Louis Lillywhite

Last updated

Louis Lillywhite
Born (1948-02-23) 23 February 1948 (age 75)
AllegianceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
Years of service1968–2009
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held Master-General Army Medical Services (2017–2022)
Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces (2006–09)
Director General Army Medical Services (2003–06)
Battles/wars Gulf War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Order of St John
Mentioned in Despatches

Lieutenant General Louis Patrick Lillywhite, CB , MBE , QHS (born 23 February 1948) is a retired British Army physician and officer. He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009. Between January 2017 and January 2022, he served as the first Master-General of the Army Medical Services [1] [2]

Contents

Early life

Born to William Henry Lillywhite and Annie Kate (née Vesey), Louis Lillywhite attended King Edward VI School in Lichfield and the University of Wales College of Medicine and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Military career

Lillywhite was commissioned on 1 October 1968 as a second lieutenant (on probation). [3] He was promoted to lieutenant on 7 July 1971 and to captain on 2 August 1972. [4] He served as a medical officer and during the Gulf War in 1991, where he was mentioned in despatches. [5] He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009. [6] He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of St John in 2007 [7] and became an Honorary Member of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (of the USA) in 2009 [8] and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2010. [9]

Lillywhite was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1984, [10] and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2009 New Year Honours. [11]

Later life

In retirement, he became a member of the Bevan Commission (Wales) [12] and a Senior Consulting Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. [13] He was the Chief Medical Officer of St John Ambulance from 2010 - 2016, becoming a Commander of the Order of St John in 2016 [14]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Babtie</span> British Army general and recipient of the Victoria Cross

Lieutenant General Sir William Babtie, was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth armed forces. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum in Aldershot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Army Medical Services</span> Medical arm of the British Army

The Army Medical Services (AMS) is the organisation responsible for administering the corps that deliver medical, veterinary, dental and nursing services in the British Army. It is headquartered at the former Staff College, Camberley, near the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sue Gray (RAF officer)</span>

Air Marshal Dame Susan Catherine Gray, is a former senior Royal Air Force officer. She served as Director of Combat Air at Defence Equipment and Support in the Ministry of Defence (2014–16), as Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group (2016–18), and as Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority (2019–22). She is the most senior female officer ever to serve in the British Armed Forces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Cooper (British Army officer)</span> British Army officer, born 1955

Lieutenant General John Cooper, is a former senior British Army officer. From March 2008 he was the Deputy Commander of Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I), the operational-level headquarters in Iraq, and the Senior British Military Representative-Iraq. As Deputy Commander, he was the principal assistant to General Raymond T. Odierno of the United States Army. He stepped down on 4 March 2009, and retired from the army later that year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Surgeon-General (United Kingdom)</span>

The Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces is the most senior uniformed medical officer in the British Armed Forces.

Surgeon Vice-Admiral Philip Iain Raffaelli, CB, QHP, FRCP is a British general practitioner and Royal Naval Medical Officer. Raffaelli served as Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces until 2012.

Lieutenant General Sir Peter John Beale, is a retired military physician. He was the Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 1991 to 1994. He also served as the Chief Medical Adviser to the British Red Cross from 1994 to 2000.

Major-General Patrick Guy Brooking was a British Army officer who served as commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch</span> Military unit

The Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch provides military chaplains for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Evans (British Army officer)</span> British Army officer

Lieutenant General Timothy Paul Evans, is a retired British Army officer, who served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2012 to 2013 and then commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps from 2013 to 2016.

Major General Frederick Brian Mayes, CB, FRCS was a senior British Army officer. He was Director General of the Army Medical Services from 1993 to 1996.

Major General Anthony John Shaw was a senior British Army officer, who was Director General of the Army Medical Services from 1988 to 1990.

Major General Albert Patrick Dignan was a senior British Army officer who rose to be Director of Army Surgery between 1973 and 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Evans (RAF officer)</span> RAF officer and doctor

Air Marshal Christopher Paul Anthony Evans, is a former senior Royal Air Force officer and medical doctor. He served as Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces from 2012 to 2015.

Lieutenant General Sir William Cameron Moffat, KBE, FRCS was a British Army officer and doctor. He served as Director General Army Medical Services from 1984 to 1987, and Surgeon General from 1985 to 1987. He later served as chief medical adviser to the British Red Cross.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremy Rowan</span>

Major General Jeremy Francis Rowan, is a British physician and retired senior British Army officer. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1983 until retiring in 2016, and was deployed abroad for the Gulf War, the Kosovo War and the Iraq War. From September 2014 to June 2016, he was Director General of the Army Medical Services.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alasdair Walker</span> British medical doctor and Royal Navy officer (1956–2019)

Surgeon Vice-Admiral Alasdair James Walker, was a British medical doctor and senior Royal Navy officer. He served as Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Bricknell</span> British military physician

Lieutenant General Martin Charles Marshall Bricknell, is a British physician and former British Army officer. He served as Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces from 2018 to 2019.

Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Eric Blackburn Bradbury was a British Royal Navy medical officer who served as Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy Medical Service.

Air Vice-Marshal Alastair Norman Crawford Reid, is a senior Royal Air Force officer and medical doctor.

References

  1. "No. 61853". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 February 2017. p. 3746.
  2. "No. 63576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 January 2022. p. 23984.
  3. "No. 44695". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1968. p. 11051.
  4. "No. 45793". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 October 1972. p. 11637.
  5. "No. 52588". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1991. p. 15.
  6. Louis Lillywhite MOD
  7. "No. 58243". The London Gazette . 9 February 2007.
  8. Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
  9. Royal College of General Practitioners [ permanent dead link ]
  10. "No. 49969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1984. p. 6.
  11. "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 2.
  12. Public Mental Health
  13. "Lieutenant-General (Retd) Louis Lillywhite". Chatham House. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  14. "No. 61782". The London Gazette . 7 December 2016. p. 26036.
Military offices
Preceded by
Vice Admiral Ian Jenkins
Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces
2006–2009
Succeeded by
Vice Admiral Philip Raffaelli
Preceded by
Major General David Jolliffe
Director General Army Medical Services
2003–2006
Succeeded by
Major General Alan Hawley