Epsom college 1900-1939: consultants, senior medical officers of health, and military doctors

REGINALD MARCUS THORNTON (born 1911). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.O.M.S. (Eng.).

Reginald Marcus Thornton (born 1911) [Epsom College 1922-1928] was the son of J. R. Thornton, pharmacist, of Richmond, Surrey, and brother of Dr John Raymond Thornton. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, and Harperbury Hospital. He was previously Ophthalmic Surgeon at Abadan General Hospital, Iran, and Assistant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Princess Beatrice Hospital, Earls Court, London. He was a member of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom.

WILLIAM NOEL LANKESTER HAYNES (born 1911). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.M. (Eng.), M.R.C.Psych.

William Noel Lankester Haynes (born 1911) [Epsom College 1921-1929] was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Guy Lankester Haynes, R.A.M.C., of Brentwood, Essex, and brother of Major Thomas Lankester Haynes, R.A. [Epsom College 1930-1934]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at Oakwood Hospital, Maidstone, and the Medway and Gravesend Hospital Group. He was formerly Resident Physician in the Psychiatric Department of the Middlesex Hospital, and Assistant Physician at Runwell Hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C.

COMMANDER DAVID MOUAT ARMSTRONG (born 1911). O.B.E., R.N., M.D., M.B., ChB. (Glasgow), M.S., D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.

David Mouat Armstrong (born 1911) [Epsom College 1925-1928] was the son of Dr F. G. Armstrong, of Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. He received his medical education at Glasgow University, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the Ayrshire Hospital Group. He was a Fellow of the Association of Anaesthetists, and a Commander in the R.N.V.R.

DEREK JEFFERISS (1911-1985). T.D., B.A., B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.

Derek Jefferiss (1911-1985) [Epsom College 1925-1929] was the son of F. B. Jefferiss, F.R.C.S., of Rochester, Kent. He received his medical education at University College, University of Oxford, and the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the R.A.M.C. (T.A.) (1939-1945), seeing action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Austria. He rowed in the Oxford University VIII.

JAMES ARTHUR CURTIS FRANKLIN (born 1911). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.F.C.M., D.P.H. (Eng.).

James Arthur Curtis Franklin (born 1911) [Epsom College 1925-1929. prefect] was the son of Dr J. C. Franklin, of Bromley, Kent. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Medical Officer of Health and Principal School Medical Officer for Essex County Council, as well as Area Medical Officer for Essex Regional Health Authority. He was previously Deputy Medical Officer of Health for Gloucestershire County Council, and Deputy Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Dagenham. He was a Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).

JOHN LAMBERT NEWTON (born 1911). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

John Lambert Newton (born 1911) [Epsom College 1921-1930] was the son of Dr F. M. Newton, of Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. He received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Senior Medical Officer to H.M. Prison Medical Service. He was a member of the Royal Medical Psychological Association. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.A.M.C.

RICHARD HUGH PURNELL (born 1911). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).

Richard Hugh Purnell (born 1911) [Epsom College 1921-1929] was the son of Dr C. A. Purnell, of Reading, Berkshire. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Surgical Specialist to H.M. Overseas Civil Service, based at Medical Headquarters, Freetown, Sierra Leone. He was awarded the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar.

JOHN DOUGLAS BERKELEY VAILE (1911-1986). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

John Douglas Berkeley Vaile (1911-1986) [Epsom College 1921-1930] was the son of Dr W. B. Vaile, of Aldershot, Hampshire, and father of Dr Michael Steel Berkeley Vaile [Epsom College 1950-1952]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital. And was appointed Senior Medical Officer to the Hampshire County Council. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).

GROUP CAPTAIN WILLIAM CHATTERLEY BAIRD (born 1912). Q.H.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

William Chatterley Baird (born 1912) [Epsom College 1926-1931] was the son of William Baird, architect, of Carshalton, Surrey. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was subsequently appointed Senior Consultant in Dental Surgery in the R.A.F. He was an Honorary Dental Surgeon to H.M. the Queen.

BORJE ULRICK MEYER [now MAIR] (born 1912). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H., D.C.H. (Eng.).

Borje Ulrick Meyer (born 1912) [Epsom College 1927-1930] was the son of E. A. Meyer, research chemist, of Epsom. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Chest Physician at St Albans, Hertfordshire. He was previously Medical Registrar at the London Chest Hospital.

THOMAS ALISTER RIVERDALE CALLENDER (born 1912). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.).

Thomas Alister Riverdale Callender (born 1912) [Epsom College 1922-1926] was the son of Dr T. M. Callender, of Sidcup, Kent. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, and was appointed Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist at the Kent and Canterbury Group of Hospitals. He was a member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain. During the Second World War he served as a Flight Lieutenant in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945).

WILLIAM VAUGHAN ADAMS ERSKINE (1912-1989). L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. (Edin.), L.R.F.P.S. (Glas.), D.P.M.

William Vaughan Adams Erskine (1912-1989) [Epsom College 1923-1931. prefect] was the son of Dr W. J. Erskine, of Formby, Lancashire, and brother of Ian Richard Henry Martin Adams Erskine [Epsom College 1935-1938]. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at the Garlands Hospital, Carlisle, Cumbria, and before that at the Countess of Chester Hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in a Field Ambulance (1939-1945). He was a Foundation Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. “He eagerly embraced some of the new techniques being developed in the practice of psychiatry in the 1960s and 1970s while continuing to employ his well tested and successful therapies.”

DENIS ASTLEY SANFORD (1912-2006). O.B.E., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Denis Astley Sanford (1912-2006) [Epsom College 1923-1931] was the son of Dr H. A. Sanford, of the Isle of Man. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, where he won the Alex Bruce Gold Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons, and the Atkinson Morley Scholarship for Surgery. He was appointed Senior Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, Sunderland, and Consultant Surgeon at Ryhope General Hospital, Sunderland. He was a Member of the Northern Counties Medical Society. During the Second World War he served as a Wing Commander in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945).

BRIAN PATTISON ARMSTRONG (born 1912). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A. (Eng.).

Brian Pattison Armstrong (born 1912) [Epsom College 1926-1931] was the son of Dr Pattison Armstrong, of Surbiton, Surrey. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at Mildmay Hospital, Croydon, the Metropolitan Hospital, Manor House Hospital and Neasden Hospital, London. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1940-1945).

WALTER HENRY STEPHENSON (1912-2008). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).

Walter Henry Stephenson (1912-2008) [Epsom College 1925-1930] was the son of W. T. Stephenson, chemist, of Sutton, Surrey. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Hammersmith Hospital, where he was also a Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery in the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).

ERIC STANLEY FOOTE (1913-1973). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M.

Eric Stanley Foote (1913-1973) [Epsom College 1927-1932. Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr A. J. Foote, of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at Herrison Hospital, Dorchester, Dorset. He was previously the Physician in Charge of the Military Wing of St Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton, and Assistant Physician at Brookwood Hospital, Woking, Surrey. He was a member of the Wessex Regional Hospital Board (from 1970), and a Founder member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1971). During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant Commander in the R.N.V.R. (1939-1945), and after the war was appointed to the staff of the Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital at Knowle, near Fareham, gaining his first experience of psychiatry there.

SURGEON CAPTAIN GERARD SUTHERLAND IRVINE (1913-1997). R.N., C.B.E., Q.H.S., O.St.J., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.L.O.

Gerard Sutherland Irvine (1913-1997) [Epsom College 1929-1932. Jenks Memorial Scholarship] was the son of G. B. D. Irvine, I.A. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, where he won the Liston Gold Medal for Surgery. He was appointed Senior Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon in the Royal Navy, and Medical Officer in charge of the surgical division of the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar (1966-1970). He was an Adviser to the Medical Director General of the Ministry of Defence, and a Member of Council of the British Association of Otolaryngologists (1958-1970). He was an Honorary Surgeon to H.M. the Queen.

SAMUEL GEORGE GORDON (1913-1979). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.T.M. & H. (Liverpool), D.C.H. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Eng.).

Samuel George Gordon (1913-1979) [Epsom College 1927-1930] was the son of Dr S. G. Gordon, of Nottingham. He received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital, and was appointed Deputy Director of the Colonial Medical Service for the Eastern Region of Nigeria. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945).

COLONEL EDWARD HUGH JACKSON SMYTH (1913-2005). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).

Edward Hugh Jackson Smyth (1913-2005) [Epsom College 1928-1930] was the son of Dr E. J. Smyth, of Guildford, Surrey. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. During the Second World War he served in the R.A.M.C. and trained as a paratrooper. He was part of the British Expeditionary Force which crossed to France, and was one of the last to be evacuated from the Brittany beaches nearly three weeks after Dunkirk. At the end of the war he was one of the first medical personnel to uncover the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps (see biography of Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes [Epsom College 1903-1910]. He became an active member of the Territorial Army, retiring with the rank of full Colonel. After the Second World War he served in the Grenfell Mission at the remote outpost of St Anthony at the northern tip of Newfoundland. For the next year he sailed his own yacht round the coast in the summer and drove his own dog-team in the winter. He brought every sort of medical help to the remote villages. After this, he practised orthopaedics in Calgary, and while there he climbed every mountain over 10,000 feet, and described each expedition for the Canadian Alpine Club, of which he became a distinguished member. From 1951 until 1976 he was a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in the Isle of Wight, and at Southampton General Hospital. He invented the ‘Smyth triangular pinning method’ for hip surgery that became widely used both in Britain and overseas. In 1977 he spent a year as visiting Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Lagos University Hospital, Nigeria. In retirement, he visited the Alps each year and climbed the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, Dent Blanche and most of the other 4,000 metre giants.

FRANK CHARLES NALDRETT HOLDEN (1913-2000). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

Frank Charles Naldrett Holden (1913-2000) [Epsom College 1927-1932] was the son of Dr N. N. Holden, of Wittersham, Kent. He received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Chest Physician at Doncaster Royal Infirmary (1959-1978). During the Second World War, and at the height of the blitz, he sometimes had to cycle through air raids to attend members of Winston Churchill’s wartime cabinet in their underground bunker. He supervised the treatment of tuberculosis at Harefield Hospital before moving to Doncaster. After retirement, he worked as an occupational health consultant for the Borough Council and served on the Sheffield pneumoconiosis panel.

PATRICK SEYMOUR GRAHAME CAMPBELL (1913-1999). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.M.R.D. (Eng.).

Patrick Seymour Grahame Campbell (1913-1999) [Epsom College 1927-1932. prefect. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr J. G. Campbell of Rotherham, Yorkshire. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Radiologist to the Bromley Group Hospitals, Kent. He was previously Assistant Radiologist at St Mary’s Hospital, and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney, East London. He was a member of the Faculty of Radiologists. During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant Commander in the R.N.V.R. (1939-1945).

JOHN ROBERT ODELL (born 1913). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.

John Robert Odell (born 1913) [Epsom College 1927-1932. prefect] was the son of Dr William Odell, of Torquay, Devon, and brother of William Norman Odell [Epsom College 1924-1929]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the Royal Free Hospital, the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, and the National Temperance Hospital, London. He was previously First Assistant in the Department of Anaesthesia at the Royal Free Hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Captain (Specialist Anaesthetist) in the R.A.M.C. (T.A.R.O.) (1939-1945).

WILLIAM MARSHALL PHILIP (1913-2007). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

William Marshall Philip (1913-2007) [Epsom College 1927-1931. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr J. F. Philip, of Ealing, Middlesex, and father of Anthony James Philip [Epsom College 1954-1957]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to Guy’s Hospital, and was subsequently appointed Consultant Physician at Little Bromwich General Hospital, and Selly Oak Hospital, East Birmingham. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945) at the R.A.F. Hospital in Morecambe, Lancashire, and later at Allahabad, India.

COLONEL EDWARD MAURICE ENSOR (1913-1972). R.A.M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.T.M. & H., D.P.H. (Eng.), D.I.H.

Edward Maurice Ensor (1913-1972) [Epsom College 1927-1931] was the son of Major General Howard Ensor, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. He received his medical education at Imperial College and St George’s Hospital. Following qualification he was granted a commission in the R.A.M.C. and he undertook research on malaria, which was then producing many problems in the overseas theatres of war. He served as a malariologist in the Middle East, Central Mediterranean and India until the cessation of hostilities. He made a considerable contribution to the knowledge of the subject, particularly in the field of practical control measures. After the war he elected to specialise in Army health, and during the period 1947 to 1949 he commanded a mobile malaria field laboratory in East Africa. In 1964 he was granted Consultant status, and was appointed Senior Lecturer in Tropical Medicine at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and Deputy Director of Army Health at Western Command. He filled a number of Army health and research posts with distinction in the United Kingdom and overseas, and in 1970 he undertook a lecture tour to Ghana on behalf of the World Health Organization.

GROUP CAPTAIN RICHARD MIDDLETON HEWAT (1913-2001). R.A.F., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.O.M.S. Eng.), M.F.C.M.

Richard Middleton Hewat (1913-2001) [Epsom College 1926-1930] was the son of Dr A. M. Hewat, of Putney, South London, and brother of David Aitken Hewat M.B.E. [Epsom College 1929-1933]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed a Specialist in Community Medicine and Assistant Senior Medical Officer, for the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. He was a former President of the Medical Board for RAF Officers and Aircrew at the R.A.F. Selection Centre, Biggin Hill, Kent. He was then appointed Commanding Officer and Ophthalmologist at the RAF Hospital, Uxbridge.

JOHN WYNNE PIERCE (born 1913). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.F.R., F.F.A.R.C.S., D.M.R.D. (Eng.).

John Wynne Pierce (born 1913) [Epsom College 1922-1931] was the son of Dr R. W. C. Pierce, of Guildford, Surrey. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, where he won the Thomas Bristow Medal and Hadden Prize in Pathology. During the Second World War he served in the R.A.F., in charge of a mass radiography unit. After the war he trained as a radiologist at University College Hospital and was appointed Consultant Radiologist at St Thomas’s Hospital in 1950, and at the Brompton Hospital in 1952. He was a Member of the Faculty of Radiologists, and of the Thoracic Society of Great Britain. With George Simon he became the authority on the chest X-Ray and contributed much new knowledge, particularly in immunological disease of the lungs. He was also an expert in gastrointestinal radiology and an expert opinion on oesophageal disease. ot surprisingly, he became a leader of the new wave of innovative investigators. He was a founder member of the Fleischner Society, an Anglo-American club dedicated to radiology of the chest and supported by teaching sessions in Europe and the USA. He became a well-known personality and a recognized expert on both sides of the Atlantic.

BERTRAM JOHN BICKFORD (1913-2001). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

Bertram John Bickford (1913-2001) [Epsom College 1927-1931. Watts Science Prize] was the son of Surgeon Captain B. R. Bickford, D.S.O., and brother of Dr James Arscott Raleigh Bickford [Epsom College 1931-1934]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Broadgreen Hospital and the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital. At Broadgreen Hospital he was involved in early thoracic surgery, mainly on patients with tuberculosis, and at the Children’s Hospital he pioneered surgical work for congenital heart disease. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945). While in the R.A.F., he developed improved mountain rescue methods and in Northern Ireland he researched pre-packed rations for the flying boats, negating the need for vegetable sacks and a Primus stove on board.

REGINALD NORMAN TATTERSALL (born 1914). O.B.E., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Reginald Norman Tattersall (born 1914) [Epsom College 1924-1931] was the son of Dr Norman Tattersall, of Neath, South Wales, and brother of Dr Peter Ewart Romney Tattersall, M.D. [Epsom College 1926-1933], and the Rev. Hugh Walton Tattersall [Epsom College 1930-1934]. He received his medical education at Leeds and London Universities. He then entered general practice in Scarborough and was elected Honorary Assistant Physician at Scarborough Hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1946) in charge of a medical division in India. After the war he joined the University Department of Medicine at Leeds and was appointed Lecturer in Medicine (1946-1950), and Senior Clinical Lecturer in 1973. He was then appointed Consultant Physician at the General Infirmary in Leeds and Otley Hospital. He made a valuable contribution to knowledge in his paper on ‘Senile purpura’ (1950), and this is still one of the important references in that field, and he was co-author of Clinical Toxicology (1960), which has become a standard work. He initiated the geriatric services at St James’s Hospital, Leeds, and was a member of the Leeds and West Riding Medico-Chirurgical Society. After retirement he devoted much time to medical administration and made a major contribution to the complex reorganisation of the Leeds General Infirmary (1974).

MARTIN SADLER WILLIAMSON (1914-1997). M.C., M.B., B.S. (Durham), F.R.C.O.G.

Martin Sadler Williamson (1914-1997) [Epsom College 1927-1932. Captain of Athletics] was the son of Dr J. B. Williamson, of North Shields, Tyne and Wear. He received his medical education at Durham University, and was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Dryburn Hospital, Durham. During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945) at Dunkirk, and later in the Middle East and North Africa. He was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross for his work with his field ambulance in the North African Campaign. He was the first consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology to be appointed to the Durham hospitals where he established “a unit which went from strength to strength and whose success he modestly attributed to his nursing and medical colleagues.” He was President of the Durham University Athletics Club.

ALLAN THOMAS MARSH ROBERTS (1914-1999). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., F.R.C.P. (Eng.).

Allan Thomas Marsh Roberts (1914-1999) [Epsom College 1925-1933] was the son of Dr A. M. M. Roberts, of Caerleon, Gwent, and brother of Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Douglas Marsh Roberts, R.N. [Epsom College 1927-1931]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Chest Physician at Bristol (1950-1978), where he was a Founding member of the St Peter’s Hospice (1978). He was President of the Bristol Division of the British Medical Association (1971), and a Fellow of the British Medical Association (1981). During the Second World War he served as a Flight Lieutenant in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945).

BRIAN GEORGE RIGDEN (born 1914). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

Brian George Rigden (born 1914) [Epsom College 1925-1932] was the son of Dr G. F. Rigden, M.C., of Cinderford, Gloucestershire, and brother of Peter Rigden [Epsom College 1926-1930]. He received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Chest Physician at Brighton and Lewes, Sussex. He was also the Director of the Centre for Medical Research at the University of Sussex, and a Visiting Research Fellow in Biomedical Engineering at the University. Towards the end of his medical career he involved himself in research, helping to stimulate interest in clinical medicine at Sussex University which, at that time, did not have a medical school. He established productive research links with Guy’s and the Brompton Hospitals, and effectively laid the foundation for the present flourishing unit, now the Trafford Centre for Medical Research. “He was an enthusiastic teacher and an innovator, introducing into East Sussex up to date techniques such as lung function tests and fibreoptic bronchoscopy.”