Friends' Ambulance Unit

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The Friends' Ambulance Unit was a volunteer ambulance service founded by British Quakers during World War I to provide medical and humanitarian aid while allowing conscientious objectors to serve without bearing arms.

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Friends' Ambulance Unit canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf humanitarian organization
volunteer ambulance service
cooperatedWith British Army Medical Services
Red Cross organizations
civilian hospitals
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
employs drivers
orderlies
stretcher-bearers
volunteers
ethicalBasis Quaker peace testimony
foundedBy British Quakers
Religious Society of Friends
foundedDuring World War I
hasCharacteristic international humanitarian work
non-combatant
unarmed
voluntary
hasLanguage English
hasMottoOrPrinciple service without bearing arms
hasPurpose civilian relief
humanitarian aid
medical aid
non-combatant service for conscientious objectors
hasReligiousAffiliation Quakerism
hasSuccessor Friends Service Council
Quaker Peace and Service organizations
ideology pacifism
isPartOfTradition Quaker relief work
notableFor non-armed participation in wartime medical work
providing alternative service for conscientious objectors
operatedIn Belgium
China
France
Greece
Italy
Middle East
United Kingdom
operatedInConflict World War I
World War II
providedServicesTo civilian casualties
military casualties
refugees
serviceType ambulance service
field medical transport
transported medical supplies
sick civilians
wounded soldiers

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Referenced by (3)

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Olaf Stapledon militaryService Friends' Ambulance Unit
William Fryer Harvey militaryService Friends' Ambulance Unit
W. F. Harvey servedIn Friends' Ambulance Unit