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Martin Charles Marshall Bricknell, is a British physician and former

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officer. He served as Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces from 2018 to 2019.

Early life and education

Martin Bricknell studied medicine at Southampton Medical School,

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. He subsequently trained as a general practitioner, in

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, and

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. In addition to his medical degree, he holds

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(MA), Master of Medical Science (MMedSci) and

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(MBA) degrees. He holds two doctorates: a

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(MD) degree from the University of Southampton, and a

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(PhD) degree from the

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. His MD thesis, which was completed in 1999, is titled "The prevention of heart illness in the British Army". His PhD thesis, which was completed in 2011 and supervised by Professor Peter McCarthy, is titled "Managing health services support to military operations".

Military career

Bricknell commanded 22 Field Hospital in the Balkans. He went on to become Chief Medical Adviser at Headquarters

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, in which capacity he was deployed as Medical Adviser at Headquarters

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in 2006 and then as Medical Adviser at Headquarters Regional Command (South) in 2010. He became Head of Medical Operations and Capability in Headquarters Surgeon General in 2015 and Director of Medical Policy, Operations and Capability at the

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as well as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Health) in December 2015. Bricknell received a US

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for distinguished services in Afghanistan on 26 February 2015. In May 2018, Bricknell became Surgeon-General of the

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with the acting rank of lieutenant general. He was appointed a

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in the

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. Bricknell retired from the British Army on 3 April 2019 with the honorary rank of lieutenant general.

Post-military career

Bricknell joined King's College London as Professor of Conflict, Health and Military Medicine in April 2019 and is an advisor to their Centre for Military Ethics.

References

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