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HistoryWilfred Whitern's painting of the Canadian hospital ship Lady Nelson shows the brightly lit vessel in its distinctive paint scheme identifying it as a non-combatant.
Like all hospital ships, the Lady Nelson was painted white, with a broad green stripe and red crosses on its hull. At night, lights illuminated these markings, along with Red Cross flags and a red cross on the funnel. The Canadian military chartered the Lady Nelson, a Canadian National Steamships liner sunk, salvaged, and rebuilt as a hospital ship. While the medical staff, including Whitern, were military, the ship's crew were members of the merchant navy.

Hospital Ship - Lady Nelson
Painted by Wilfred Leonard Whitern in 1944
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
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Canadians in the First Gulf War 1990-1World War Wednesday at Canadian Virtual Military Museum
January 15,1991
A Date With Destiny in CVMM History
Canada provides a field hospital to the British armoured division during the Gulf War.

IMAGE - A medical proceedure on an Iraqi POW in the operation tent at 1st Canadian Field Hospital in the Gulf. (Al Qaysumah)
Source: RCSigs Gulf Wr Journal

On January 15,1991, the US Operation Desert Storm component of the Gulf War began.
On that day, Canada announced that it would send a field hospital to the Persian Gulf region.

As a result, 1 Canadian Field Hospital from Petawawa, Ontario, joined the British land forces and was deployed in the Saudi Arabian desert behind 1 (UK) Armoured Division.

The hospital became fully operational on February 25, 1991, only a few days before the hostilities ceased; it stopped operating on March 4, 1991.

The CDN Fd Hosp was co-located with the British 32 Field Hospital, situated in the Desert approx 70 Kms from the Iraqi Border. The Hospitals were established within a large Berm (a large wall of dirt, approx 12 ft in height surrounding the Hospital). Although the weather was warm and sunny, the terrain was very muddy due to recent rain storms. ... See MoreSee Less

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Interesting read ......Richard Tadeusz Jolly, Royal Navy
Commando Logistic Regiment

October 29, 1946 – January 13, 2018

Richard Tadeusz Jolly was the only servicemen to be decorated by the British & Argentine Governments for his medical care of soldiers from both sides. He campaigned for recognition of PTSD and co-founded South Atlantic Medal Association.

Surgeon-Captain Richard Tadeusz Jolly was a Royal Navy medical officer who served in the 1982 Falklands War and was later decorated by both the British and Argentine governments for his distinguished conduct during the conflict. He went on to practise and give lectures to medical establishments on his experiences. He was a co-founder, with Denzil Connick, of the South Atlantic Medal Association formed in 1997. He was also the only person to be decorated by both sides for his work in the Falklands War.

He became Medical Officer to 42 Commando RM, who were deployed in Belfast along with men of the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, with whom he built a strong friendship.

In 24 years of service, he completed two tours with the Fleet Air Arm as a Fleet Surgeon, Medical Officer recruitment/Officer training in the Dartmouth Training Ship HMS BRISTOL, and at the Britannia Royal Naval College.

As Officer Commanding Medical Squadron of the Commando Logistic Regiment Royal Marines, Jolly was Senior Medical Officer of 3 Commando Brigade RM and commanded the field hospital at Ajax Bay.

The facilities at Ajax Bay were set up in an old refrigeration plant situated next to an ammunition dump, as those were the only roofed buildings available of any size fit for purpose. Therefore, due to its position, Brigadier Julian Thompson ordered they were to paint a Red Cross on the buildings to highlight the hospital due to the terms of the Geneva Convention. The conditions in the field hospital were poor and despite the dirt, poor lighting, air attacks and the presence of two unexploded bombs, only three of the 580 British soldiers and marines wounded in action were to die of their wounds and none while under the care of Dr. Jolly.

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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/24/surgeon-captain-rick-jolly-obituary ... See MoreSee Less

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