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Description: | Microfilm copy of a ts volume describing his medical service from the early 1900s and then as a Surgeon RNVR undergoing pre-war training in HMS PRESIDENT and HMS BACCHANTE at Chatham, before active service in the hospital ship HMHS SOUDAN based on Scapa Flow (August 1914 - January 1915), describing picking up survivors from HMS AUDACIOUS; then sailing via Malta to the Dardanelles (February - December 1915) where he had a 'front row seat' for the naval bombardment of the Turkish batteries and picked up survivors from HMS ROYAL EDWARD, referring to a fleeting visit by Lord Kitchener and the prevalence of trench foot among Gallipoli troops; then back to Scapa Flow (January - December 1916) where he comments briefly on the aftermath of the Battle of Jutland and operating on survivors from HMS HAMPSHIRE; his posting to the RN Sea Plane Stations at South Shields (December 1916 - February 1917) and then at Cattewater (March 1917); and his appointment as a Member of the Central Invaliding Board of the RAF based in London before transfer to Ripon camp to examine repatriated prisoners of war. The account ends with him detailing events after the war including the Irish uprisings, miners troubles, the creation of the National Health Service and his work as Medical Superintendent of the Lloyd Hospital under the Emergence Scheme throughout the Second World War.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-04-25 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Taylor, C J G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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