Director General Army Medical Services

Director General Army Medical Services (DGAMS) is the head of the British Army's Army Medical Services. The Director General answers to the Adjutant-General.

The role of the Director General is to promote effective medical, dental and veterinary health services for the Army and provide a policy focus for individual medical training, doctrine and force development.

"To Ensure that the Land Component Health and Veterinary Services Provided for Defence Capability are Fully Effective"

List of Directors General

 * Major General Sir William Babtie (1916 to 1918)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir William Boog Leishman (1923 to 1926)
 * Lieutenant General Sir Norman Talbot (1969 to 1973)
 * Lieutenant General Sir Alan Reay (1981 to 1984)
 * Major General Anthony Shaw (1988 to 1990)
 * Major General (later Lieutenant General) Sir Peter Beale (1990 to 1993)
 * Major General Frederick Mayes (1993 to 1996)
 * Major General Robin Short (1996 to 1999)
 * Major General (later Lieutenant General) Robert Menzies (1999 to 2000)
 * Major General David Jolliffe (2000 to 2003)
 * Major General (later Lieutenant General) Louis Lillywhite (2003 to 2004)
 * Major General Alan Hawley (2005 to 2009)
 * Major General Michael von Bertele (2009 to 2012)
 * Major General Ewan Carmichael (2012 to present)