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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 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 .
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 ...
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.
Thompson was awarded a posthumous George Cross for his duty from May 1940 to January 1944. [citation needed] This was while he was serving as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps on board the HM Hospital Carriers Paris (at Dunkirk in May 1940); and the HM Hospital Carriers St. David (at Sicily from 10 to 14 July 1943; at Salerno from 10 to 15 September 1943; and at Anzio during 23/24 ...
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 ...
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment is a British Army medical regiment and part of 2 Medical Brigade. It is an Army Reserve unit, part of the Royal Army Medical Service, and has a unique role within the Armed Forces. The Regiment is designed to support the Evacuation Sqns of Multi-rolled Medical Regiments or Medical Regiments as tasked.
He served in France and then as a professor at the Royal Army Medical College during the Second World War. After five years on secondment as a professor at the University of Baghdad (1946–51), he held various clinical and administrative positions in the British army, culminating in his appointment as Director-General Army Medical Services ...