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Director-General Army Medical Services
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. Role AMS is responsible for administering the four separate corps that deliver medical, veterinary, dental and nursing services in the British Army. These are: * Royal Army Medical Corps * Royal Army Veterinary Corps * Royal Army Dental Corps * Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps AMS contributes to the conservation of fighting strength and morale of the Army and advises commanders on matters of health and disease. Administration and leadership The Army Medical Services are administered by Headquarters Army Medical Directorate at Andover, previously under the leadership of the Director General Army Medical Services (DGAMS), formerly Major General Jeremy Rowan. The Director General answered to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many List of islands of the United Kingdom, smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Sloggett
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Thomas Sloggett, (24 November 1857 – 27 November 1929) was a doctor and British Army officer. He served as Director General Army Medical Services in 1914 and Director-General of the Medical Services of the British Armies in the Field during First World War. Biography He was the son of the late Inspector-General W. H. Sloggett, R.N., and of his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cornish-Crossing J.P., of Stoke Damerel, Devon. Sloggett was educated at King's College London. Entering into the army as surgeon on 5 February 1881, he was soon promoted to Surgeon Captain and then Surgeon Major on 5 February 1893. In the Dongola Campaign of 1896, he served as senior medical officer of British Troops, was mentioned in dispatches in November 1896, and was specially promoted to surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel on 18 November 1896. During the Mahdist War, he served as Senior Medical Officer of the 1st Brigade, British Division, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Shaw (British Army Officer)
Major General Anthony John Shaw (13 July 1930 – 27 July 2015) was a senior British Army officer, who was Director General of the Army Medical Services from 1988 to 1990. Early life Shaw was born on 13 July 1930 to Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Shaw, MC and Mrs E. Shaw (née Malley). Between 1943 and 1948, he was educated at Epsom College, a public school in Epsom, Surrey. He was a member of the school's Rugby XV and Hockey XI. He was also won the Smith-Pearse Botany Prize. He went up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1950; earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA), later promoted to Master of Arts (MA). Having studied at Westminster Hospital Medical School, he qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1954. He graduated Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BCh) from the University of Cambridge in 1955. He undertook his two pre-registration house officer placements at Westminster Hospital as a casualty officer and at Kingston Hospital as a house surgeon and obstetrics house officer. Milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surgeon-General (United Kingdom)
The Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces is the most senior uniformed medical officer in the British Armed Forces. Army The post of Surgeon-General dates from 1664; there was also, from 1685, a Physician-General appointed; together, they directed the Army's medical services. These offices lapsed following the establishment of the Army Medical Department in 1810; but in 1874, the title of surgeon-general was reinstated as the highest rank for military medical officers. The rank of deputy surgeon-general was also introduced, although it was redesignated surgeon-colonel from 7 August 1891. In 1918, surgeon-general was redesignated as the standard Army rank of major-general, except for the most senior surgeon-general, who was redesignated a lieutenant-general. Defence Medical Services Latterly, the role was described as "professional head of Defence Medical Services and the Defence Authority for end to end Defence healthcare and medical operational capability". It had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Moffat
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Sir William Cameron Moffat, Order of the British Empire, KBE, FRCS (8 September 1929 – 29 June 2014) was a British Army officer and doctor. He served as Director General Army Medical Services from 1984 to 1987, and Surgeon-General (United Kingdom), Surgeon General from 1985 to 1987. He later served as chief medical adviser to the British Red Cross. Early life Moffat was born in 1929. During World War II, he was evacuated to the Isle of Bute. In 1947, he matriculated in the University of Glasgow to study medicine. He graduated Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BCh) in 1951. Military career As part of Conscription in the United Kingdom, National Service, Moffat was commissioned officer, commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, on 11 October 1954 as a Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines), lieutenant. On 8 December 1954, he transferred from the National Service List to a short service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Reay
Lieutenant General Sir Hubert Alan John Reay, KBE, FRCP, CStJ (19 March 1925 – 4 February 2012) was a senior British Army officer. He served as Director General Army Medical Services between 1981 and 1984. Early life Reay was born on 19 March 1925 in Hednesford, Staffordshire. His father, a chaplain, had been awarded the Military Cross during World War I. He was educated at Lancing College, then an all-boys public school in the village of Lancing, West Sussex. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1948 with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) degrees. Military career On 23 October 1949, as part of national service, Reay was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps with the rank of lieutenant. He was promoted to captain on 23 October 1950. On 23 November 1949, he transferred from the National Service List to the regular army on a short service commission. His first posting was as a Regimental Medical Officer attach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bradshaw (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Phillip Bradshaw, KBE (1 August 1920 – 12 October 1999) was a senior British Army officer and doctor. He served as Director General Army Medical Services from 1977 to 1981. Early life Bradshaw was born on 1 August 1920. He was educated at Newport High School, a comprehensive school in Newport, Wales. He studied medicine at Westminster Hospital Medical School, graduating in 1945. Military career Bradshaw was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, on 9 November 1946 as a lieutenant. He was promoted to captain on 9 November 1947. On 24 November 1948, he transferred from an emergency commission to a short service commission. He spent his early career working in pathology in various United Kingdom based military hospitals and had one short, overseas posting to Sri Lanka. In 1950, he began a two-year posting to the War Office where he worked on laboratory policy. On 26 July 1951, he transferred to a regular commission. In 1952, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baird (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir James Parlane Baird, (12 May 191526 May 2007) was a British Army officer and doctor. He served as Director General Army Medical Services from 1973 to 1977. Early life Baird was born on 12 May 1915 in Morayshire, Scotland. His father, the Rev David Baird, was a minister of the United Free Church of Scotland. He was educated at Bathgate Academy, a school in Bathgate, West Lothian. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated in 1937 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB). Military career Baird had originally hoped to join the Royal Navy (RN) but with the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 he joined the British Army instead. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on 12 December 1939 with the rank of lieutenant, with his service number being 115469. He was initially posted to a field ambulance unit in Scotland, and was promoted to captain on 12 December 1940. In 1941, he was posted to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Talbot
Lieutenant General Sir Norman Graham Guy Talbot, KBE, TD, FRCOG, FRCP (16 February 1914 – 27 February 1979) was a senior British Army officer who was Director General of the Army Medical Services between 1969 and 1973. Early life Talbot was born on 16 February 1914 in Hastings, Sussex, England. His parents were the Reverend Richard Talbot and Ethel Maude Talbot (née Stuart). He was educated at Reigate Grammar School, an independent day school in Reigate, Surrey. In 1932, he began studying medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School. He qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1937 and received his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) in 1938. Military career Talbot was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Army, on 1 November 1938 as a lieutenant. During his pre-registration year, he spent the first six months as a house anaesthetist and the latter six as a house obstetrician. These appointments were undertaken at King's College Hospital. In 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hood (Governor Of Bermuda)
Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hood (25 September 1888 – 11 September 1980) was a physician and British Army medical officer who served as the Director General of Army Medical Services from 1941 to 1948. He subsequently served as Governor of Bermuda from 1949 to 1955. Early life Hood was born in Leith, Edinburgh, and educated at George Watson's College. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1910 and achieving his MD in 1931 for his research on dysentery. In 1918, Hood married Evelyn Dulcia Ellwood, with whom he had one son and two daughters. Military career After spending one year as the house surgeon in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Hood joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). He served in France and Belgium during the First World War, and then in India and Afghanistan shortly afterwards. He became a specialist in pathology, serving in Meerut and Bangalore and then as deputy assistant district pathologist for Madras region. Hoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William MacArthur (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir William Porter MacArthur (11 March 188430 July 1964) was an Irish-born British Army officer and medical doctor. He served as Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College from 1935 to 1938, and Director General Army Medical Services from 1938 to 1941. His specialism as a medical doctor was tropical medicine and he served as President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from 1959 to 1961. Early life The son of John Porter MacArthur and Margaret Rainey MacArthur (), MacArthur was born on 11 March 1884, in Belmont, Belfast. He attended Bangor Grammar School and studied medicine at Queen's College, Belfast. He graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the Royal University of Ireland in 1908 and began his year of house officer rotations at the Royal Victoria Hospital. As a child, MacArthur showed a keen interest in the Irish language, using family visits to Cloughaneely, Marble Hill and Tory Island to learn from the nativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proceedings Of The Royal Society B
''Proceedings of the Royal Society'' is the main research journal of the Royal Society. The journal began in 1831 and was split into two series in 1905: * Series A: for papers in physical sciences and mathematics. * Series B: for papers in life sciences. Many landmark scientific discoveries are published in the Proceedings, making it one of the most historically significant science journals. The journal contains several articles written by the most celebrated names in science, such as Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg, Ernest Rutherford, Erwin Schrödinger, William Lawrence Bragg, Lord Kelvin, J.J. Thomson, James Clerk Maxwell, Dorothy Hodgkin and Stephen Hawking. In 2004, the Royal Society began '' The Journal of the Royal Society Interface'' for papers at the interface of physical sciences and life sciences. History The journal began in 1831 as a compilation of abstracts of papers in the ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'', the older Royal Society publicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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