Royal Army Medical Corps

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The Royal Army Medical Corps is the specialist branch of the British Army responsible for providing medical care, support, and services to military personnel in peace and war.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the British Army
corps
military medical corps
abbreviation RAMC
allegiance British Crown
United Kingdom
badge Rod of Asclepius with crown and laurel wreath
conflict Falklands War
First World War
Gulf War
Iraq War
Korean War
Second Boer War
Second World War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
country United Kingdom
employer British Army
established 1898
formedBy amalgamation of earlier British Army medical services
garrison Aldershot
garrisonCountry United Kingdom
languageOfName English
militaryBranch British Army
motto In arduis fidelis
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation Faithful in adversity
operatesIn peacetime
wartime
partOf British Army
recruitsFrom allied health professionals
combat medical technicians
medical doctors
nurses
role field medical services
healthcare provision
medical evacuation
medical logistics
medical support
medical training
military medicine
occupational health
preventive medicine
serviceBranch British Army
speciality combat casualty care
primary care
psychiatry
public health
rehabilitation medicine
surgery
trauma medicine

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Florence Nightingale ("British Army (as nursing organizer during Crimean War)")
Glyn Hughes
employer
Headquarters 2nd Medical Brigade (elements) ("British Army Medical Services")
affiliation
Royal Army Medical Corps ("British Army Medical Services")
associatedWith
Royal Army Medical Corps
fullName
British Army
hasBranch
Joint Forces Command (United Kingdom) ("Defence Medical Services")
hasComponent
Glyn Hughes
memberOf
Ralph Vaughan Williams
militaryBranch
Strategic Command ("Defence Medical Services")
oversees
Hugh MacDiarmid
servedIn
British Army Chaplaincy ("British Army medical services")
worksWith

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