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RAMC profile of:
Lancelot Gerard BOURDILLON M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
 
 


Place or Date
of Birth:
Cape Town, South Africa on 19th March 1888

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TF Number:

Rank: Maj (t.Col)

Unit: 2nd Field Ambulance

Attached To:

Enlistment Location:

Also Served: See below

Outcome: Continued to serve after the war

Date Died: 4th January 1950
Age Died:

Where Buried and/or Commemorated:

Awards: DSO; MC & Bar; MiDx6

Gazette Reference: 22/9/1916; 11/1/1916 & 26/9/1917; 19/10/1914, 1/1/1916, 4/1/1917, 25/5/1918, 30/12/1918, 10/7/1919
 


Other Information:

Lance received his medical education at St Thomas Hospital, qualifying M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1912. He took up a temporary commission within the R.A.M.C. on 10th August 1914, then entered the war in France on the 18th, being listed as part of the General Headquarters Staff. From 1914 to 1917 he served with the medical units of the 1st Division; with the 2nd Field Ambulance, with the 141st Field Ambulance, and as the Regimental Medical Officer of the 1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment. During this time he gained promotion to temporary Captain on 10th August 1915; was awarded the Military Cross in the 1916 New Years Honours; and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his actions on the 19th-20th July 1916, North East of Pozieres: “When an officer had been killed carrying in a wounded serjeant, Captain Bourdillon went out in broad daylight, bandaged the serjeant’s wounds, and only came in when certain that the latter could not live”. On 1st January 1917 he took up a permanent regular army commission, at the rank of Lieutenant, and in June 1917 transferred to the 8th Division. He was awarded a Bar to the Military Cross:- “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on numerous occasions. He worked continuously for many days, organizing stretcher-bearers and forming relay posts. This work was carried out under very heavy artillery and machine gun fire, during which he showed an absolute disregard of personal danger and set a splendid example to all the officers and men employed on stretcher work. It was largely due to his devotion that many lives were saved.” On 10th February 1918 he gained promotion to the rank of Captain, then served under the rank of acting Major from 25th February 1918 to 7th March 1919. On the 1st January 1919 he was awarded the French War Cross. From 1919 to 1922 he was seconded to the Egyptian Army, during which time, from 1921 to 1922 he served in Sudan, gaining the Sudan Medal with clasp. On 22nd December 1922 was granted rank of Major and he retired from the army. Due to the outbreak of the Second War World, Lance rejoined on 1st September 1939. On 8th May 1940 he served under the rank of acting Lieutenant Colonel, and in 1940 was the Commanding Officer of No 2 Casualty Clearing Station. From 8th August 1940 his rank changed to temporary Lieutenant Colonel, and from 1940 to 1941 he served with No 55 General Hospital. On 6th September 1941 he was appointed acting Colonel, and from 1941 to 1942 he served in West Africa as Assistant Director of Medical Services at Headquarters in the Gambia Area. From 1943 to 1944 he became the Assistant Director of Medical Services at Headquarters in the Norfolk & Cambridge District. In 1944 he was for a short while the Assistant Director of Medical Services for Headquarters AAGroup, then transferred to Assistant Director of Medical Services for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, remaining there until 1945. During this time he was appointed temporary Colonel from 6th March 1942 to 23rd April 1943, and again from 22nd May 1943 to 20th October 1945. On 21st October 1945 he ceased to be employed by the army, and was no longer on the Roll of Officers.


 
 
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