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Princess Mary at official opening, 21 November 1963. Group Captain Dhenin in attendance
Presentation of Habbaniya crest to TPMH by Air Vice Marshal D W Atkinson, 2 July 1979
Commemorative stone at entry to TPMH
One of two identical large copper crests at
the entrance to TPMH. They show a Caduceus surmounted by a King’s Crown. These were the gate crests of the 500-bed RAF Hospital Habbaniya, Iraq, just 60 miles from Baghdad, which existed from 1937–1958, when all British troops withdrew from Iraq
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