David Jolliffe Major General David Shrimpton Jolliffe , CB , FRCP ( born 20 March 1946 ) is a retired senior British Army officer , who was Director General of the Army Medical Services from 2000 to 2003 . Since 2009 , he has been 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 ) . He was educated at Ratcliffe College , a Catholic independent school in the village of Ratcliffe on the Wreake , Leicestershire . He went on to study medicine at King ' s College London . He qualified MRCS , LRCP in 1969 . He achieved his Bachelor of Medicine , Bachelor of Surgery ( MB BS ) the following year having spent his pre - registration year at King ' s College Hospital . 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 . He was transferred to a pre - registration commission on 16 May 1969 and was promoted to lieutenant ( on probation ) . On 7 July 1970 , his commission was confirmed and he was promoted to captain . 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 . He was promoted to major on 7 July 1975 . 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 . In 1982 , he was appointed consultant advisor in dermatology to the army , specialising in tropical dermatology . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 7 July 1983 . 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 . He was promoted to colonel on 7 October 1992 , having been an acting colonel at that date . 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 . He was promoted to brigadier on 19 March 1999 . From 1999 to 2000 , he was Commander of Medical HQ , Land Command . On 7 February 2000 , he was promoted to major general and appointed Director General Army Medical Services . He retired from the British Army on 23 July 2003 . Later life . In 2003 , Jolliffe was appointed Honorary Medical Advisor to the Royal Commonwealth Ex - Services League . He has been Chairman of the Hong Kong Locally Enlisted Personnel Trust since 2001 . 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 . He has continued his medical work as a member of the Board , since 2006 , and Chair of the Court , since 2009 , of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine . Personal life . In 1969 , Jolliffe married Hilary Dickinson . Together they had two daughters . He also has three granddaughters . He lives in Pickering , North Yorkshire . Honours and decorations . Jolliffe was appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen ( QHP ) on 1 July 1999 . He relinquished the appointment on 30 June 2003 . In the 2003 New Year Honours , he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath ( CB ) . On 1 March 2004 , he was appointed Honorary Colonel of 207 Field Hospital ( Volunteers ) , a Territorial Army unit based in Manchester . His tenure expired on 1 April 2009 .