OK I have been, on and off, trying to look up some info an British medics (the 'combat medic' ones) and their uniforms. I can find many books written by American medics, websites devoted to American medics, but am finding it hard to locate any information on British medics.
So I thought the lovely people here might be able to help me in the right direction. 
Firstly, do they go by some foolish other name? Like anti-bleeding technician 3rd class or some military like jargon?
Secondly, were they people form the unit (S. Staff's for eg) trained as medics, or medics (RAMC (?)) trained as paratroopers (for further eg)?
and finally, how did their uniforms vary? the SoF catalogue that was lying on the coffee table yesterday suggests to be that they had one of those Medic bags, and an armband with the red cross on it. Did they have marked helmets? Or anything else?
RAP and FAP medics would all be RAMC ,arm band and an ID card , dont think they had any helmet markings, not sure about " combat medics" dont think the british had designated combat medics as such in ww2, just streatcher bearers and the FAP staff.
Sorry to be dreadfully tedious, but what does RAP and FAP stand for? My google search for them was unsuccessful and my logical working-things-out circuit is drawing a big blank. 
I know stretcher bearers were traditionally bandsmen (and still are? or at least my Uncle who was in t' RM band was meant to do that in a war) so at what 'level' of the organisation would you start to find the trained medical personnel?
I shall continue my search once I get an FAP translation 
First Aid Post?
Wood for trees
So would RAP be Rear Aid Post? Regimental Aid Post?
tsk, its like text speek
forward aid post , regimental aid post. also there were CCS ( casualty clearing station ) also CAP ( company aid post where injuries were assesed then most likely strapped up and sent back to the front , it was in one of these where my dad had what was left of his ear cut off, bandaged and sent back to the front with instructions to have it re-dressed in 3-4 days lol . ) . but this digresses from your post about medics.
Article on medics in this month AI
So summarise for brits.
The regimental band would function as 'stretcher bearers' in wartime/battle. Normal uniform with an armband with SB in red letters.
Most other medics simply had a white arm band wiht a red cross and RAMC insig if they were part of the RAMC.
Its only the US and Germans that did the whole painted helmets, tabards and the like...
Russians pretty much ignored it in WWII and the japs considered medical personel to be priority targets 
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Thanks guys, that does coincide with what I had managed to scrape together info wise.
It is a little interesting that whereas there are several memoirs from US medics, and works looking at there role there appears to be so little on the British.
My knowlege on this is that every company had a assigned 'aid man'. (We found out in a conversation at our re-enactmant group that it was usllay the company irshman who was given this job as he was deemed to stupid to be a proper soldier
Really 
I do find that a bit hard to believe.
I mean was everyman in the Irish Guards issued bandages instead of a rifle?
If Irish lads in the British Army have a reputation for *anything* its being cock hard, not thick.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
but it could simply have been a story passed down, you know how these things happen. Once it gets passed around a bit, it becomes true. Though, and this is from family experence, three of my nans family fought in the war, one n the RN on HMS exeter, killed by the Graf Spee and the others in the RAF, I never once heard anything like that. Although did hear a great story of one of the scottish RAF dispatch riders who carried a brace of lugers, got pissed in Germany and decided to wake up everyone by firing both lugers through the celling of the farmhouse they were in. 
So the panned the crap out of him and went back to sleep.
Although did hear a great story of one of the scottish RAF dispatch riders who carried a brace of lugers, got pissed in Germany and decided to wake up everyone by firing both lugers through the celling of the farmhouse they were in.
See *that* is a story about Irish servicemen I can believe.
I mean just look at the stereotypes in war fiction...
Sgt Harpers no fool is he and Liam Devlins is not exactly simple... both nails and sharp witted though.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Ok, now I'm lost. Are you Irish? Most of us REALLY don't like being called a Paddy.
Good plan. 
i love the irish, some of the nicest people who have shot at me.
Ah to be sure, there was no harm in it, at all,at all. (born and bred in Ireland and I've heard anyone say to be sure, to be sure )
