Middle East campaign, desert warfare, war diary, etc

Date:: 1941-1944

Reference:: RAMC/761/3/10-17

Part of:: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection

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Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments CollectionRAMC
- Collection of reports, copy reports and publications re military medicine, from the RAMC Training Centre "presumably made by (then) Brig. F. M. Richardson"RAMC/761
  - Second World WarRAMC/761/3
    - Middle East, North Africa and Central Mediterranean campaigns, mainly from the papers of Major General P.S. Tomlinson, DMS, Middle EastRAMC/761/3/1-41
      - Middle East campaign, desert warfare, war diary, etcRAMC/761/3/10-17

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Description

Comprised of the following:

RAMC/761/3/10: Memorandum from Colonel D.C. Monro, Consultant Surgeon, re the surgical service in the Middle East, Novemebr 1941. With booklet entitled "With the Eighth Army in the Field" by Brigadier Charles Donald, reprinted from B.M.J. 1944.

RAMC/761/3/11: Copy of an operational report by ADMS, 1st Armoured Division, re organisation of mobile dressing stations, etc, c.1941-1942.

RAMC/761/3/12: Extracts from letter from the Director-General, AMS, re "Reorganisation of field medical units forward of rail head", January 1941.

RAMC/761/3/13: Copy of report re health in the Middle East Land Forces, 1942.

RAMC/761/3/14: Copy of report re the formation of field ambulances in desert warfare, 1942.

RAMC/761/3/15: Copy of sketch plans of field ambulances with independent brigade group, 1942.

RAMC/761/3/16: Report re occupational therapy for patients in No. 15 (Scottish) General Hospital, May 1942. Illustrated with photographs of patients' work.

RAMC/761/3/17: Typescript war diary of Major General Tomlinson, May 1942.

Publication/Creation

1941-1944

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1 file

Terms of use

Open and available by appointment at the Museum of Military Medicine. A digitised copy is available to view via the online catalogue on the Wellcome Collection website.