'Commando Medical Service', 1945

Coloured lithograph recruiting poster after Abram Games (1914-1996), published by H.M. Stationery Office, 1945.

Like all other potential Army and Royal Marine commandos of World War Two, medics volunteered from their existing units and were only accepted as commandos after passing a rigorous selection process. Each commando unit (usually around 450 men) normally had one surgeon and seven Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) personnel.

From a collection of 45 posters from World War Two (1939-1945).