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Old 14-06-15, 07:35 AM
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Why "Service" and not "Corps"? The armband appears to be WW1 when it was the RAMC. Any comments appreciated.
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Old 14-06-15, 01:11 PM
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Why "Service" and not "Corps"? The armband appears to be WW1 when it was the RAMC. Any comments appreciated.
These were worn by all personnel involved in medical duties, i.e. RAMC/QAIMNS/QARANC/TFNS/TANS/VADS and by ambulance crews of the ASC/RASC and the volunteer uniformed civilian units under military command in both world wars and beyond, not solely by RAMC personnel.
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Old 14-06-15, 02:25 PM
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I believe that the "Army Medical Services" stamp on a red cross arm band is a requirement of the Geneva Convention

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