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David Jolliffe

Major General
David Jolliffe
CB FRCP
Born (1946-03-20) 20 March 1946 (age 70)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1967–2003
Rank Major General
Service number 484099
Commands held
  • Cambridge Military Hospital (1993–1994)
  • Medical HQ, Land Command (1999–2000)
  • Army Medical Services (2000–2003)
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Other work Governor of Ratcliffe College (2001 to 2008)
Chair of the Court of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2009 to present)

Major General David Shrimpton Jolliffe, CB, FRCP (born 20 March 1946) is a retired senior British Army officer, who was Director General of the Army Medical Services from 2000 to 2003. Since 2009, he has been Chair of the Court of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, having been a member of the Board from 2006.

Jolliffe was born on 20 March 1946 to John Hedworth Jolliffe and Gwendoline Florence Angela Jolliffe (née Shrimpton). He was educated at Ratcliffe College, a Catholic independent school in the village of Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire. He went on to study medicine at King's College London. He qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1969. He achieved his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) the following year having spent his pre-registration year at King's College Hospital.

On 17 May 1967, Jolliffe was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps as a second lieutenant (on probation) as part of his medical cadetship. He was given the service number 484099. He was transferred to a pre-registration commission on 16 May 1969 and was promoted to lieutenant (on probation). On 7 July 1970, his commission was confirmed and he was promoted to captain.


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