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Second World War papers of Colonel Robert G. Atkins, RAMC

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1-4 DDMS 30 Corps, Middle East Force 1941-1942:
1 Atkins's reports on the medical aspects of the Battle of Tobruch (Tubruq, Libya), and "lessons affecting the medical services" 1941
2 Delivery note of stores to 30 Corps, 1941
3 Atkins's report on medical aspect of the attack on Bardia and Halfaya, Jan 1942
4 Diagrams of mobile medical unit, c.1942

5-6 DDMS 13 Corps and No. 1 Planning Staff, 1943
5 Report on viability of using sea water to make plaster of Paris, April 1943; With covering letter.
6 Atkins's report on Operation Husky, 1943

7-9 DDMS 30 Corps, Middle East Force 1941-1942
7 Atkins's assessment of "Basic principles in the organisation and handling of medical units in a combined operation" May 1944
8 Report by 199th Field Ambulance at Southampton, on the surgical aspects of casualties disembarked at Southampton from France between 7 June 1944 and 6 July 1944, the first month of the invasion of Europe.
9 Letter from Hugh Cairns at the Military Hospital (Head Injuries), Oxford, re early work on stimulating the early closure of wounds, Oct 1944

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Second World War papers of Colonel Robert G. Atkins, RAMC

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