Louis Lillywhite

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Louis Lillywhite
Born (1948-02-23) 23 February 1948 (age 73)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1968–2009
RankLieutenant General
Commands held (2017–)
Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces (2006–09)
Director General Army Medical Services (2003–06)
Battles/warsGulf War
AwardsCompanion 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. In January 2017 he was appointed as the first Master-General Army Medical Services[1]

Early life[]

Born to William Henry Lillywhite and Annie Kate (née Vesey), Louis Lillywhite attended King Edward VI School 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).[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 7 July 1971 and to captain on 2 August 1972.[3] He served as a medical officer and during the Gulf War in 1991, where he was mentioned in despatches.[4] He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009.[5] He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of St John in 2007[6] and became an Honorary Member of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (of the USA) in 2009[7] and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2010.[8]

Lillywhite was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1984,[9] and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[10]

Later life[]

In retirement, he became a member of the (Wales)[11] and a Senior Consulting Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House.[12] He was from Chief Medical Office of St John Ambulance from 2010 - 2016, becoming a Commander of the Order of St John in 2016[13]


References[]

  1. ^ "No. 61853". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 February 2017. p. 3746.
  2. ^ "No. 44695". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1968. p. 11051.
  3. ^ "No. 45793". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 October 1972. p. 11637.
  4. ^ "No. 52588". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1991. p. 15.
  5. ^ Louis Lillywhite MOD
  6. ^ "No. 58243". The London Gazette. 9 February 2007.
  7. ^ Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
  8. ^ Royal College of General Practitioners[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "No. 49969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1984. p. 6.
  10. ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 2.
  11. ^ Public Mental Health
  12. ^ "Lieutenant-General (Retd) Louis Lillywhite". Chatham House. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  13. ^ "No. 61782". The London Gazette. 7 December 2016. p. 26036.

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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
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