Captain William Duke Whamond
MB ChB (Aberd 1916) DPH (1927)
31 Mar 1891 [Aberdeenshire] – 5 Nov 1965
Service Record
28 July 1914 Start of the Great War.
4 Aug 1914 Britain declares war on Germany.
5 Aug 1916 Special Reserve Commission Lieutenant RAMC.
1916–1919 Served in Salonika.
5 Feb 1917 Captain RAMC.
1 Apr 1919 Permanent Regular Army Commission Lieutenant RAMC.
1919–1920 Served in the Black Sea.
5 Feb 1920 Captain RAMC.
1920–1921 Served in India.
29 Sep 1922 Arrived from England.
19 June 1923 Home leave.
26 July 1923 Returned from leave.
10 Oct 1923 Returned to England.
23 Apr 1924 Retired but rejoined on 6 Sep 1939 with rank of Acting Major.
1939–1940 Deputy Assistant Director of Hygiene East Anglia Area.
1939 Specialist in Hygiene.
May 1940 DADH HQ 61 Division.
1940–1943 DADH HQ 4 Corps.
1941–1942 ADH Persia and Iraq Force.
10 Dec 1941 Acting Lieutenant Colonel RAMC.
10 Mar 1942 War Substantive Major RAMC.
May–Sep 1943 Commanding Officer British Military Hospital Peshawar.
1944–1945 Assistant Director of Hygiene HQ Northern Ireland.
9 Apr–8 May 1945 Acting Colonel L/RAMC.
1945–1946 ADH North West Europe.
Apr–Sept 1945 Deputy Director of Hygiene Control Commission Germany.
1945–1946 ADH HQ Lines of Communication.
Bibliography
- Entry No: 1136. 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 XXV, Returns of statement of service of RAMC Officers.