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RAMC profile of:
Samuel Arthur ARCHER M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
 
 


Place or Date
of Birth:
Athlone on 22nd April 1871

Service Number:

TF Number:

Rank: Col

Unit: 22nd Field Ambulance

Attached To:

Enlistment Location:

Also Served: Various - see below

Outcome: Survived the war

Date Died: 9th January 1943
Age Died:

Where Buried and/or Commemorated:

Awards: MiDx2, Italian (Croce de Guerra)

Gazette Reference: 29/5/1917; 17/5/1919
 


Other Information:

Samuel was educated at the Merchant Taylors' school, Crosby, and at the Victoria University, Liverpool, where he gained a scholarship in pathology. He took the M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1894 and entered the Army Medical Services on 29th July 1896. Samuel saw active service in the Egyptian Campaign in 1898, receiving the Queen's and the Khedive's medals. Serving under the rank of Major, he disembarked to enter the war in France on 7th October 1914 and served as Commanding officer of the 22nd Field Ambulance. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 1st March 1915, and transferred to become the officer in charge of No 6 General Hospital during the same year. In 1917, he was promoted to Colonel and became A.D.M.S. of the 7th Division, which he accompanied to Italy. After his retirement in 1921 he resided at Godalming, Surrey. He was a member of the B.M.A. for 26 years.


 
 
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