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211th (Wessex) Field Hospital, the Glossary

The 211 (Wessex) Field Hospital was a field hospital of the British Army forming part of the Royal Army Medical Corps.^[1]

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Army 2020

Army 2020 was the name given to the restructuring of the British Army in the early and mid-2010s, in light of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.

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A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Bristol Cathedral

Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Army of the Rhine

British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to two British Army formations of the same name.

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Casualty Clearing Station

In the British Army and other Commonwealth militaries, a Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) is a military medical facility behind the front lines that is used to treat wounded soldiers.

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Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Croix de Guerre

The Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) is a military decoration of France.

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Delivering Security in a Changing World

The 2003 Defence White Paper, titled Delivering Security in a Changing World, set out the future structure of the British military, and was preceded by the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and the 2002 SDR New Chapter, which responded to the immediate challenges to security in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.

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Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England.

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Field hospital

A field hospital is a temporary hospital or mobile medical unit that takes care of casualties on-site before they can be safely transported to more permanent facilities.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Godfrey Milton-Thompson

Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Godfrey James Milton-Thompson, KBE (25 April 1930 – 23 September 2012) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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History of the British 8th Division during the First World War

The 8th Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was active during the First World War.

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Multi-Terrain Pattern

The Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) is the standard camouflage pattern of the British Armed Forces.

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Options for Change

Options for Change was a restructuring of the British Armed Forces in summer 1990 after the end of the Cold War.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Pathology

Pathology is the study of disease and injury.

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Peter Whiteley (Royal Marines officer)

General Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley, (13 December 1920 – 2 February 2016) was a British Royal Marines officer.

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Phosphine

Phosphine (IUPAC name: phosphane) is a colorless, flammable, highly toxic compound with the chemical formula PH3, classed as a pnictogen hydride.

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Picardy

Picardy (Picard and Picardie) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC; known as the QAs) is the nursing branch of the British Army Medical Services.

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Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom as a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts. It is held on the second Sunday in November (the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in World War I in 1918).

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Royal Army Dental Corps

The Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) is a specialist corps in the British Army that provides dental health services to British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace.

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Royal Army Medical Corps

The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace.

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Royal Corps of Transport

The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army Corps established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider Defence community.

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Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (former Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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South West District (British Army)

South West District was a district command of the British Army between 1967 and 1995. 211th (Wessex) Field Hospital and South West District (British Army) are military units and formations established in 1967.

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Southern Command (United Kingdom)

Southern Command was a Command of the British Army.

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Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010

The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 was announced by the formed Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government of the United Kingdom in May 2010, and published on 19 October 2010.

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Tactical recognition flash

Tactical recognition flash (TRF) is the British military term for a coloured patch worn on the right arm of combat clothing by members of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.

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Truro

Truro (Cornish Standard Written Form) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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West Country

The West Country (An Tir West) is a loosely defined area within southwest England, usually taken to include the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, with some considering it to extend to all or parts of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

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Wyvern Barracks

Wyvern Barracks is a military installation on Topsham Road in Exeter.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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1966 Defence White Paper

The 1966 Defence White Paper (Command Papers 2592 and 2901) was a major review of the United Kingdom's defence policy initiated by the Labour government under Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

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1981 Defence White Paper

The 1981 Defence White Paper (titled "The UK Defence Programme: The Way Forward") was a major review of the United Kingdom's defence policy brought about by the Conservative government under the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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219th (Wessex) Field Hospital

The 219th (Wessex) Field Hospital was a field hospital of the British Army forming part of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 211th (Wessex) Field Hospital and 219th (Wessex) Field Hospital are 1967 establishments in the United Kingdom, 1996 disestablishments in the United Kingdom, military units and formations disestablished in 1996, military units and formations established in 1967 and units of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/211th_(Wessex)_Field_Hospital

Also known as 211 (Wessex) Field Hospital, 211th (Wessex) Casualty Clearing Station.

211th (Wessex) Field Hospital, the Glossary

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1996 disestablishments in the United Kingdom

Military units and formations disestablished in 1996

Units of the Royal Army Medical Corps

References