Royal Army Medical Corps - 100 Years - London, UK
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This commemoration is located in a courtyard across from the southwestern side of the Tate Britain Art Museum in London.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/31/2012
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This plaque is located on a bollard and reads:
"THIS HISTORIC BOLLARD WAS PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER
TO THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS TO MARK ITS CENTENARY IN 1998.
THE BOLLARD ORIGIANLLY STOOD AT THE HEAD OF THE RIVER STEPS OPPOSITE
MILLBANK PRISON ON THE SITE OF WHICH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE
WAS BUILT AND WHERE UNTIL 1867, PRISONERS SENTENCED TO
TRANSPORTATION EMBARKED ON THEIR JOURNEY TO AUSTRALIA."
Wikipedia (
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"...is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. Together with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps and Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, the RAMC forms the British Army's essential Army Medical Services.
The RAMC does not carry a Regimental Colour or Queen's Colour, although it has a Regimental Flag. Nor does it have battle honours, as elements of the corps have been present in almost every single war the army has fought. Because it is not a fighting arm, under the Geneva Conventions, members of the RAMC may only use their weapons for self-defence. For this reason, there are two traditions that the RAMC perform when on parade:
Officers do not draw their swords - instead they hold their scabbard with their left hand while saluting with their right.
Other Ranks do not fix bayonets.
Unlike medical officers in some other countries, medical officers in the RAMC (and the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force) do not use the "Dr" prefix, in parentheses or otherwise, but only their rank, although they may be addressed informally as "Doctor"."