David Jolliffe

{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Major General | name = David Jolliffe | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|FRCP}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|3|20}} | death_date =  | birth_place = | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates =  | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{army|United Kingdom}} | service_years = 1967–2003 | rank = Major General | service_number = 484099 | unit = | commands = {{Plainlist | *Cambridge Military Hospital (1993–1994) *Medical HQ, Land Command (1999–2000) *Army Medical Services (2000–2003)}} | battles = | battles_label = | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) | relations = | other_work = Governor of Ratcliffe College (2001 to 2008) <br /> Chair of the Court of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2009 to 2014) | signature = | website =  }} Major General '''David Shrimpton Jolliffe''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|FRCP|sep=,}} (born 20 March 1946) is a retired senior British Army officer, who was Director General of the Army Medical Services from 2000 to 2003. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Chair of the Court of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, having been a member of the Board from 2006.

==Early life== Jolliffe was born on 20 March 1946 to John Hedworth Jolliffe and Gwendoline Florence Angela Jolliffe (née Shrimpton).<ref name="Who's Who">{{cite book|title=JOLLIFFE, Maj.-Gen. David Shrimpton|series=Who's Who 2012|publisher=A & C Black|date=December 2011}}</ref> He was educated at Ratcliffe College, a Catholic private school in the village of Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire. He went on to study medicine at King's College London.<ref name="Who's Who" /> He qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1969.<ref name="LG 19 August 1969" /> He achieved his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) the following year<ref name="LG 7 August 1970" /> having spent his pre-registration year at King's College Hospital.<ref name="Who's Who" />

==Military career== 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.<ref name="LG 14 July 1967">{{London Gazette |issue=44365 |date=14 July 1967 |page=7886 |supp=y }}</ref> He was transferred to a pre-registration commission on 16 May 1969 and was promoted to lieutenant (on probation).<ref name="LG 19 August 1969">{{London Gazette |issue=44920 |date=19 August 1969 |page=8572 |supp=y }}</ref> On 7 July 1970, his commission was confirmed and he was promoted to captain.<ref name="LG 7 August 1970">{{London Gazette |issue=45168 |date=7 August 1970 |page=8856 |supp=y }}</ref>

He served as a regimental medical officer with 23 Para Field Ambulance from 1971 to 1973 and with 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment from 1973 to 1974.<ref name="Who's Who" /> He was promoted to major on 7 July 1975.<ref name="LG 21 July 1975">{{London Gazette |issue=46638 |date=21 July 1975 |page=9324 |supp=y }}</ref> He transferred to a regular commission on 9 September 1976. He was given seniority in the rank of captain from 7 July 1970 and in the rank of major from 7 July 1975.<ref name="LG 18 October 1976">{{London Gazette |issue=47043 |date=18 October 1976 |page=14101 |supp=y }}</ref> In 1982, he was appointed consultant advisor in dermatology to the army,<ref name="Who's Who" /> specialising in tropical dermatology.<ref name="Blind Veterans UK - bio" /> He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 7 July 1983.<ref name="LG 22 August 1983">{{London Gazette |issue=49455 |date=22 August 1983 |page=11160 |supp=y }}</ref> He was Commanding Officer of the British Military Hospital in Hong Kong from 1986 to 1989. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1987.<ref name="Who's Who" />

He was promoted to colonel on 7 October 1992, having been an acting colonel at that date.<ref name="LG 19 October 1992">{{London Gazette |issue=53080 |date=19 October 1992 |page=17523 |supp=y }}</ref> He was Commanding Officer of Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot from 1993 to 1994. He was Chief of Staff of the Army Medical Directorate from 1996 to 1999.<ref name="Who's Who" /> He was promoted to brigadier on 19 March 1999.<ref name="LG 22 March 1999">{{London Gazette |issue=55436 |date=22 March 1999 |page=3322 |supp=y }}</ref> From 1999 to 2000, he was Commander of Medical HQ, Land Command.<ref name="Who's Who" /> On 7 February 2000, he was promoted to major general and appointed Director General Army Medical Services.<ref name="LG 8 February 2000">{{London Gazette |issue=55756 |date=8 February 2000 |page=1334 |supp=y }}</ref>

He retired from the British Army on 23 July 2003.<ref name="LG 12 August 2003">{{London Gazette |issue=57025 |date=12 August 2003 |page=10041 |supp=y }}</ref>

==Later life== In 2003, Jolliffe was appointed Honorary Medical Advisor to the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League.<ref name="Who's Who" /> He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Locally Enlisted Personnel Trust from 2001 to 2011, and a trustee since 2001.<ref name="WW 2017" /> Between 2001 and 2008, he was Governor of his old school Ratcliffe College, near Leicester. He is also a volunteer ranger on the North York Moors and has been a trustee of Blind Veterans UK since 2004.<ref name="Blind Veterans UK - bio" />

He continued his medical work as a member of the Board, from 2006 to 2014, and Chair of the Court, from 2009 to 2014, of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.<ref name="WW 2017">'JOLLIFFE, Maj.-Gen. David Shrimpton', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U22229 accessed 14 June 2017]</ref><ref name="Blind Veterans UK - bio">{{cite web|title=Major General David Jolliffe, CB |url=http://www.blindveterans.org.uk/about-us/patrons-and-governing-body/trustees/major-general-david-jolliffe,-cb/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223211604/http://www.blindveterans.org.uk/about-us/patrons-and-governing-body/trustees/major-general-david-jolliffe,-cb/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2012 |publisher=Blind Veterans UK |accessdate=15 October 2012 |year=2011 }}</ref>

==Personal life== In 1969, Jolliffe married Hilary Dickinson. Together they had two daughters.<ref name="Who's Who" /> He also has three grandsons and one granddaughter<ref name="Blind Veterans UK - bio" /> He lives in Pickering, North Yorkshire.<ref name="Who's Who" />

==Honours and decorations== Jolliffe was appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen (QHP) on 1 July 1999.<ref name="LG 10 August 1999">{{London Gazette |issue=55576 |date=10 August 1999 |page=8613 |supp=y }}</ref> He relinquished the appointment on 30 June 2003.<ref name="LG 22 July 2003">{{London Gazette |issue=57006 |date=22 July 2003 |page=9102 |supp=y }}</ref> In the 2003 New Year Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).<ref name="LG 31 December 2002">{{London Gazette |issue=56797 |date=31 December 2002 |page=2 |supp=y }}</ref>

On 1 March 2004, he was appointed Honorary Colonel of 207 Field Hospital (Volunteers), a Territorial Army unit based in Manchester.<ref name="LG 13 April 2004">{{London Gazette |issue=57258 |date=13 April 2004 |page=4616 |supp=y }}</ref> His tenure expired on 1 April 2009.<ref name="LG 5 May 2009">{{London Gazette |issue=59052 |date=5 May 2009 |page=7598 |supp=y }}</ref>

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