Abbreviations Used in the Index

ABBREVIATION

DEFINITION

RANK

BEF British Expeditionary Force
DADMS Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services
i/c In charge
IMS Indian Medical Service
MEF Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
o/c Officer in Charge
RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps
RAMC (SR) Royal Army Medical Corps (Special Reserve)
RAMC (T) Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorials)
RAMC (TF) Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force)
RN Royal Navy
RNVR Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
RSF Royal Scottish Fusiliers

QUALIFICATIONS

MD Doctor of Medicine
MB Bachelor of Medicine
CM Master of Surgery
ChB Bachelor of Surgery
DPH Diploma in Public Health
MA Master of Arts
BSc Bachelor of Science
FRCPE Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
FRCSE Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
FRCPSG Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
MRCS Member of Royal College of Surgeons
LRCP Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians
LMSSA Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries
LSA Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries
LDS Licentiate of Dental Surgery

PRESENT WORK

GP General Practitioner
H&I MSB Highlands and Islands Medical Service Board
Med Supt Medical Superintendent
MO Medical Officer
MOH Medical Officer of Health
SGH Scottish General Hospital
VAD Voluntary Aid Detachment