From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstretcher-bearerˈstretcher-ˌbearer noun [countable] someone, usually a soldier, who carries one end of a stretcher
Examples from the Corpus
stretcher-bearer• Ambulances and stretcher-bearers moved about the field-staying close, however, to the Union lines, for no truce existed.• Some of the men have volunteered to help as stretcher-bearers on the day.• A few of my men have volunteered to be stretcher-bearers if manpower gets short.• It was a party of stretcher-bearers, passing round for a final ascertaining that only the dead remained.• The rear stretcher-bearer had been hit in the head.• All the stretcher-bearers got wiped out.• By the time the stretcher-bearers reached them Douglas had lost consciousness.• I asked, when the stretcher-bearers arrived and put on their harnesses. 