Neil Cantlie

Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Cantlie (1892–1975) was a Scottish Royal Army Medical Corps officer, known also as a biographer and historical writer. He served in World War I and World War II, and was Director-General Army Medical Services from 1948 to 1952.

Life He was the youngest son of James Cantlie, born 11 December 1892 in Hong Kong. He was educated at Robert Gordon's College, and entered Aberdeen University where he graduated MB ChB in 1914.

Cantlie joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in July 1914, with the rank of lieutenant. On the outbreak of World War I he was in the British Expeditionary Force in France, was wounded at the First Battle of Ypres, and was promoted captain in 1915. In January 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross.

Works In a 1923 paper with El Bimhashi, for Mongalla, Cantlie covered sexually transmitted diseases and yaws. With George Seaver, he wrote a biography of his father, Sir James Cantlie: A Romance in Medicine (1939). A History of the Army Medical Department (2 vols.) appeared in 1974.

Family Cantlie married in 1930 Alice Mary Irene Lucas, daughter of Rev. Robert Holmes Lucas (1873–1949), vicar of Yealmpton. They had one son, Colin.