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War Office: Advisory Board for Army Medical Services: Minutes and Reports
Catalogue reference: WO 243
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WO 243
Printed confidential papers. No records of the Advisory Board have been traced for 1915 to 1930.
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WO 243
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Advisory Board for Army Medical Services: Minutes and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1898-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Printed confidential papers. No records of the Advisory Board have been traced for 1915 to 1930.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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No records of the board for 1915-1940 have been traced.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Advisory Board for Army Medical Services, 1902-1975
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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28 files and volumes
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Advisory Board for Army Medical Services was appointed in 1902 as a result of recommendations made by the War Office Committee on the Reorganization of the Army Medical and Army Nursing Services. Its purpose was to keep the Army Medical Services in touch with civilian developments, to ensure that military hospitals were up to date and to maintain standards with regard to examinations and appointments. To this end its membership consisted partly of representatives of the civil medical profession and partly of A.M.S. officers, including the Director General who acted as chairman.
Following a recommendation of the Defence Medical Services Enquiry Committee which met in 1973 the board was absorbed into a joint services body called the Armed Forces Medical Advisory Board in 1975.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14449/
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