WWI Royal Army Medical Corps R.A.M.C. Cap Badge. BA 458. WWI Royal Army Medical Corps R.A.M.C. Cap Badge. BA 458. Antique & Militaria

By the outbreak of the First World War (1914-18), the RAMC was recognised as a vital resource for any British war effort. During that conflict, the corps expanded to 13,000 officers and 154,000 other ranks, with its personnel serving in every theatre of war. Of those, 743 officers and 6,130 soldiers were killed. At the outbreak of the Great War, just 16 years after its formation, there were 9,000 Warrant Officers and Men of the RAMC; this grew to 113,000 by 1918. The British Army had never before fielded a field ambulance in conflict, the last of the great armies to have understood the importance of medical discipline, and hold medical science in high esteem, within their fighting forces were the old civilisations, such as the ancient empires of Greece and Rome. In excellent condition. The price includes UK delivery. BA 458.