Colonel (retd) Brian Robertson was born in North London and educated at Highgate School. He attended the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, in London, and qualified as a doctor in 1972. His military service started in the Territorial Army in 1965 in 167 (City of London) Field Ambulance RAMC/TA. He was appointed to a Medical Cadetship in 1970 and following a short service Regular Commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps he transferred to the Army Medical Services TA. He spent 15 years training and operating Ambulance Trains within the British Army of the Rhine during the latter years of the Cold War. Between 1985-1994 he held the appointment of Squadron Commander of the Ambulance Train Squadron RAMC(V) in the rank of Lt Colonel. With the end of the Cold War all British Army Ambulance Train capability was disbanded. He was subsequently promoted and appointed to command 306 Field Hospital (V) between 1995-1999 and eventually retired from the Army in December 2007. The author has drawn on an extensive archive of historical photographs, drawings and other images to illustrate his researches in this book.