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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 ...
The Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration that may be bestowed upon members of the British or Commonwealth armed forces for acts of valour or gallantry performed in the face of the enemy. Within the British honours system and those of many Commonwealth nations it is the highest award a soldier can receive for actions in combat. It was established in 1856 and since ...
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 collection of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Museum, previously based at the Royal Pavilion, Aldershot, moved to the site in 1994. [3] The museum changed its name from the Army Medical Services Museum to the Museum of Military Medicine in 2016. [4]
Col L.F. Morling, Sussex Sappers: A History of the Sussex Volunteer and Territorial Army Royal Engineer Units from 1890 to 1967, Seaford: 208th Field Co, RE/Christians–W.J. Offord, 1972. Rinaldi, Richard A (2008). Order of Battle of the British Army 1914. Ravi Rikhye. ISBN 978-0-97760728-0.
Thenceforward the British Army had three main classes of hospital: [2] General Hospitals ('for the reception of invalids, local sick of corps, and all others entitles or specially authorized to be admitted into military hospitals'), [7] Station Hospitals ('for the reception and treatment of sick from all corps in garrison, including those of ...
Royal Army Medical Service; Royal Army Veterinary Corps; AMS contributes to the conservation of fighting strength and morale of the Army and advises commanders on matters of health and disease. [5] The Defence Medical Services, by contrast, is an umbrella adjectival term, and should not been seen as equivalent to a command or an Army Corps as ...
Royal Corps of Army Music - 14 + 20 bands [36] Royal Army Chaplains' Department - approx. 150 [37] Small Arms School Corps [38] Royal Army Physical Training Corps [39] General Service Corps; Royal Army Medical Service - 9 + 15 units [40] Royal Army Veterinary Corps - 2 + 0 regiments [41]