The Royal Army Medical College (RAMC) was located on a site south of the Tate Gallery (now known as Tate Britain) on Millbank, in Westminster, London, overlooking the River Thames. The college moved from the site in 1999 and the buildings are now occupied by the Chelsea College of Arts. The area around the college including the Tate, former military hospital and other adjacent areas is a conservation area.[1] The former college buildings are now listed.[2]
Ordnance Survey maps of London extract for 1916. This shows clearly the octagonal outline of the former penitentiary surrounding the small site. At the centre is the National Gallery of British Art, afterwards known as the Tate Gallery, and now as Tate Britain, with the college in the south of the site and hospital in the north. Most of the streets remain as at 2012 apart from Bulinga Street, most of which has been built over, and Dundonald Street which has been renamed 'John Islip Street'. There is a 'Census Office' at the rear of the gallery, long since gone.
The site, including that of the Tate Gallery (which opened in 1897), was previously occupied by the Millbank Prison from 1821 to the late 19th century. The college was built by John Henry Townsend and Wilfred Ainslie in Imperial Baroque style. They also designed the adjoining Regimental Officers’ Mess and Commandant's House, in French Renaissance style. The buildings were opened by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on 15 May 1907. A statue of Sir James McGrigor, the father of army medicine, originally at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea was moved to the grounds in 1907 and then moved again to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2000.[3]
During the First World War the college was used to prepare vaccines, including a vaccine against typhoid which was developed at the college. The college also researched into protection against chemical warfare including the development of gas masks here. In the second World War, the college provided courses in tropical medicine. The college was seriously damaged in 1941 by bombs and the walls of the Tate Gallery nearby still show signs of the damage.[5]
The Royal Army Medical College became the post graduate training wing of the Royal Defence Medical College in April 1996.[6]
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The Royal Army Medical College RAMC was located on a site south of the Tate Gallery now known as Tate Britain on Millbank in Westminster London overlooking the River Thames The college moved from the site in 1999 and the buildings are now occupied by the Chelsea College of Arts The area around the college including the Tate former military hospital and other adjacent areas is a conservation area 1 The former college buildings are now listed 2 Royal Army Medical CollegeMillbankRoyal Army Medical CollegeRoyal Army Medical CollegeLocation within WestminsterCoordinates51 29 25 N 0 07 44 W 51 49039 N 0 12892 W 51 49039 0 12892 Coordinates 51 29 25 N 0 07 44 W 51 49039 N 0 12892 W 51 49039 0 12892TypeMilitary CollegeSite informationOwnerMinistry of DefenceOperator British ArmySite historyBuilt1907Built forWar OfficeIn use1907 1999History Edit Ordnance Survey maps of London extract for 1916 This shows clearly the octagonal outline of the former penitentiary surrounding the small site At the centre is the National Gallery of British Art afterwards known as the Tate Gallery and now as Tate Britain with the college in the south of the site and hospital in the north Most of the streets remain as at 2012 apart from Bulinga Street most of which has been built over and Dundonald Street which has been renamed John Islip Street There is a Census Office at the rear of the gallery long since gone The site including that of the Tate Gallery which opened in 1897 was previously occupied by the Millbank Prison from 1821 to the late 19th century The college was built by John Henry Townsend and Wilfred Ainslie in Imperial Baroque style They also designed the adjoining Regimental Officers Mess and Commandant s House in French Renaissance style The buildings were opened by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on 15 May 1907 A statue of Sir James McGrigor the father of army medicine originally at the Royal Hospital Chelsea was moved to the grounds in 1907 and then moved again to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2000 3 Queen Alexandra Military Hospital was built to the north of the Tate Gallery and opened in 1905 Sir Cooper Perry was knighted in 1903 for helping set up the college 4 During the First World War the college was used to prepare vaccines including a vaccine against typhoid which was developed at the college The college also researched into protection against chemical warfare including the development of gas masks here In the second World War the college provided courses in tropical medicine The college was seriously damaged in 1941 by bombs and the walls of the Tate Gallery nearby still show signs of the damage 5 The Royal Army Medical College became the post graduate training wing of the Royal Defence Medical College in April 1996 6 After teaching transferred to the Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport in 1999 6 the college closed and the buildings were subsequently occupied by the Chelsea College of Arts 7 Commandants of the Royal Army Medical College 8 EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items February 2014 Dates in parentheses are years of service Colonel H E R James 1902 1908 Colonel D Wardrop 1908 1911 Colonel E J Risk 1911 1912 Major General Bruce Morland Skinner CB CMG MVO 1912 14 Major General Sir David Bruce KCB FRS 9 1914 1919 10 Major General S Guise Moores 1919 1920 Colonel H A Hinge 1920 1922 Colonel C B Martin 1922 1924 Major General C W Mainprise 1924 1925 Colonel Henry Edward Manning Douglas VC 1925 1929 Colonel John Southey Bostock CBE 1929 1930 11 Major General Sir Ralph Bignell Ainsworth Kt CB DSO OBE 1930 1935 12 Major General William Porter MacArthur KCB 1935 1938 13 Major General William Brooke Purdon 1938 1940 14 Major General Francis Stephen Irvine 1940 1946 15 Major General E B Marsh 1946 1948 Major General John Dowse CB CBE MC 1948 1949 Major General J M Macfie 1949 1950 Major General F R H Mollan 1950 1953 Major General F C Hilton Sergeant 1953 1957 Major General W D Hughes 1957 1960 Major General Sir William Robert MacFarlane Drew 1960 1963 16 Major General Ambrose Neponucene Trelawney Meneces 1963 1966 17 Major General John Mackenzie Matheson 1969 1971 18 Major General James Baird 1971 1973 19 Major General Simon Gavourin 1973 1977 Major General Alan Reay 1977 1979 20 Major General Robert Noel Evans 1979 1981 Major General Joseph Porter Crowdy CB 1981 1984 Major General Patrick Crawford 1989 1993 21 Major General George Osborne Cowan 1993 1996 6 References Edit Millbank Conservation Area Westminster City Council January 2005 accessed 6 August 2012 Southern Block Historic England Details from listed building database 1066501 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 7 August 2014 Officers Mess and Commandants House Historic England Details from listed building database 1376570 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 7 August 2014 StatueHistoric England Details from listed building database 1066502 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 7 August 2014 Former barracks 1 Historic England Details from listed building database 1376572 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 7 August 2014 Former barracks 2 Historic England Details from listed building database 1376571 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 7 August 2014 Statue of Sir James Robert McGrigor B G M D at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst British listed buildings Retrieved 29 December 2017 Eason H L 2004 Perry Sir Edwin Cooper 1856 1938 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Retrieved 5 August 2012 History of 45 Millbank Retrieved 6 August 2012 a b c Royal Defence Medical College QARANC Retrieved 22 March 2021 History Official Chelsea arts ac uk Archived from the original on 3 August 2007 Retrieved 21 May 2009 Hughes W D 1 January 1961 The V C Room BMJ Military Health 107 1 33 34 doi 10 1136 jramc 107 01 11 inactive 3 January 2023 ISSN 2633 3767 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint DOI inactive as of January 2023 link b J R 1932 Sir David Bruce 1855 1931 Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1 79 85 doi 10 1098 rsbm 1932 0017 S R Christophers Bruce Sir David 1855 1931 rev Helen J Power Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 online edn Oct 2008 accessed 23 May 2014 British Medical Journal BMJ 23 August 1930 2 3633 page307 accessed 23 May 2014 AINSWORTH Major General Sir Ralph Bignell Who Was Who A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc 1920 2014 online edn Oxford University Press 2014 online edn April 2014 Retrieved 28 September 2014 MACARTHUR Sir William Porter 1884 1964 Lieutenant General Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives King s College London Retrieved 8 February 2014 Notes and reports re administration of the Royal Army Medical College during the Second World War provided by Colonel F S Irvine for a medical history of the war Wellcome Library Retrieved 25 March 2021 Group British Medical Journal Publishing 1 June 1946 Guest Night BMJ Military Health 86 6 233 235 doi 10 1136 jramc 86 06 01 inactive 3 January 2023 ISSN 2633 3767 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint DOI inactive as of January 2023 link Sir William Robert MacFarlane Drew Royal College of Physicians Retrieved 22 March 2021 Ambrose Neponucene Trelawney Meneces Royal College of Physicians Retrieved 22 March 2021 British Medical Journal Publishing Group 19 February 2004 John Mackenzie Matheson BMJ 328 7437 467 doi 10 1136 bmj 328 7437 467 f ISSN 0959 8138 S2CID 72914878 BAIRD Sir James Parlane born 1915 Lieutenant General Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel 1900 1975 King s College London Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives Retrieved 2 February 2014 Lieutenant General Sir Alan Reay KBE FRCP Edin Obituaries Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Retrieved 17 March 2014 Major General Patrick Crawford distinguished Army physician The Times 8 April 2009 Retrieved 8 February 2014 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