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Royal Air Force hospitals were British military hospitals formerly operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom. They contained dedicated medical care facilities, at strategic locations wherever the RAF was operating, at home and abroad, to cater for in-depth military medical needs of Royal Air Force personnel.
No. 222 Group was a group of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.Formed on 1 September 1941, based at Ceylon.Squadrons were stationed around the Indian Ocean.The group undertook long-range bombing and mine-laying operations that took them as far afield as Sumatra and Singapore.
They were primarily identified by the designation Royal Air Force Hospital Nnnnn (where 'Nnnnn' is the geographic location name). This would typically be shortened to RAF Hospital Nnnnn (typically on road signs, in an identical manner to all Royal Air Force stations, aerodromes, and other RAF sites), and would be abbreviated RAF(H) Nnnnn .
An RAF Bristol Blenheim bombers patrol over Ceylon. Singhalese women labourers RAF flying boat station at Red Hills Lake, Ceylon. The British had occupied the coastal areas of the island since 1796, but after 1917 the colony had no regular garrison of British troops. The Ceylon Defence Force and Ceylon Navy Volunteer Reserve were mobilised and ...
The base was founded by the British during their colonial rule of Ceylon, undergoing expansion during World War II, defending Colombo during the Easter Sunday Raid.Upon the post-independence formation of the Ceylon Army in 1949, the base began use as its headquarters in the late 1980s with many of the offices moving from old Rifle Barracks.
In 1850 the British converted the hospital into a barracks. [4] They then used the building for the office of the Government Agent, who was the chief administrator of the district, until the country's independence in 1948. Old Dutch Hospital (2013) prior to its conversion. Following Sri Lanka's independence the building was used as the Galle ...
Other countries in this region with large numbers of hospitals include Democratic Republic of Congo (435), Kenya (399) and South Africa (337). [1] The following list shows links to Lists of healthcare and hospital articles where they exist in Wikipedia and categories for hospitals in sovereign states in Africa.
Royal Air Force Canada. 1918–1919 Royal Flying Corps Canada. 1917–1918 Canadian Aviation Corps. 1914–1915 Royal Canadian Naval Air Service: 1918-1919 Canadian Army: 1948–1965 Royal Canadian Mounted Police aviation - National police and gendarmerie service of Canada. Cape Verde: Cape Verde Air Force Força Aérea Caboverdiana: 1992 [13]