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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Friends' Ambulance Unit canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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