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Medical services in the British armed services date from the formation of the Standing Regular Army after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. Prior to this, from as early as the 13th century there are records of surgeons and physicians being appointed by the English army to attend in times of war; [2] but this was the first time a career was provided for a Medical Officer (MO), both in ...
Retiring from the Army in 1976, John McGhie continued work as a consultant psychiatrist to government bodies and was appointed President of the Ministry of Defence Army Medical Board, finally retiring in the year of his death, dying at Lenham, Kent, on 12 September 1985.
Women in the British Army: War and the Gentle Sex, 1907-1948 (2006) Piggott, Juliet. Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Pen and Sword, 1990) Piggott, Juliet. Famous Regiments: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Leo Cooper Ltd, 1975) Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914 (2000) Taylor, Eric.
The Army Medical Services (AMS) is the organisation responsible for administering the corps that deliver medical, veterinary, dental and nursing services in the British Army. It is headquartered at the former Staff College, Camberley , near the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst .
A more permanent establishment of General (as opposed to regimental) Hospitals was envisaged by the Army Medical Board (formed in 1793), which opened new purpose-built General Hospitals in Plymouth (1795), Gosport (1796) and Walmer (1797), as well as establishing York Hospital in London (based around the Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea ...
Royal Army Medical Corps officers (1 C, 695 P) Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers (178 P) U. Units of the Royal Army Medical Corps (1 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Royal ...
The hospital was officially opened by King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra, who was the president of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, in July 1905. [1] [2] [3] In 1907 the Royal Army Medical College opened on the south side of the Tate Gallery. [2] In the First World War it became a general hospital for the British Army. [2]
As a consequence of Army 2020, the unit now falls under 2nd Medical Brigade, and is paired with 22 Field Hospital. [4] Under the Future Soldier programme, the hospital was renamed as the 202nd (Midlands) Multi-Role Medical Regiment and now falls under the 2nd Medical Group. [5] [6]