First World War materials

Date:
1914-1916
Reference:
RAMC/446/8-16
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Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection
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First World War materials. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The original material is held at The Museum of Military Medicine.

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Description

Includes the following:

  • RAMC/446/8: Copy of orders to Surgeon-General Sir Arthur Sloggett to take charge of medical services in France. October 1914
  • RAMC/446/9: Report by Surgeon-General W.G. Macpherson re medical services for the Indian troops on the Western Front. November 1914
  • RAMC/446/10: Translation of a report in Le Temps April 1915, re British (Army) medical services.
  • RAMC/446/11: Translation of criticisms by Dr Doyen of the French Army Medical Services. July 1915
  • RAMC/446/12: Transcripts of tributes to the medical services during the First World War, 1914-1915, and the campaigns in India, 1920.
  • RAMC/446/13: Copy of a memorandum from Sir Alfred Fripp, Sir Alexander Ogston, Sir E. Cooper Perry and Dr T.J. Horder, criticising RAMC organisation and the position of the Director General, Army Medical Services. 1916
  • RAMC/446/14: Cuttings from The Times re the system of physical examination of recruits, with typed transcript of comments by Capt. T. Boston Johnstone, RAMC. 1916
  • RAMC/446/15: Typed transcripts of letters, 1916, re the proposal to grant the rank of Brigadier General to Deputy Directors of Medical Services of Army Corps.
  • RAMC/446/16: Reports re the benefits of the introduction of steel helmets. 1916

    • Publication/Creation

    1914-1916

    Physical description

    1 file

    Notes

    Piece-level data moved to item record and piece records flagged for deletion in September 2025 by MH.

    Copyright note

    No information available on copyright: the position will presumably vary from item to item, with copyright in official documents resting with the RAMC or other government department and that in personal memoirs remaining with the creator, his/her heirs or assigns.

    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.

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