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Military art prints of the Army
Medical Corps by Cranston Fine Arts, shown in battle scenes, of breaking
the Hindenburg Line; Battle of Majuba Hill during the Boer War; Indian
Mutiny and the Crimean War, and military uniform prints by Richard Simkin,
J.P. Beadle, Richard Caton Woodville.
The Royal Army medical Corp was formed
in 1898 from the Medical Staff and the Medical Staff Corp. A Total of 17 Medical
Corp members have won the Victoria Cross The First being during the Zulu
war at Rorkes drift by Surgeon major J H Reynolds. (1844 - 1932). One was
awarded during the Majuba war of 1881. Two in Burma in q1889 and 1894.
Four Victoria Crosses were awarded during the Boer war of 1899 -1902. and
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Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May - 4th June 1940 by David Pentland.
Trapped within a rapidly decreasing perimeter, the exhausted BEF along with elements of the French 1st Army appeared to be at the mercy of the mighty Luftwaffe. No one though had reckoned on the brilliant leadership of Admiral Ramsay nor the gallant and unstinting efforts of the military and civilians who managed to rescue over 330,000 troops in nine days.
Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) . Price £95.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Av. Price £135.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £440.00
Original painting, oil on canvas, by David Pentland. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £3360.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £65.00
ITEM CODE DHM1345
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Dawn Casevac, 16 Close Support Medical Regiment - Iraq 2003 by Ivan Berryman.
To commemorate the first use of Factor VIIa by British Forces.
Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £135.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
ITEM CODE DHM9966
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Breaking the Hindenburg Line by J P Beadle.
The Hindenburg Line known also as the Siegfried Line was a vast system of German defences in northeastern France between Lens and past Verdun. Built over the winter of 1916 and 1917, the high command in Germany believed the Hindenburg line was was impregnable. But in 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai it was temporarily broken by the British and Newfoundland troops. Included in these forces were tank units, and the line was successfully breached a number of times during the hundred day offensive by the Allied forces in September 1918. Shown in this painting are the wounded being taken back behind lines by medical personnel as the reinforcements and supplies move forward.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £51.00
Open edition print.Special Promotion : This print is half price for a limited time only! Image size 11.5 inches x 6 inches (29cm x 15cm). Price £7.80
**Open edition print. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £35.00
ITEM CODE DHM0243
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Surgeon Major Babtie carried Lord Roberts son into such shelter as there was
Plates from Valour and Victory by F Shaw & Co, published 1902.
Original antique lithograph. Image size 8 inches x 6 inches (20cm x 15cm). Price £40.00
ITEM CODE ANT0126
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Lance Corporal John Joseph Farmer VC by Hussaly.
Winning his VC at Majuba Hill, Cpl. Farmer held a white flag over the wounded and when the arm holding the flag was shot through, he then raised the flag with the other arm and continued to do so until that one was also shot through.
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE VAR0481
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Surgeon General Herbert Taylor Reade VC.
Winning his VC during the Siege of Dehli, 14th September 1857, with a small number of men of the 61st foot, cleared rebels from the rooftops, where they had been firing down on wounded men that Reade had been attending.
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE VAR0482
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Deputy Inspector General Joseph Jee VC by Hussaly.
Winning his VC at the Relief of Lucknow, for attending the wounded of the 78th Highlanders and getting them to safety, 25th September 1875.
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE VAR0483
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Surgeon Major Thomas Egerton Hale by Hussaly.
Winning his VC while serving with the 7th Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, at the Siege of Sebastopol. Under heavy fire, he carried several wounded men across open ground to safety, 8th September 1855.
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE VAR0484
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Assistant Surgeon Valentine Munbee McMaster VC by Hussaly.
Winning his VC during the relief of Lucknow, while serving with the 78th Highlanders, for exposing himself to enemy fire while bringing in and attending the wounded.
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE VAR0480
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Surgeon General Sir James Mouat VC by Hussaly.
Winning his VC for voluntarily proceeding to the assistance of Lieutenant Colonel Morris Cb, 17th lancers, who was lying dangerously wounded in an exposed position after the retreat of the Light brigade at balaclava, and having dressed the Officers wounds and under heavy enemy fire assisted in saving that officers life, 26th October 1854.
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
**Open edition print. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £8.00
ITEM CODE VAR0485
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Army Medical Corps by Richard Simkin
Open edition print. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
Original chromolithograph, published c.1888. Image size 10 inches x 13 inches (25cm x 33cm). Price £140.00
**Open edition print. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £8.00
ITEM CODE UN0293
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Captain W. B. Allen Assisting Men Wounded By The Explosion Of Ammunition, after being himself wounded.
A German shell having exploded some ammunition which was being unloaded, causing several casualties, Captain William Barnsley Allen, M.C., M.B., of the royal Army Medical Corps, with utter disregard of danger, ran across the open, under heavy shellfire, and commenced dressing the wounded, thereby saving many men from bleeding to death. He was himself hit four times by pieces of shell, one of which fractured two of his ribs, but he coolly went on with his work until the last men were dressed and safely removed. For his most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty then was awarded the V.C.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0768
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Temporary Captain W. Campbell Attempting To Rescue Men From A Dug Out Hit By A Gas Shell.
During operations, Temporary Captain William Campbell, M.B., of the Royal Medical Corps, repeatedly attended the wounded under heavy shellfire. On one occasion, when a gas shell had hit a dug out, he went in to attempt the rescue of those within under very dangerous conditions. For the conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty shown by him he was awarded the M.C.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0832
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Captain E. Percival And A Party Of Stretcher-Bearers Searching For Wounded In a Wood, Which Was Under Fire.
Captain Edgar Percival, M.B., of the Royal Army Medical Corp, led a party of stretcher-bearers into a wood, and remained for over two hours searching for wounded under shell and machine gun fire. On previous occasions he has done similar gallant work. For his conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on this occasion he was awarded the D.S.O.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0867
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Captain Ranken attending to the wounded after his thigh and leg had been shattered.
In tending the wounded in the trenches under rifle and shrapnel fire at Hautvesnes on September 19th 1914, and in continuing to do so on September 20th after his thigh and leg had been shattered, Captain Harry Sherwood Ranken, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, showed the greatest bravery and devotion to duty. He was awarded the V.C. but has since died of his wounds.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0491
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Betrayed By The Flames - Acting Lance-Corporal Giles Discovered And Fired On While Assisting Two Wounded Men To The Dressing Station.
There was plenty of work for No.6 Field Ambulance, the unit to which Acting-Lance-Corporal Giles (Royal Army Medical Corps) was attached, during the desperate fighting round Ypres in October and November 1914. On one occasion it was imperative that the wounded should be removed from the First Aid Post to the Ambulance. Giles had already carried one man back into safety, and was making a second journey, supporting two others, when Zonnebeke church was set on fire by a shell, and the three men were plainly revealed to the enemy, who opened a heavy fire. They sheltered in a ditch for twenty minutes, and then resumed their journey, and though a bullet tore Giles coat he was not hit.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0102
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Acting Lance Corporal Giles Removing Wounded From A Battery Under Heavy Fire.
On the next day, Giles (Royal Army Medical Corps) showed no less coolness and heroism in directing the work of stretcher-bearers who were removing wounded from a battery a severe bombardment. He brought up several stretcher-squads, and in spite of casualties the work was performed with as much speed and precision as if the affair were a mere demonstration. For his highly commendable conduct, Giles received the D.C.M., and has since been promoted to the rank of sergeant.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0105
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British Wounded Being Put On board A Supply Train Under Orders Of Sergeant J. Cooke.
The most critical day in the retreat from the Marne was August 26th 1914. The dogged resistance of the British under General Smith-Dorrien at Le Cateau broke the force of the German pursuit, but as the enemy came steadily onwards, Northern France was seized with chaos. At Boue, Sergeant of the Sanitary Squad, Royal Army Medical corps, had to take forcible possession of and remove a supply train, which was filled with wounded to Etreux. Here the driver escaped with his engine, leaving to Cooke the business of commandeering another. For the conspicuous gallantry resource and initiative which he showed at a most trying time, he was rewarded with the D.C.M.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0174
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Medical Staff, Nurse, Surgeon by Richard Simkin
Open edition print. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
Original chromolithograph, published c.1888. Image size 10 inches x 13 inches (25cm x 33cm). Price £140.00
ITEM CODE UN0297
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Royal Army Medical Corps by Richard Caton Woodville.
Open edition print. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
Original coloured print, circa 1920. . Price £80.00
ITEM CODE UN0381
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A Military Doctor by Frank Feller (P)
Original chromolithograph published 1880. Image size 9 inches x 6 inches (23cm x 15cm). Price £70.00
ITEM CODE UN0482
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Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May - 4th June 1940 by David
Pentland. Trapped within a rapidly decreasing perimeter, the exhausted BEF
along with elements of the French 1st Army appeared to be at the mercy
of the mighty Luftwaffe. No one though had reckoned on the
brilliant leadership of Admiral Ramsay nor the gallant and unstinting
efforts of the military and civilians who managed to rescue over 330,000
troops in nine days.
Dawn
Casevac, 16 Close Support Medical Regiment - Iraq 2003 by Ivan Berryman.
To
commemorate the first use of Factor VIIa by British Forces.
Breaking the Hindenburg Line by J.P. Beadle"Surgeon Major Babtie carried Lord Roberts son into such shelter as there was"
Lance Corporal John Joseph Farmer VC by Hussaly Winning his VC at Majuba Hill, Cpl. Farmer held a white flag over the
wounded and when the arm holding the flag was shot through, he then raised
the flag with the other arm and continued to do so until that one was also
shot through.
Surgeon General Herbert Taylor Reade VC Winning his VC during the Siege of
Dehli, 14th September 1857, with a
small number of men of the 61st foot, cleared rebels from the rooftops,
where they had been firing down on wounded men that Reade had been
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20th September 1828, the son of Staff Surgeon George Hume Reade, who
became Colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Canadian Militia and died at Scutari
in 1854. He was also the elder brother of Surgeon General Sir John Reade,
KCB, KStJ, QHS, KHS.
Herbert Reade was educated in Canada and qualified in
Dublin joining the army as Assistant Surgeon to the 61st Foot (Gloucesters)
in 1850. In 1857 he was promoted Staff Surgeon 2nd Class, saw actionduring
the Indian Mutiny and took part in the attack on Ferozepore, and the Siege
and Assault on Dehli in the same year, gaining his Victoria Cross while
with the Regiment.
The citation reads: "Dates of Acts of Bravery: 14 and 16 Sept 1857.
During the siege of Dehli, and on the 14th Sep 1857, while Surgeon Reade
was attending to the wounded at the end of one of the streets of the city,
a party of rebels advanced from the direction of the Bank, and, having
established themselves in the houses of the street, commenced firing from
the roofs. The wounded were thus in very great danger, and would have
fallen into the hands of the enemy, had not Surgeon Reade drawn his sword,
and calling upon the few soldiers who were near to follow, succeeded after
heavy fire, in dislodging the rebels.Text supplied by Royal Army Medical Corps Historical
Museum.
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| Deputy Inspector General Joseph Jee VC by Hussaly
Winning his VC at the Relief of Lucknow, for attending the wounded of
the 78th Highlanders and getting them to safety, 25th September 1875.
In the British Medical
Journal Obituary of Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals Joseph Jee, it
states "... no mere man ever deserved the Victoria Cross more than
this gallant non-combatant".Joseph Jee wasa born on 9 February 1819 at Hartshill,
Atherstone, Warwickshire, the son of Christopher Preston Jee Esq: in 1860
he married Nora Carola Riley, the daughter of Charles Riley Esq.,
Barraster-at-Law. Educated at Universities and Medical Schools in London,
Edinburgh and Paris, he qualified MRCS in 1841, and the following year was
commissioned into the Army as Assistant Surgeon to the 15th Hussars. Soon
afterwards he transferred to the 1st Royal Dragoons, and in 1854 was
promoted to the 78th (Seaforth) Highlanders. He served with that regiment in the Persian Campaign
in 1857 and was present at the Battle of Kooshab when his charger was shot
under him, and also at the Bombardment of Mohammen, at which he was
awarded the Medal at Clasp. Upon the outbreak of the Mutiny his battalion was
hurried to India, and Surgeon Jee was present at Relief and Defence of
Lucknow, the Action at Alumbagh, the final Capture of Lucknow, the
Rohilkund Campaign and the Capture of Bareilly. But it was at Lucknow that
he displayed that extraordinary devotion and gallantry which resulted in
the award of the Victoria Cross.
"For most conspicuous gallantry and important services
on the entry of the late Major-General Havelock's relieving force into
Lucknow, on the 25th September 1857, in having, during action (when the
78th Highlanders, then in possession of the Char Bagh, captured two
9-pounders at the point of the bayonet), by great exertion and devoted
exposure, attended to the large number of men wounded in the charge, whom
he succeeded in getting removed on cots and the backs of their comrades,
until he had collected the dhooly-bearers who had fled. Subsequently on
the same day, in endeavouring to reach the Residency with the wounded men,
Surgeon Jee became besieged by an overwhelming force in the Mote Mehal,
where he remained during the whole night and the following morning,
voluntarily and repeatedly exposing himself to a heavy fire in proceeding
to dress the wounded men who fell while serving a 24-pounder in a most
exposed position. He eventually succeeded in taking many of the wounded through
a crossfire of ordnance and musketry safely into the Residency by the
river bank, although repeatedly warned not to make the perilous
attempt."
He transferred to the Royal Dragoons in 1864 and
became Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals four years later. Appointed a
Commander of the Order of the Bath 1859, he retired with the rank of
Deputy Surgeon General in 1868. In the year of his death Joseph Jee was
appointed an honorary Surgeon to HM Queen Victoria. Joseph Jee was a man greatly admired "known to
his friends as a most honourable man; a complete Englishman in his love of
sport". He was a dedicated salmon fisherman and a deadly shot
having won the Pigeon Shooting Grand Prize at Monte Carlo. He died at the
age of 80 years at his home in Quenilborough Hall, Queensborough, near Leicester
on 17th March 1899. Text supplied by Royal Army Medical Corps Historical
Museum.
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| Surgeon Major Thomas Egerton Hale by Hussaly
Winning his VC while serving with the 7th Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, at
the Siege of Sebastopol. Under heavy fire, he carried several wounded men
across open ground to safety, 8th September 1855.
Thomas Egerton Hale was born
on 24th September 1832 at Faddiley, near Nantwich, the son of G.P. Hale of
Faddiley. His education was at Grove Park School. Wrexham, and Kings
College London. He qualified MRCS England 1854 and MD St Andrews in 1855.
The same year he entered the army after basic training as Assistant
Surgeon to the 7th Foot (1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers) and won the
Victoria Cross in the first three months of his new appointment, at the
Siege of Sebastopol during the attack on the Redan. "Dates of Acts of Bravery: 8 September 1855. One
for remaining with an officer who was dangerously wounded (Capt H. M.
Jones 5th Regiment) in the fifth parallel on 8 Sept 1855, when all the men
in the immediate neighbourhood retreated, excepting Lieut W. Hope and Dr
Hale; and for endeavouring to rally the men, in conjunction with Lieut. W.
Hope 7th Regt, The Royal Fusiliers. Two for having on 8 Sept 1855, after
the regiment had retired into the trenches, cleared the most advanced sap
of the wounded, and carried into the sap, under heavy firs, several
wounded men from the open ground, being assisted by Sgt. Charles Fisher,
7th Regt, The Royal Fusiliers."At the time of winning the Victoria Cross, Assistant
Surgeon Hale was aged 23 years. He served in Turkey and the Crimea from
1854 to 1856 and was also present at the Bombardment of Sebastopol. In
addition he gained the Crimean Medal and clasp, and the Turkish Crimean
Medal.
In 1857 Surgeon Hale was present during the latter
part of the Indian Mutiny being in medical charge of a field force
detached to the Trans-India Frontier. Thereafter he was in medical charge
at Cherat in the Peshawar Hills in 1860 and Civil Surgeon at Ferozepore in
1863. From 1864-66 he was medical officer for the Punjab Infantry and for
the European detachments on the Punjab Frontier. In 1867 he was promoted
Surgeon Major, being placed in charge of Naini Tal Hill Sanatorium. Surgeon Major Hale was appointed medical officer to
the 43rd Regiment of Foot in 1869, and to the 94th Foot four years later.
He retired in 1876. On the Jubilee of the Crimea (1905) he was created a
Companion of the Order of the Bath.
Surgeon Major Hale was a man of wide interests: a
Justice of the Peace, a keen cricketer, an accomplished rider and a
skilful shot. His publications included aspects of Irish history, and he
was a fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal
Historical Society. He died in 1909, on Christmas day at his home at
Faddiley Lodge, Nantwich, Cheshire aged 77 years. A memorial tablet can be
seen in Acton church, Cheshire. Text supplied by Royal Army Medical Corps Historical
Museum.
Assistant Surgeon Valentine Munbee McMaster VC by Hussaly
Winning his VC during the relief of Lucknow, while serving with the
78th Highlanders, for exposing himself to enemy fire while bringing in and
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Surgeon General Sir James Mouat VC by Hussaly
Winning his VC for voluntarily proceeding to the assistance of Lieutenant
Colonel Morris Cb, 17th lancers, who was lying dangerously wounded in an exposed
position after the retreat of the Light brigade at balaclava, and having dressed
the Officers wounds and under heavy enemy fire assisted in saving that officer's
life, 26th October 1854
James Mouat was born on 14
April 1815, at Chatham, Kent, the son of Surgeon James Mouat MD who was
medical officer to the 23rd, 25th, 21st, 16th,13th, F., 4th and 15th
Dragoons. His uncle was Dr F.J. Mouat distinguished in the Indian Civil
Medical Service. James Mouat, the son, was educated at University College
Hospital, London, became MRCS in 1837, and proceeded FRCS in 1852. One
year after qualification he joined the 44th Regiment of Foot as Assistant
Surgeon.Ten years later he was promoted Surgeon and served
throughout the Crimean Campaign with the 6th Dragoons, where he was also
in charge of the General Field Hospital of the 3rd Division. He was
present at the Fall of Sebastopol, the Battles of Tehernaya and Inkerman,
and at the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava his gallantry resulted
in the award of the Victoria Cross: "Date of act of Bravery: 26th Oct 1854. For
having voluntarily proceeded to the assistance of Lieut. Colonel Morris,
C>B, 17th Lancers, who was lying dangerously wounded in an exposed
position after the retreat of Light Cavalry at the Battle of Balaklava,
and having dressed the officer's wounds in the presence and under a heavy
fire of the enemy. Thus by stopping a severe haemorrhage, he assisted in
saving that officer's life".
During the campaign Surgeon Mouat was appointed to
the French Legion of Honour, and gained the Crimean Medal with three
clasps. In 1855 he was promoted Surgeon Major, and a year later was
appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath. Aged 43 he was given the
rank of Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals whilst serving in Turkey.From 1860 to 1861 and again from 1863 to 1865 he
served in New Zealand in the Maori Wars, during the latter campaign as
Inspector General of Hospitals, being promoted to Surgeon General in 1864.
The New Zealand government voted him "special thanks for his valuable
Services to the Colony", he was mentioned in despatches and was
awarded the campaign medal.
Surgeon General Mouat retired in 1876, was appointed
an honourary Surgeon to the Queen in 1888, and a Knight Commander of the
Order of the Bath in 1894. The British Medical Journal obituary of 1899
described this officer's character:"One who served under Sir James and knew him
well, furnishes the following reminiscences of him:'There never was a more thoroughly soldierly medical
officer than Mouat; he was always faultlessly dressed, whether in uniform
or in mufti; nothing annoyed him more than slovenly or shabby attire,
especially among medical officers. He had a very sharp tongue, and as he
usually got hold of the right end of an argument, was formidable in
dispute. As he set no small value on himself or his military position, he
always kept up considerable style, and was the only senior medical officer
the writer can recall who made his camp inspections in a well-appointed
carriage and pair.Sir James Mouat was held in deserved respect by all
branches of the service; and in private life was an attached and sincere
friend of those who won his esteem'."
Text supplied by Royal Army Medical Corps Historical
Museum. Captain W. B. Allen Assisting Men Wounded By The
Explosion Of Ammunition, after being himself wounded.
A German shell having exploded some ammunition which was being
unloaded, causing several casualties, Captain William Barnsley Allen,
M.C., M.B., of the royal Army Medical Corps, with utter disregard of
danger, ran across the open, under heavy shellfire, and commenced
dressing the wounded, thereby saving many men from bleeding to death.
He was himself hit four times by pieces of shell, one of which
fractured two of his ribs, but he coolly went on with his work until the
last men were dressed and safely removed.
For his most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty then was
awarded the V.C.
Temporary Captain W. Campbell Attempting To
Rescue Men From A Dug Out Hit By A Gas Shell.
During operations, Temporary Captain William Campbell, M.B., of
the Royal Medical Corps, repeatedly attended the wounded under heavy
shellfire. On one occasion,
when a gas shell had hit a dug out, he went in to attempt the rescue of
those within under very dangerous conditions.
For the conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty shown by him
he was awarded the M.C.
Captain E. Percival And A Party Of
Stretcher-Bearers Searching For Wounded In a Wood, Which Was Under Fire.
Captain Edgar Percival, M.B., of the Royal Army Medical Corp, led
a party of stretcher-bearers into a wood, and remained for over two
hours searching for wounded under shell and machine gun fire.
On previous occasions he has done similar gallant work.
For his conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on this
occasion he was awarded the D.S.O.
Captain
Ranken attending to the wounded after his thigh and leg had been
shattered. In tending the wounded in the trenches under rifle and
shrapnel fire at Hautvesnes on September 19th 1914, and in
continuing to do so on September 20th after his thigh and leg
had been shattered, Captain Harry Sherwood Ranken, of the Royal Army
Medical Corps, showed the greatest bravery and devotion to duty.
He was awarded the V.C. but has since died of his wounds.
Betrayed By The Flames - Acting
Lance-Corporal Giles Discovered And Fired On While Assisting Two Wounded
Men To The Dressing Station. There was plenty of work for No.6 Field Ambulance, the unit to
which Acting-Lance-Corporal Giles (Royal Army Medical Corps) was
attached, during the desperate fighting round Ypres in October and
November 1914. On one
occasion it was imperative that the wounded should be removed from the
First Aid Post to the Ambulance. Giles
had already carried one man back into safety, and was making a second
journey, supporting two others, when Zonnebeke church was set on fire by
a shell, and the three men were plainly revealed to the enemy, who
opened a heavy fire. They
sheltered in a ditch for twenty minutes, and then resumed their journey,
and though a bullet tore Giles coat he was not hit.
Acting Lance Corporal Giles
Removing Wounded From A Battery Under Heavy Fire.
On the next day, Giles (Royal Army Medical Corps) showed no less
coolness and heroism in directing the work of stretcher-bearers who were
removing wounded from a battery a severe bombardment.
He brought up several stretcher-squads, and in spite of
casualties the work was performed with as much speed and precision as if
the affair were a mere demonstration. For his highly commendable conduct, Giles received the D.C.M., and has since been promoted to the rank of sergeant.
British Wounded Being Put On board
A Supply Train Under Orders Of Sergeant J. Cooke.
The most critical day in the retreat from the Marne was August
26th
1914. The dogged resistance
of the British under General Smith-Dorrien at Le Cateau broke the force
of the German pursuit, but as the enemy came steadily onwards, Northern
France was seized with chaos. At
Boue, Sergeant of the Sanitary Squad, Royal Army Medical corps, had to
take forcible possession of and remove a supply train, which was filled
with wounded to Etreux. Here
the driver escaped with his engine, leaving to Cooke the business of
commandeering another. For
the conspicuous gallantry resource and initiative which he showed at a
most trying time, he was rewarded with the D.C.M.
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