Minifigure – British Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), 2nd Infantry Division during World War II (LEGO Compatible)

This image shows a toy minifigure representing a medic of the British Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), attached to the 2nd Infantry Division during World War II.

The figure is clearly identified as a medic by the prominent Red Cross symbols on his headgear and equipment. He wears a Mk II Brodie helmet with a Red Cross painted on the front. Over his standard khaki Battle Dress uniform, he carries a white canvas medical haversack and is shown opening a larger brown medical kit, both of which are marked with the Red Cross. As a medic, he is correctly depicted as being unarmed, in accordance with his non-combatant status under the Geneva Conventions. A patch representing the 2nd Infantry Division’s insignia (crossed keys) is on his arm.

Historical Background: A medic in the Royal Army Medical Corps was a soldier trained in battlefield first aid, responsible for treating the wounded under fire and evacuating them to aid stations. They were exceptionally brave and highly respected personnel. The 2nd Infantry Division was a regular army formation with a long history. During WWII, they fought in the Battle of France and were evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. The division was then sent to the Far East to fight the Japanese Imperial Army in the grueling Burma Campaign. The 2nd Division was famously involved in the brutal and pivotal Battle of Kohima (1944), which helped turn the tide against the Japanese in Asia. A medic like this would have served in some of the harshest jungle conditions of the war, treating casualties from combat and tropical diseases.