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DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington (formerly Whittington Barracks), is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum , the Headquarters of the Surgeon General and subordinate medical headquarters, and the location of the Defence ...
The museum is adjacent to Whittington Barracks, [4] the former home of The Staffordshire Regiment's antecedent regiments since 1881, and the current base for the Regimental Headquarters of The Mercian Regiment [2] and the Defence Medical Services. [5]
Whittington is a village and civil parish [2] which lies approximately 3 miles south east of Lichfield, in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,591, increasing to 2,603 at the 2011 Census. [ 3 ]
As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 98th was linked with the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, and assigned to district no. 20 at Whittington Barracks, Staffordshire. [12] [13]
His medals, including his Victoria Cross, are on display at the Staffordshire Regiment Museum at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire. At the museum there is a replica First World War trench named in honour of Coltman. [10] Coltman House is the headquarters building of Defence Medical Services at Whittington Barracks.
It became subordinate to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2008 [3] and moved to Whittington Barracks as the Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training in 2014. [4] It was renamed the Defence Medical Academy in September 2019.
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His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. He was commemorated in Tipton by a block of flats being named Barratt Court. When these flats were renovated the plaque erected in his memory went missing. A replacement plaque was unveiled at a ceremony in May 2012. [3]