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Historical Record for Royal Army Medical Corps from 8th May 1945 until 1st March 1949
DMS = Director of Medical Services (Major-General)
DDMS = Deputy Director Medical Services (Brigadier)
ADMS = Assistant Director Medical Services (Colonel)
DMS – 21 Army Group from 25 Aug 45 British Army of the Rhine
DDMS – 1 Corps from 21 May 45 1 Corps District
DDMS – 8 Corps from 11 Jun 45 8 Corps District
DDMS – 12 Corps
DDMS – 30 Corps from 11 Jun 45 8 Corps District
ADMS – Guards Armoured Division
ADMS – 7 Armoured Division
ADMS – 11 Armoured Division
ADMS – 79 Armoured Division
ADMS – 3 Infantry Division
ADMS – 5 Infantry Division
ADMS – 6 Airborne Division
ADMS – 15 (Scottish) Infantry Division
ADMS – 43 (Wessex) Infantry Division
ADMS – 49 (West Riding) Infantry Division
ADMS – 51 (Highland) Infantry Division
ADMS – 52 (Lowland) Infantry Division
ADMS – 53 (Welsh) Infantry Division
12 Jun 45 – ADMS – Guards Division
15 Apr 46 – ADMS – Hamburg District
15 Jan 48 – ADMS – Hannover District
BAOR = British Army of the Rhine
GHQ = General Headquarters
L of C = Line of Communication
6 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Oostakker north-east of Ghent-B
16 Jul 45 – Panzer Kaserne later Argonne Barracks Iserlohn – 1 Corps District for administration
Jan 46 – detachment Hemer east of Iserlohn
Jan 46 – detachment Letmathe west of Iserlohn
5 Jun 46 – 6 (Iserlohn) British General Hospital – 1 Corps District
6 Nov 46 – 6 (Iserlohn) British Military Hospital: by 47 Lieutenant Colonel l EM Hennessy
1 Jul 47 – BAOR
1 Apr 48 – Families Wing (30 Beds)
16 Feb 49 – Families Wing (60 Beds)
7 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – 2 Army
Bassum south-west of Bremen
11 Jun 45 – disbanded
8 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
today Saint Pierre University Hospital Brussels-B
11 Jun 45 – Bassum south-west of Bremen – 2 Army
25 Jun 45 – 30 Corps District for administration
4 Feb 46 – Rinteln east of Bad Oeynhausen – 8 (Royal Air Force) General Hospital
9 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Venralj today Venray-NL north-west of Venlo
Advance party – Bergen-Belsen – 2 Army
16 Jun 45 – Hamburg-Rissen – 8 Corps District for administration
15 Apr 46 – 9 (Rissen) British Military Hospital – Hamburg District
14 Oct 46 – Control Commission Germany
23 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Saint Andre Lille-F
19 Jul 45 – 23 (Scottish) General Hospital – Volmerdingsen north of Bad Oeynhausen – GHQ Troops
23 May 46 – 23 (Bergkirchen) Military Hospital
5 Jun 46 – 23 (Bergkirchen) British Military Hospital
15 Jul 46 – 1 Corps District
1 Jul 47 – redesignated 155 (Bergkirchen) British Military Hospital: by 48 Lieutenant Colonel GW Crimmin – BAOR
1 Jul 48 – disbandment starts
25 (British) General Hospital – 2 Army
Wettringen north-west of Münster
23 May 45 – Münster Hospital (Standortlazarett)
25 Jun 45 – 1 Corps District for administration
5 Apr 46 – 25 (British) Military Hospital
5 Jun 46 – 25 (Münster) British Military Hospital 45 – 1 Corps District
1 Jul 47 – BAOR
29 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Eecloo-B north-west of Ghent-B
19 May 45 – Bergen-Belsen – 2 Army – 30 Corps District for administration 25 Jun 45
10 Jul 45 – Hannover
20 Jan 46 – 29 (British) Military Hospital
5 Jun 46 – 30 Corps District
22 Aug 46 – 29 (Hannover) British Military Hospital: by early 48 Lieutenant Colonel WNS Donaldson
1 Nov 46 – 1 Corps District
1 Jul 47 – BAOR
15 Jan 48 – 400 Beds – Families Wing 60 Beds
30 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Lille-F
Jun 45 – Norway
32 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Tildonk-B north-east of Brussels-B
Detachment – 30 Corps District 22 Nov 45 to 21 Dec 45
20 Jan 46 – 32 (British) Military Hospital – Rotenburg east of Bremen – 30 Corps District for administration
5 Jun 46 – 30 Corps District
22 Jul 46 – disbanded
39 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Brussels-B
25 Jun 45 – Priesterseminar Bensberg east of Köln – 1 Corps District for administration
7 Mar 46 – 39 (British) Military Hospital
5 Jun 46 – 39 (Oldenburg) British Military Hospital – 30 Corps District for administration
15 Jul 46 – 1 Corps District
Dec 46 – disbanded
67 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Ghent-B
Jun 45 – Flak Kaserne Rendsburg west of Kiel – 8 Corps District for administration
18 Sep 46 – disbanded
74 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Bruges-B
May 45 – Infanterie Kaserne later Worcester Barracks Lüneburg – 2 Army – 30 Corps District for administration 25 Jun 45
6 Feb 46 – disbanded
75 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Brussels-B
5 Jul 45 – 1 Corps District for administration
19 Jul 45 – Norway – to Dec 45
77 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – 1 Corps from 21 May 45 1 Corps District for administration
Bedburg south-west of Düsseldorf
27 Oct 45 – Wuppertal
5 Apr 46 – 77 (British) Military Hospital
5 Jun 46 – 77 (Wuppertal) British Military Hospital – 1 Corps District: by 47 Lieutenant Colonel l J Mackay-Dick
1 Jul 47 – BAOR
1 Apr 48 – Families Wing (60 Beds)
79 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – L of C
Eindhoven-NL
Jul 45 – Norway
81 (British) General Hospital (200 beds) – 2 Army – 1 Corps for administration
Borghorst north-west Münster
May 45 – Lüneburg
12 Jun 45 – Rendsburg west of Kiel – 8 Corps District for administration
Jul 45 – Bergen-Belsen – 30 Corps District for administration
25 Aug 45 – Hannover
1 Dec 45 – disbanded
84 (British) General Hospital (200 beds) – 2 Army
Sulingen north-east of Diepholz
12 May 45 – Res Lazaret IV Beim Schlump Hamburg-Eimsbüttel – 12 Corps for administration – 8 Corps 23 May 45 for administration
28 May 45 – Gardelagen north-west of Magdeburg – 30 Corps for administration – to 6 Jul 45
9 Jul 45 – Advanced Echelon – Kaiser Straße 52, Potsdam-Babelsberg south-west of Berlin – to 26 Sep 45
Aug 45 – Airfield Berlin-Gatow
26 Sep 45 – Radelandstraße Berlin-Spandau – to Dec 46
22 Nov 45 – 84 Military Hospital Berlin
86 (British) General Hospital (200 beds) – 2 Army
Jun 45 – Rotenburg east of Bremen – 30 Corps District for administration
26 Sep 45 – De Haan-B north-west of Bruges – L of C for administration
15 Nov 45 – disbanded
88 (British) General Hospital (200 beds) – 2 Army
Cloppenburg south-west of Bremen
Jun 45 – Duffel-B south-east of Antwerp-B – L of C for administration
26 Sep 45 – De Haan-B north-west of Bruges
1 Nov 45 – disbanded
94 (British) General Hospital – 12 Corps for administration – 8 Corps for administration 23 May 45 – 8 Corps District for administration 11 Jun 45 – Hamburg District 15 Apr 46
Hamburg-Barmbek-Nord
15 Apr 46 – 94 (Hamburg) British Military Hospital: Colonel VJ Bonavia to 20 Nov 48
1 Jul 47 – BAOR
1500 beds by end 46 – reduced to 600 beds late 48
96 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Tournai-B south-west of Gent
disbanded
101 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Louvain-b today Leuven-Heverlee-B east of Brussels-B
1 Nov 45 – disbanded
105 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
De Haan north-west of Bruges-B
25 Oct 45 – Bruges-B
21 Dec 45 – De Haan north-west of Bruges-B
16 Mar 46 – disbanded
106 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Antwerp-B
27 Jun 46 – (Antwerp) 400 beds
15 Nov 46 – disbanded
108 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Hospital Brugmann Brussels-B
18 Jun 46 – disbanded
109 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Duffel-B south-east of Antwerp-B
16 Nov 45 – disbanded
110 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Sijsele-B east of Bruges-B
23 Nov 45 – disbanded
111 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Ave de la Couronne Brussels-B
20 Dec 45 – disbanded
113 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
Renaix-B west of Brussels
11 Dec 45 – disbanded
115 (British) General Hospital (1200 beds) – L of C
De Haan north-west of Bruges-B
Aug 45 – Bruges-B
12 Nov 45 – disbanded
121 (British) General Hospital (600 beds) – 2 Army
Celle
5 Jun 45 – Braunschweig – 30 Corps from 11 Jun 45 30 Corps District for administration
5 Jun 46 – 30 Corps District
22 Aug 46 – 121 (Braunschweig) British Military Hospital
1 Oct 46 – 1 Corps District
1 Jul 47 – BAOR
15 Mar 48 – disbanded
Further units to follow
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21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine 