Major Lawrence Melville Routh
MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond 1909) MD (1914) DA (Eng 1935)
28 July 1883 [Hastings Sussex] – ?
Service Record
6 Feb 1911 Special Reserve Commission Lieutenant RAMC.
13 July 1912 Published a medical paper entitled Parotitis associated with glycosuria. Br Med J (July 1912), 1364.
5 Aug 1914 Mobilised.
24 Aug 1914 Captain RAMC.
1914–1915 Served with the British Expeditionary Force France.
1915–1919 Served in India.
Specialist in Anaesthesia. Published a paper entitled Anaesthesia among British Troops in the Tropics (India), Br Med J; 2(3067): 464–465 (Publised 11 October 1919).
1 Nov 1919 Permanent Regular Army Commission Captain RAMC.
Jan–May 1920 On Trooping duties China.
29 Sep 1922 Arrived from England.
2 Jan 1923 Returned to England.
1923–1926 Served in Malaya.
5 Aug 1926 Major RAMC.
1930–1935 Served in Egypt.
3 May 1935 Arrived in England from Egypt.
18 Mar 1936 Lieutenant Colonel RAMC.
28 July 1938 Placed on retired pay.
1939–1943 Lieutenant Colonel Australian Military Forces.
Bibliography
- Entry No: 1259. Drew R, 1968. Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army 1660–1960, Vol II Roll of Officers in the RAMC 1898–1960 London, Wellcome Historical Library.
- Succession Books Vol XXVI, Returns of statement of service of RAMC Officers.