Rick Jolly
| Rick Jolly | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | "The Doc" |
| Born |
21 October 1946 Hong Kong |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Rank | Surgeon Captain |
| Unit | Commando Logistic Regiment Medical Squadron |
| Battles/wars | Falklands War (Ajax Bay) |
| Awards |
OBE Oficial Orden de Mayo (Argentina) |
| Website | http://www.rickjolly.com |
Surgeon-Captain Richard Jolly OBE is a former Royal Navy medical officer who served in the 1982 Falklands War and was later decorated by both the British and Argentine governments for his distinguished conduct during the conflict. He still practises and gives lectures to medical establishments on his experiences. He is a co-founder, with Denzil Connick, of the South Atlantic Medal Association formed in 1997.
Jolly was educated at Stonyhurst College and subsequently studied Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (now Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry) in London and qualified as a physician in 1969. It was while working as a houseman, a senior colleague suggested he join the Royal Naval Reserve as a Royal Navy doctor.
He became medical officer to 42 Commando RM, who were deployed in Belfast along with men of the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, with whom he built a strong friendship.
In 24 years of service he completed two tours with the Fleet Air Arm as a Fleet Surgeon, Medical Officer recruitment / Officer training in the Dartmouth Training Ship HMS Bristol, and at the Britannia Royal Naval College.
As Officer Commanding Medical Squadron of the Commando Logistic Regiment Royal Marines, Jolly was Senior Medical Officer of 3 Commando Brigade RM and commanded the field hospital at Ajax Bay.
The facilities at Ajax Bay were set up in an old refrigeration plant which was situated next to an ammunition dump, as those were the only roofed buildings available of any size fit for purpose. Therefore, due to its position, Brigadier Julian Thompson ordered they were not to paint a Red Cross on the buildings to highlight the hospital due to the terms of the Geneva Convention. The conditions in the field hospital were poor and despite the dirt, poor lighting, air attacks and the presence of two unexploded bombs, only 3 of the 580 British soldiers and marines wounded in action were to die of their wounds and none while under the care of Dr Jolly.
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