Alexander Lipmann-Kessel
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Lipmann Kessel, MBE, MC, FRCS, was an orthopaedic surgeon and Second World War medical officer, often known by his nickname of Lippy.
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lipmann Kessel's grave at Oosterbeek
The 16th Field Ambulance was a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War. The unit was the first parachute field ambulance unit of the British Army. Thei
Alexander Lipmann-Kessel
…of South Africa, he was involved at the Battle of Arnhem where at the time he was a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), assigned to the 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance. He is credited with saving the life of Brigadier Sir John Hackett when he operated on him for a severe abdominal wound at the St. Elisabeth Hospital…
Ambulance jeep fitted with litters for carrying wounded
Airborne trolley, with a folding stretcher, Don and Sugar packs
Parachute Field Ambulance troops just before boarding their aircraft.
The Simeto river