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→Royal Army Medical Corps and the earlier British Army Medical Services
The Royal Army Medical Corps was established by Royal Warrant on 23rd June 1898. Prior to this there had been two distinct organisations within the Army Medical Services, the Medical Staff (i.e. the officers), and the Medical Staff Corps , which were combined to form the RAMC.
For [[British Army]] medical personnel, the previously named [https://web.archive.org/web/20160813204714/http://www.ams-museum.org.uk/museum/faqs /#1 Army Medical Services Museum's FAQs] now archived page , advises that the AMSM has some details for officers who held a regular commission with the Army Medical Department and the RAMC until 1960. Service records for men and women discharged prior to 1920 are held at The National Archives and at the Army Personnel Centre for discharges after this. (It's unclear whether the latter setence includes officers or refers to men and women who were not officers). The museum has a small booklet available with useful advice for researching relatives who served with the AMS. Note: there has been a change of name to [https://museumofmilitarymedicine.org.uk/ The Museum of Military Medicine]. Also refer [[British Army]]for personnel records.
The [[British Library]] has the India Office Records: British Army in India: British Medical Officers serving in India '''IOR/L/MIL/15/20''' 1872-1912 .
The book ''Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960'' is available online, see below.
