Papers of Lieutenant General Sir Neil Cantlie

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1924-1952
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RAMC/465
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1 Mutiny in Khartoum by "Hakim Basha" (Neil Cantlie), reminiscences of the 1924 uprising of Egyptian and Sudanese soldiers against the British, c.1924.

2 Text of a lecture by Major R.E. Barnsley for junior officers and senior NCO's, given at the Royal Army Medical College in November 1930, entitled "Medical intercommunication on active service", 1930.

3 Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Aug-Sept 1940, containing an article by Cantlie re knee-joint operations, 1940.

4-7 DDMS, H.Q. 5 Corps, British North Africa Force and Italian campaign, 1942-1944; Includes: Instructions re employment of medical units, evacuation of casualties from tanks, etc. with statistics re casualties, and plans of dressing stations, 1942; Cantlie's "Surveys of conditions", c.1942-1943, and invasion of Italy, Sept-Nov 1943.

8-14 DDMS, H.Q., Southern Command, 1946-1948; Includes: Editorial from The Lancet re developments necessary in the post-war forces' medical services, Oct 1945; Draft of Cantlie's address to the Aberdeen University Medical Society about the armed forces' medical services during the Second World War, c.1946; War Office questionnaire re the armed forces' medical services during the Second World War, with accompanying letter and Cantlie's replies, 1946; Cantlie's memorandum, "The relationship of the medical service and other branches of the staff and the training of medical staff officers" c.1946; Texts of speeches on morale by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, 1946; Article from the Journal of the RAMC (April 1947?) re Cantlie's Study Week for Forces Medical Officers at the RAMC Depot c.1947; Text of an address on training by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery to those who took part in Operation Bamboo at the Staff College, Camberley, May 1948.

15-17 Director General, Army Medical Services, 1948-1952; Includes: U.S. Armed Forces Medical Journal, Feb 1950, containing Cantlie's article "Health Discipline" 1950; Communication in the Journal of the RAMC, June 1952, re Exercise "Medical Mushroom", the DGAMS annual exercise, 1951, training for atomic, biological and chemical warfare, 1952; Part of the text of Cantlie's retirement speech, 1952.

18-20 Post-retirement writings, c.1950s: Includes: Impressions of a visit to Korea and Japan, extracted from the British Medical Journal, 1952; Articles re recruitment to the RAMC. With related correspondence with the Daily Telegraph, c.1950s; Army Medical Services in the field, Cantlie's contribution to the official medical history of the Second World War. With guide-lines from the Ministry of Health, c.1950.

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1924-1952

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4 files

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A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection.

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