Getting the wounded off the battlefield
The stretcher makes the role unmistakable. This corporal represents the British medical and evacuation work that accompanied the Gold Beach landings, when casualties had to be found, treated and moved while the battle continued around them.
The Royal Army Medical Corps was central to that system, but carrying casualties was not exclusively its task; infantry stretcher-bearers also took part. The figure is a useful reminder that evacuation depended on people and physical effort. A stretcher was the beginning of a journey away from danger, not evidence that the danger had already passed.

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Gold Beach Medic with Stretcher
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