Louis Lillywhite
Louis Patrick Lillywhite, is a retired British Army physician and officer. He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009. In January 2017 he was appointed as the first Master-General Army Medical ServicesEarly life
Born to William Henry Lillywhite and Annie Kate, Louis Lillywhite attended King Edward VI School and the University of Wales College of Medicine and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.Military career
Lillywhite was commissioned on 1 October 1968 as a second lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant on 7 July 1971 and to captain on 2 August 1972. He served as a medical officer and during the Gulf War in 1991, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009. He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of St John in 2007 and became an Honorary Member of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces in 2009 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2010.
Lillywhite was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1984, and Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2009 New Year Honours.Later life
In retirement, he became a member of the Bevan Commission and a Senior Consulting Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. He was from Chief Medical Office of St John Ambulance from 2010 - 2016, becoming a Commander of the Order of St John in 2016
