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 NERFINISHED
Red Cross organizations NERFINISHED
civilian hospitals
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
employs drivers
orderlies
stretcher-bearers
volunteers
ethicalBasis Quaker peace testimony NERFINISHED
foundedBy British Quakers NERFINISHED
Religious Society of Friends NERFINISHED
foundedDuring World War I NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Quaker Peace and Service organizations NERFINISHED
ideology pacifism
isPartOfTradition Quaker relief work
notableFor non-armed participation in wartime medical work
providing alternative service for conscientious objectors
operatedIn Belgium NERFINISHED
China NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Greece NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Middle East NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
operatedInConflict World War I NERFINISHED
World War II NERFINISHED
providedServicesTo civilian casualties
military casualties
refugees
serviceType ambulance service
field medical transport
transported medical supplies
sick civilians
wounded soldiers

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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