d put a post together for any modellers who which to put one together in American Ambulance colours! The American Ambulance operated 25Continue reading "The Austin K2/Y"

The last few years we have been somewhat absent from posting on here and publicly promoting the history of the American Ambulance. Going forward from February 2024 we will have a post going live on here on each month. We’ll be re sharing some items and information as well as sharing with you some excitingContinue reading "A soft re-launch…"

We’re pleased to announce that the wonderful book on the history of the Ambulance Service which includes some history of the American Ambulance is now available on the Blue Light Education Collaborative website. £9.99 per copy with a donation made to The Ambulance Staff Charity for every purchase. https://www.bluelighted.org/product/the-history-of-the-ambulance-service

So it’s been absolutely ages since I last posted on here but I thought I’d pop up a quick update for you. While there has been a fair bit of silence we continue to work hard behind the scenes on American Ambulance related stuff. I’m really excited to have worked with someone recently to contributeContinue reading "An update…"

Today we take a short look at the June edition of diecast collectors magazine which features an article on the American Ambulance. Almost three years ago I got an email from Graham Cook, he bought my book and was interested to learn about the little known history of the American Ambulance. Graham was at theContinue reading "Diecast Collector Magazine Article"

Eighty years ago today, London had faced over eight months of relentless bombardment from Luftwaffe, unknown to them the night of the 10th/11th of May would be the last night of the Blitz but the night would be absolutely devastating. That night the Germans flew a total of 571 sorties, they dropped 711 tons ofContinue reading "10th/11th May 1941 – A dark night for the American Ambulance."

So it’s been a fair while since I last posted but I thought I’d update you all! We’re still very much here however life outside this project has been extremely busy recently and I’ve had little time to sit down and write some posts. While usually we work for fortnightly posts I will be schedulingContinue reading "Welcome to 2021!"

Since quite early on in this project, something on the wish list was an embroidery machine. A few weeks ago I bit the bullet and finally invested in one. Despite the large initial cost, due to the large number of varied badges the American Ambulance used, it is by far more economical to make ourContinue reading "Badge reproductions"

"THE QUEEN REVIEWS 200 GIRL DRIVERS"Two hundred girl drivers of the American Ambulance were being reviewed to-day by the Queen at a stand-down parade at Buckingham Palace. (...) Among the drivers representing units from all parts of England and Wales - are girls with whom the Queen talked during her tours of the bombed citiesContinue reading "15:00 24th October 1945 – 75 years on"