Director General Army Medical Services

Director General Army Medical Services (DGAMS) is the head of the British Army's Army Medical Services. The Director General answers to the Adjutant-General.

The role of the Director General is to promote effective medical, dental and veterinary health services for the Army and provide a policy focus for individual medical training, doctrine and force development.

To Ensure that the Land Component Health and Veterinary Services Provided for Defence Capability are Fully Effective

— DGAMS Mission Statement

List of Directors General

• Major General Sir William Babtie (1916 to 1918)
• Lieutenant-General Sir William Boog Leishman (1923 to 1926)
• Lieutenant General Sir Norman Talbot (1969 to 1973)
• Lieutenant General Sir Alan Reay (1981 to 1984)
• Major General Anthony Shaw (1988 to 1990)
• Major General (later Lieutenant General) Sir Peter Beale (1990 to 1993)
• Major General Frederick Mayes (1993 to 1996)
• Major General Robin Short (1996 to 1999)
• Major General (later Lieutenant General) Robert Menzies (1999 to 2000)
• Major General David Jolliffe (2000 to 2003)
• Major General (later Lieutenant General) Louis Lillywhite (2003 to 2004)
• Major General Alan Hawley (2005 to 2009)
• Major General Michael von Bertele (2009 to 2012)
• Major General Ewan Carmichael (2012 to present)

References

The Army List 2005 Part II - Officers in Receipt of Retired Pay