Surgeon-Captain Richard Tadeusz Jolly OBE (29 October 1946 – 13 January 2018) was a Royal Navy medical officer who served in the 1982 Falklands War and was later decorated by both the British and Argentine governments for his distinguished conduct during the conflict.

[3] The facilities at Ajax Bay were set up in an old refrigeration plant situated next to an ammunition dump, as those were the only roofed buildings available of any size fit for purpose.

Because its position was close to legitimate military targets, Brigadier Julian Thompson ordered they were not to paint a Red Cross on the building's roof to highlight the hospital, due to the terms of the Geneva Convention.

Jolly died on 13 January 2018 from heart condition complications and is survived by his wife, Susie (née Matthews), a former children's nurse, whom he married in 1970.

[10] He also wrote the book The Red and Green Life Machine, about his experiences in the Falklands War,[11] and Jackspeak: A Guide to British Naval Slang and Usage.