Two FANY's and unknown ambulance

[Rlangham]

Couple of shots of a photo on display at the Royal Armouries, Leeds. Interesting ambulance, a type I haven't seen before - anyone know what the manufacturer is? It's certainly not one of the usual ones seen such as Ford, Crossley, Daimler or Austin. Interestingly, looks like it says 'FANY 1' on the bonnet. Body looks like one of the crudest ones i've seen, no doubt an existing car converted

 

 

[N.O.S.]

Just in case anyone else other than me is too embarrassed to ask what FANY stood for, I've just googled it and it stands for

 

FIRST AID NURSING YEOMANRY and was created in 1907 as the First Aid link between front-line fighting units and the field hospitals.

[N.O.S.]

By the way, Rlangham, what a wonderful photograph! :thumbsup:

[Runflat]

This is almost certainly based on a Fench made Unic chassis.

[Rlangham]

Ahah! Cheers - here's a 1912 Unic which matches it perfectly

 

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2721545290063296552lvXgBo

[Runflat]

Good link - I was searching high and low for a photo on the web and couldn't find one.

 

Anyway, pleased to be of service.

[schliesser92]

You'll find that in WW1 , a lot of ambulances, particularly in the rear areas and serving at home were, in fact, crude conversions of civilian cars donated or "impressed". The majority of ambulances, both service and civilian , at the outbreak of the war were horse-drawn. Conversion was the simplest way to get a lot of ambulances into service to cope with the increasing casualty figures , without delaying production for more important war equipment.