Philip Newton, M.D. was an American who served with the Russian

ambulance corps Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. ...

during World War I and was promoted to a General by

Nicholas II Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...

Biography

He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. While in Russia in 1915 he married Helene Shahofskaya.

References

{{reflist United States Military Academy alumni 20th-century American physicians Imperial Russian Army generals