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Title: The History of the Maidstone Companies, Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) : by Frederick J. Wood
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Wood, Frederick J
Subjects: Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps
Publisher: Maidstone, (Eng). : "Kent Messenger" Printing Works
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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uarters: The Old Palace, MaidstoneDiamond Jubilee Medal - - - - - - - Maidstone Typhoid Epidemic Medal ...The Memorial in St. Philips Church ...Presentation of War Medals by H.R.H. Princess Henry of Battenberg The Corporals, 1903 Sergeant-Major E. J. Harris Gateway, Monckton Drill Hall .... The Band, 1905 The Sergeants, 1906 Flags taken to South Africa and Trophy by the lateSergeant F. Brennan - The First South African Contingent- - The First Contingent at Cape Town - The late Corporal A. F. Colvin - The Second South African Contingent - - - Commemoration Tablet in Maidstone Museum - The Third South African Contingent The late Corporal N. S. Abbott - The late Private G. H. Crittenden The Fourth South African Contingent - The Fifth South African Contingent The late Private A. B. Reynolds - The late Private C. V. Waghorn - The Queens South African War Medal - The Kings South African War Medal Frontispiece. Facing Index. Facing page 1016222632 34384042465o 565860626468707272 747880808488
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Photo by) (frank W. fielder. The Commanding Officer,Aajor Charles Pye Oliver, AV.D. The History of the /Aaidstone Companies Royal Aray AVedical Corps (Volunteers). part 1. The Formation and Work of the CompaniesFrom 1885 to 1906. IN the early eighties, the problem of how to improvethe inadequate ambulance arrangements for ourVolunteer Army in time of war occupied the mindsof many friends of the Volunteer movement. Foremostamong these was Surgeon-Major Evatt, M.D., MedicalStaff, who chiefly devoted his energies to advocating theformation of Divisions of the Volunteer Medical StaffCorps. In June, 1885, Surgeon-Major Evatt addresseda meeting of Volunteer Medical Officers on the subject,at Liverpool. Among those present on that occasionwas Surgeon-Major D. H. Monckton, of Maidstone,who then determined that, if possible, a Division of theVolunteer Medical Staff Corps should shortly exist inthat town. Surgeon-Major Monckton was at this timeSuperintendent of the Maidstone St. John AmbulanceC

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