Sergeant Parsons RAMC presenting at a world heritage site for Armed Forces Day 2015

Liverpool City Council recruited Sergeant Parsons RAMC to enhance Liverpool’s Armed Forces Day (AFD) commemorations. The AFD static exhibitions were staged at the world heritage site of Albert Dock on Saturday 27 June 2015.

From 10.00hrs Sgt Parsons conducted perpetual rolling presentations in the 1915 Regimental Aid Post provided by 208 Field Hospital RAMC. The visitors to 1915 were invited to pass through the trauma time tunnel and make comparisons to the 2015 version of this medical facility. This was provided by members of the Army Reserve.

Sgt Parsons describes the use of Gas protection measures with the use of a willing assistant.

With the centenary of the first effective use of poison gas, Sgt Parsons along with his willing assistant was able to enlighten the audience of the general public to the measures undertaken following the attack on 22 April 1915 in the Ypres Salient.   

Sgt Parsons RAMC engages with Dame Lorna E F Muirhead DBE SRN SCM CStJ FRCOG FRCM (The Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside) explaining the rudimentary details of the largest cause of casualties sustained in 1915.

The entire event was an extreme success and with the visit of some dignified guests the numbers of visitors (along with the temperature) soared to over 6000!

Sgt Parsons describes the mechanisms of injury to a packed audience in the 1915 Regimental Aid Post.