254th Medical Regiment

254 Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps, is a regiment of the British Army Reserve. The regiment, based in East Anglia, is part of the Army Medical Services (AMS) and specialises in providing pre-hospital care.

History
The regiment was formed in Cambridge in 1983 as 254th (City of Cambridge) Field Ambulance, RAMC (Volunteers). In 1999 it was re-organised with detachments at Norwich, Hitchin and Cambridge. It became 254th (City of Cambridge) Divisional General Support Medical Regiment, RAMC (Volunteers) in 2006. By then it was based at Cherry Hinton and had detachments at Norwich, Hitchin and Colchester.

Role
The Regiment's role is to train and provide officers and soldiers to support the Regular Army at home and abroad on military operations. The regiment specialises in providing pre-hospital medicine. The regiment recruits combat medical technicians, doctors, nurses, paramedics, drivers, chefs and military clerks from all walks of life and trains all individuals to the high standards required by the Army.

Structure
The Regiment has units at the following locations:
 * Regimental Headquarters - Cambridge
 * 160 Squadron - Norwich
 * 161 Squadron - Colchester
 * 162 Squadron - Hitchin
 * 220 Squadron - Maidstone
 * 3 Troop, 220 Squadron - Warley