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London Gazette, 2 November 1918, p. 12954:
“War Office,
2nd November, 1918.
[…]
“ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
Capt. (actg. Maj.) R. Proudfoot, M.D., relinquishes his actg. rank on ceasing to be specially empld. 28th June 1918.
Lt.-Col. E. J. Lawless, from T.F. Res., to be Lt.-Col., with precedence from 19th Sept. 1914. 18th Oct. 1918.
Lt.-Col. E. M. Callender, M.D., from Gen. Hospital, to be Lt.-Col., with precedence from 13th Mar. 1912. 3rd Nov. 1918.
Capt. A. McGillivray, M.B., to be Maj. 5th, Oct. 1918.
Capt. J. E. Adams, M.B., F.R.C.S., is seconded for service overseas. 31st Oct. 1918.
Lt. R. McKenzie to be Capt. 28th Feb. 1918.”
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30988/supplements/12954/

London Gazette, 26 January 1923, p. 612:
“War Office,
26th January, 1923.
[…]
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
[…]
The undermentioned Offrs. relinquish their commns., 30th Sept. 1921, under A.O. 166/21, as amended by A.O. 332/21. And retain their rank except where otherwise stated: --
[…]
Capt. J. E. Adams, M.B., F.R.C.S.”
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32790/pages/612/

A surgeon named J. E. Adams also features in the St. Thomas's Hospital Reports from the early 1920s, where "J. E. Adams, M.B., MS., London, F. R.C.S." is described as one of the editors (Vol. XLVI, 1924, t.p. +p. 45), also in giving classes in advanced operative surgery (Vol. XLVI, 1924, p. 232). His address in the list of subscribers is given as: "19 Harley Street, W.1"
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He also features as a subscriber in an earlier edition (Vol. XLIV, 1918, p. iii), where his address is given as "40 Devonshire Place, W," and where he is described as a specialist in the diseases of children (p. 13)
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There is a short biography of Joseph Ebenezer Adams (1878 - 1926) available on the Royal College of Surgeons website: livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E000645b.htm

This states that "during the war he acted with the rank of captain on the à la suite staff of the Fifth London General Hospital (the St Thomas's unit), and at King George's Hospital."

There is also a very interesting obituary published in the British Medical Journal in 1927 that points out that Mr Adams had been prevented from serving overseas due to a disability, and that this had been a very real grief to him. The condition (a congenital diaphragmatic hernia) contributed to his early death at the age of 48. The photograph is definitely of the same person (and the obituary is well worth a read).

Br Med J 1927;1:44.1
doi: dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.3443.44
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453826/?page=1

As a surgeon, he published a book (The diagnosis and treatment of acute abdominal diseases, 2nd ed., 1923, the revised version of a book first published by Adams and a colleague in 1913) and number of research articles, including several on appendicitis and one in the BMJ (1925) on abdominal crises in children. This last describes his affiliations as: Senior Surgeon at East London Hospital for Children and Surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital:
europepmc.org/articles/PMC2227879/pdf/brmedj05738-0001.pdf

A photograph his grave in Chislehurst (and that of his wife, Muriel Emma) is available at: billiongraves.com/pages/record/JOSEPHEBENEZERADAMS/5793182

Captain Arthur Henry Evans MD FRCS is shown as 'seconded' wef 2nd August 1917 [LG of 1st November 1918] but with no other detail. He evidently had a close association with 4th London General Hospital as on 1st December 1908 (aged 36) he was Gazetted Captain RAMC and assigned to that Hospital as an officer whose "services will be available on mobilisation". After the war he was 'restored to the Establishment wef 30th October 1920, to serve at 4th London General Hospital, but was effectively 'Retired' from the Army wef 30th September 1921, having attained the age limit for Regular Service. [LG 26th January 1923]. In the 1930s Arthur Evans OBE MS MD FRCS became a medical expert on alcoholism and inebriety, and later (1938) President of The Medical Society. It appears that Arthur Henry Evans was born in 1872 (possibly at Bromyard, Avenbury, in Herefordshire). He died in Surrey aged 78.//

Arthur Henry Evans 1872-1950 is Arthur Henry Evans OBE of Littlebourne Forest Green near Ockley, Surrey died 20 Mar 1950 Probate London 24 June to Dorothy Evans widow and Arthur Briant Evans consulting obstetric surgeon Effects £14878 7s 6d. In 1911 he was a Consulting Surgeon, aged 39 and born in Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales. He was living with his wife of two years Dorothy and son Arthur Briant aged 1 at 28 Devonshire Place W, St Marylebone, London, a 6-storey residence containing 18 main rooms and shown in this estate agent's brochure www.savills.co.uk/residential-investment-sales-details/28... The family employed a Nurse, a Cook, a Parlour Maid, a House Maid and a Kitchen Maid. An onlne family tree shows that his wife's name was Dorothy Briant (1887-1983) and he was the son of Samuel Evans (1839-1915) and Sarah Ann Davies (1840). In 1881 they lived at 27 London Road in Neath maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf... where Samuel Evans was an Ironmonger. By 1891 Arthur was a Medical Student. HIs father was a Master Ironmonger. The family home was at 2 Park Road, Neath. Samuel was a successful businessman. When he died in 1915 his estate was valued at £4393 and he lived at Wyndcliffe, Gnoll Road, Neath. Glamorgan Archives at RootsWeb has EVANS -April 13th at Wyndcliffe, Gnoll-road Neath, Samuel EVANS, Ironmonger. Funeral Llantwit Cemetery, Sat 12,Noon. In 1901 Arthur was based in Liverpool and described as East (?) Dispensary Doctor, living alone at 158 Richmond Row.

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There are two medal index cards held at the National Archive for a Captain H Bayley who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. The most likely match is a Captain Hugh Wansey Bayley whose card is held under reference WO 372/2/52230. He went on to serve as a Major in the 1st Scotch Guards. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1... His discharge records are held at the National Archive under reference BT 395/1/5627 Discharge number:R183178 Date of Birth: 10 May 1878 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D4... Hugh Wansey Bayly was born in 1873 at Warminster, Wiltshire, England. He married Edith Margaret Fane de Salis, daughter of Rodolph Fane de Salis and Edith Louisa Catherine Rousby, on 16 June 1910 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England. He and Edith Margaret Fane de Salis were divorced in 1914. He died in 1946. He was a medical practitioner. Child of Hugh Wansey Bayly and Edith Margaret Fane de Salis Jessie Georgina Bayly+3 b. 21 Mar 1911, d. 2003 www.thepeerage.com/p62712.htm Census On the 1881 census the 7 year Hugh Wansey Bayly, born Warminster Wiltshire, was recorded at Chattly House, Woolverton, Frome, Somerset. This was the household of his widowed Grandmother, Mary Ann Ponting, (aged 73 and from Wiltshire), whose Income is “Chiefly from Land”. Two of Hugh’s maiden aunts are also in the building- Ellen Ponting, (41) and Alice Martha, (34). Two of Hugh’s siblings are also resident – Jesse Marie, (aged 5, born Warminster) and Ronald(?) Humphrey, (aged 6 and born Buckinghamshire). There are then three servants. Hugh isn’t obviously on the 1891 or 1901 census. On the 1911 census, aged 38 and married, he worked as a Medical Practioner and was the head of the household at an address in Belgravia, London. This was the first census filled in by the actual householders, and to live up to the stereotype, this Doctors handwriting is very near unreadable. He lives there with his wife of less than a year, the 28 year old Margery Bayley from Westminster, London. The couple have an unnamed baby, under one month old, who is said to have been born Knightsbridge, London. The couple then have three live in servants. (I’ve done a bit of checking of the address and I think the most likely address in Belgravia is 26 Motcomb Street. As could be expected with the name Bayly, the most likely reason why Hugh is difficult to find on the other two censuses is mis-transcription. On the 1891 census he turns up transcribed as “Hugh W Bailey”, living at Chine Street, Shanklin, Isle of Wight residing in the household of his maiden aunt, Alice M, Ponting. I suspect he is missing from the 1901 census because he was serving in the Boer War. From Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2 Bayly, Hugh Wansey: Adm at CLARE, July 7th 1891. (S. of Alfred of Warminster, B. May 10th 1873). Matric Michs 1891. B.A. 1894, M.A. 1898. At St Georges Hospital, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1900. Medical Officer and Assistant Bacteriologist. Served in the South African War, Imperial Yeo; Civil Surgeon 1900-01. Vice-President of the Chelsea Clinical Society. Pathologist at London Lock Hospital 1909-13. Served in the Great War (Major R.A.M.C, MC ) Sometime Clinical Pathologist at the National Hospital for Paralysis, etc. Founder (1919) and Vice President of the Society for the Prevention of Venereal Disease. Hon Sec. (1919 – 1928). A member of the Scientific Committee of the True Temperance Association. President of the ex-Servicemans National Movement, 1923-4. Author Venereal Disease, its Prevention, Symptoms and Treatment; Triple Challenge, (memoirs); The Locusts, (Air Rearmament), etc. Editor of What we Drink. Of 143, Harley Street, London W. Twice married and had issue. (Medical Directory, 1938; Who’s, Who, 1938). books.google.co.uk/books?id=WPPcP39XDDIC&pg=PA196&amp... Hugh was the author of several books Venereal Disease: Its Prevention, Symptoms and Treatment www.amazon.co.uk/Venereal-Disease-Prevention-Symptoms-Tre... The clinical pathology of syphilis & parasyphilis and its value for diagnosis and controlling treatment www.amazon.co.uk/pathology-parasyphilis-diagnosis-control... www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q=Hugh+Wansey+Bayly&... Air Challenge and the Locusts www.amazon.co.uk/Challenge-Locusts-Hugh-Wansey-Bayly/dp/B... Triple Challenge: Or, War, Whirligigs and Windmills ... A Doctor's Memoirs of the Years 1914 to 1929. The author is shown as Hugh Wansey Bayly MC. books.google.co.uk/books?id=MlnnMgEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:... His Boer War Diary is held at the Norfolk County Archive. norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_005_TitleInformati... A report on one of his articles in the British Medical Journal can be read here:- rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME037-1906/page090-volume3... His Military Cross citation appears in the London Gazette editon dated 19th January 1919. Capt Hugh Wansey Bayly, R.A.M.C, T.F attd 293rd (Lond) Bde, RFA. On 16th September 1918, at Saudemont, when the village was heavily bombarded, in spite of the fact that he himself was ill, he remained at his post dressing and attending to the wounded, and throughout a trying period he displayed admirable composure and disregard of danger. www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31158/supplements/1641 The death of the 72 year old Hugh W was recorded in the Fakenham District of Norfolk in the January to March quarter of 1946.

I believe he's related to Charles Ramsey Bayly whose Battlefield Cross hangs on the wall in St Mary's Church Great Snoring in Norfolk.