Edge, Ernest Edwin

Posted on 8th June 20204th September 2020 by Judith

Edge, Ernest Edwin Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps Rank: Private Service No: 13285 Boer War service: 8 Mar 1900 to 25 Aug 1901 Date of enlistment: 19 Feb 1900 Date of discharge: 28 August 1901 Reason for discharge: Not known Other information: Ernest served in WW1. Awards No information Born: 31st August 1877 ...

Royal Army Medical Corps

Posted on 1st May 202024th July 2020 by Judith

Until 1898 the Medical Staff Corps and the Medical Staff were two separate organisations. They were reorganised into one Corps, the Royal Army Medical Corps on 23rd June 1898. With the formation of the RAMC medical officers were granted the same rank structure as the rest of the British Army and assumed full executive and administrative responsibility. Only one year after its formation the RAMC was fully committed in the Anglo-Boer War. The names of the men who served in the regiment ar...

Chubb, Thomas Wycherley

Posted on 29th April 20202nd September 2020 by Judith

Chubb, Thomas Wycherley Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps Rank: Lance Corporal Service No: 13284 Boer War service: 8 Mar 1900 to 8 Sept 1901 Date of enlistment: 19 Feb 1900 Date of discharge: 10 Sept 1901 Reason for discharge: Terms of Engagement Other information: Thomas’s younger brother, George Alfred, was killed in the Grea...