A Medico's Luck in the War - Couverture souple

Rorie, David

 
9781843426578: A Medico's Luck in the War
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1843426579 ISBN 13 : 9781843426578
Editeur : Naval and Military Press, 2009

Synopsis

This memoir is subtitled ‘Reminiscences of RAMC Work With The Highland Division.’ The author was OC 1/2nd Highland Field Ambulance and later ADMS (Assistant Director of Medical Services) 51st Highland Division. The holder of that appointment was the senior medical officer in a division and adviser to the GOC. This book provides a valuable insight into the workings of the medical units in a division and it begins with an explanation of what a Field Ambulance is (there were three in a division and it is not a vehicle) and how casualties were evacuated from the front line back along a chain to the UK (if necessary). It explains what the various stages in the chain were and what their role was in the scheme of things. The photos are particularly interesting since some of the dressing stations are today military cemeteries. The collecting post at Auchonvillers is still recognisable. Rorie does not dwell on the blood and gore of which he would have seen plenty but he does paint a most interesting, informative and often amusing picture of life at the front for a medical officer. Well worth reading.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This memoir is subtitled ‘Reminiscences of RAMC Work With The Highland Division.’ The author was OC 1/2nd Highland Field Ambulance and later ADMS (Assistant Director of Medical Services) 51st Highland Division. The holder of that appointment was the senior medical officer in a division and adviser to the GOC. This book provides a valuable insight into the workings of the medical units in a division and it begins with an explanation of what a Field Ambulance is (there were three in a division and it is not a vehicle) and how casualties were evacuated from the front line back along a chain to the UK (if necessary). It explains what the various stages in the chain were and what their role was in the scheme of things. The photos are particularly interesting since some of the dressing stations are today military cemeteries. The collecting post at Auchonvillers is still recognisable. Rorie does not dwell on the blood and gore of which he would have seen plenty but he does paint a most interesting, informative and often amusing picture of life at the front for a medical officer. Well worth reading.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The memoirs of an OC Field Ambulance with the 51st Highland Division and later Assistant Director of Medical Services in the division

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Éditeur
Naval and Military Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1843426579
ISBN 13 
9781843426578
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
326
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1847343554 ISBN 13 :  9781847343550
Editeur : Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
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