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17/09/2013 01:02:49
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Medic Orderly
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Does anyone have any information on what was carried in the Bergen by medical Orderly's in the commandos.
Cheers Phil
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01/07/2014 16:46:19
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KatieKing
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Hello,
My father Robert King M.M.(No. 9 Commando) was a medic and I remember him telling me they carried morphine, iodine, field dressings, pins, a tourniquet and a saw. I can't remember what else, I hope this helps
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29/09/2014 05:13:22
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Shaun
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I am writing a book on the subject of RAMC attached to the Commandos. I can provide you a detailed list of what was carried by a member of 3 commando if it helps.
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29/09/2014 09:01:37
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Pete
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Sometimes official medical supplies were not readily available. A small and little known book about the activities of a RAMC surgeon attached to No 2 Commando when they took over the Island of Vis is an an excellent read. It is called an Island of Terrible Friends by Bill Strutton. It is an interesting and sometimes humourous account of the work, and problems, faced by Major James Rickett RAMC who went with No 2 Commando when they took over the Adriatic island of Vis for operations against the neighbouring German occupied islands. I highly recommend it.
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Pete Rogers, son of LSgt Joe Rogers MM & nephew of TSM Ken McAllister. Both No2 Commando.
God and the Soldier, all men adore, In time of danger and not before.
When the danger is passed and all things righted, God is forgotten, and the Soldier slighted.
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06/12/2014 15:21:04
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Shaun
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Lovely thank you Pete.
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06/12/2014 22:15:35
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NIC
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Further to Pete's recommendation, Major Jim Rickett's son, John Rickett, has also written an excellent book, 'Stretchers Not Available' [ISBN 978-1-4670-0898-3] which contains accounts related by Jim Rickett to his son and also letters and extracts from Jim's diary...
Nick
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Nick Collins,
Commando Association Historical Archivist & Photographer.
Proud son of Cpl Mick Collins, 5 Troop, No5 Cdo
"Truly we may say of them, when shall their glory fade?"
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