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

IAN FISHER COLLIE (born 1921). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.M. (Eng.).

Ian Fisher Collie (born 1921) [Epsom College 1935-1939] was the son of Dr A. E. Collie, of Bournemouth. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at Springfield Hospital, London, and St George’s Hospital. He was previously Senior Registrar at St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1945).

JAMES HYNDMAN GOUGH (born 1921). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.D. (Cantab.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.M.R.D. (Eng.), F.F.R.

James Hyndman Gough (born 1921) [Epsom College 1935-1940] was the son of Alfred Gough, M.Ch., of Leeds. He received his medical education at Jesus College, Cambridge, and Leeds University, and was appointed Consultant Radiologist at the Brompton Hospital, London. He was previously Senior Registrar (Diagnostic Radiology) at St Thomas’s Hospital, and Senior Registrar (Medicine) at the London Chest Hospital.

STEPHAN MEJZNER (1921-2002). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

Stephan Mejzner (1921-2002) [Epsom College 1937-1940] was the son of Stanlislaw Mejzner, of Warsaw. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Geriatrician for the Lincoln No 1 Hospital Group.

HUBERT JOHN CHENEY WATSON (born 1921). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

Hubert John Cheney Watson (born 1921) [Epsom College 1935-1939. prefect. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr F. H. C. Watson, of Iraq, and brother of Dr Frank George Howard Watson [Epsom College 1931-1936]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Principal Medical Officer at the West African Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Kaduna, Northern Nigeria. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

ANTHONY GRAY QUINLAN (1921-1981). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

Anthony Gray Quinlan (1921-1981) [Epsom College 1933-1939. prefect. Harvey and Ann du Bois Prizes] was the son of Dr W. T. Quinlan, of Stockport, Cheshire. He received his medical education at the Victoria University, Manchester, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Scarborough Group of Hospitals. He was the first orthopaedic surgeon to be appointed at Scarborough and he worked single-handed for two years, establishing for the first time a specialist orthopaedic service at Scarborough, Whitby, Malton and Bridlington.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ANTHONY SOMERVILLE MALLAM (born 1921). C.B., R.C.A.F., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

Anthony Somerville Mallam (born 1921) [Epsom College 1934-1939] was the son of Dr Dalton Mallam, of Redhill, Surrey, and brother of Dalton Oliver Mallam, L.D.S. [Epsom College 1933-1938]. He received his medical education at the London Hospital. In 1952, he emigrated to Canada and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and was based at a radar station near Toronto. In 1964, he was appointed Surgical Consultant to the 1^st Airborne Division, Royal Canadian Air Force under NATO. From 1968 until 1972 he was Medical Officer at the Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada. He then retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force and was appointed Medical Director of Chrysler Motors (Canada) (1972-1983).

RICHARD RUSSELL STEPHENS (born 1921). B.D.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), L.D.S. (R.C.S.), F.F.D. (R.C.S.Ire.).

Richard Russell Stephens (born 1921) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the son of R. A. Stephens, bank manager, of Epsom. He received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital and the Royal Dental Hospital. He was appointed Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Queensland, Australia, having previously been Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Child Dentistry at the Institute of Dental Surgery, Eastman Dental Hospital, London. During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1943-1945).

ALAN ELEY PRESTON (1921-2006). B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.), F.R.C.Path.

Alan Eley Preston (1921-2006) [Epsom College 1934-1939] was the son of Dr A. B. Preston, of Abingdon, Berkshire, and brother of Wing Commander John Eley Preston, R.A.F. [Epsom College 1933-1937]. He received his medical education at Hertford College, University of Oxford, and the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and was appointed Deputy Director of the Oxford Regional Blood Transfusion Service. He was a member of the British Society of Haematology, and the Association of Clinical Pathologists. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1944-1945), and was Senior Medical Officer at Bicester Garrison, Oxfordshire. He was a member of the Oxford University Boxing Team.

JOHN URQUHART CRICHTON (born 1921). M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.C.H. (Eng.).

John Urquhart Crichton (born 1921) [Epsom College 1934-1939] was the son of Dr J. P. Crichton, of Edinburgh. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University Medical School, and was appointed Consultant Paediatrician at Grace Maternity Hospital, Calgary, Canada, and Director of the Department of Paediatrics at Calgary General Hospital, Alberta, Canada. During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander in the R.N.V.R. (1942-1945).

AIR VICE MARSHAL HERBERT BRIAN KELLY (born 1921). M.V.O., C.B., R.A.F., Q.H.S., M.D., B.S. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Herbert Brian Kelly (born 1921) [Epsom College 1934-1939] was the son of Surgeon Captain J. C. Kelly, D.S.C., R.N. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was Senior Consultant Adviser to the R.A.F. Central Medical Establishment, London (1979-1983). During the Second World War he joined the R.N.V.R. and was posted to the Royal Navy Hospital in Hong Kong as a medical specialist (1945-1948). After this, he was appointed Consultant Physician to R.A.F. Hospitals in Aden, at Ely, Nocton Hall, Singapore, Cyprus and Germany (1953-1983). He was a Freeman of the City of London (1978) a Liveryman of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, and an Honorary Physician to H.M. the Queen (1978-1983). He served as Medical Officer on a number of Royal tours overseas.

WILLIAM HALDANE DONALD (born 1921). M.B., B.Ch., (Edin.), M.D. (Edin.).

William Haldane Donald (born 1921) [Epsom College 1934-1939] was the son of William Donald, M.C., shipping company manager, of Thorpe Bay, Essex, and brother of Ian Hunter Haldane Donald [Epsom College 1937-1941], and Keith Haldane Donald [Epsom College 1947-1949]. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and was appointed Consultant Venereologist at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and Chesterfield Hospitals. He served as Chairman of the Derby Medical Committee (1976), was elected President of the Derby Medical Society (1975), and Chairman of the Trent Regional Hospital Authority Advisory Subcommittee in Venereology (1975-1979). William Haldane supervised the planning of the new department of genito-urinary medicine at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary which the area health authority subsequently named after him. He was previously Clinical Tutor in Venereology at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. From 1946 until 1948, he served in the R.A.M.C. as a Specialist Venereologist.

JOHN EDWARD HOLGATE (born 1921). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

John Edward Holgate (born 1921) [Epsom College 1936-1940] was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel M. J. Holgate, I.M.S. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Surgical Specialist in the Nigerian Medical Services for East Nigeria, and Consultant Surgeon in Lagos, Nigeria. In 1954 he operated successfully on the Port Harcourt Siamese Twins, who were joined at the liver. The babies were taken nine miles by canoe to the hospital before undergoing surgery. John Holgate was previously Resident Surgical Officer at Manor House Hospital, Golders Green, London, and Resident Surgical Officer at the Herefordshire General Hospital.

EDWARD GEORGE DONOVAN (born 1921). M.B., Ch.B. (Liverpool), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.), D.M.R.D. (Eng.), L.M.C.C., Cert.Radiodiagnosis (Canada).

Edward George Donovan (born 1921) [Epsom College 1935-1938] was the son of Edward Donovan, shipping manager, of Hoylake, Merseyside. He received his medical education at Liverpool University, and was appointed Consultant Radiologist at Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada. He was previously Senior Hospital Medical Officer (Radiology) at Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool.

ROBERT SLATER SUNDERLAND (born 1921). M.D., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (UK).

Robert Slater Sunderland (born 1921) [Epsom College 1933-1938] was the son of Dr R. A. S. Sunderland, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and was appointed Consultant Paediatrician at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer (Child Health) at the University of Birmingham. He was previously Senior Registrar (Paediatrics) for the West Midland Regional Hospital Authority, and Registrar at the Children’s Hospital, Sheffield. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1945).

PETER DOUGLAS WARWICK SHEPHERD (born 1921). M.B., B.S. [Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Eng.).

Peter Douglas Warwick Shepherd (born 1921) (Epsom College 1934-1939] was the son of Dr D. R. C. Shepherd, of Boston, Lincolnshire. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at Rauceby Hospital, Sleaford, and Boston Hospital. He was previously Senior Hospital Medical Officer at Shenley Mental Hospital.

COLIN HENRY RYLANDS KNOWLES (1921-1998). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.Path.

Colin Henry Rylands Knowles (1921-1998) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the son of Dr C. R. Knowles, M.C., of Stoke-on-Trent. He received his medical education at King’s College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Histopathologist at St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester (1954-1986). On retirement he was appointed Emeritus Consultant in Histopathology. He was a Founder Member of the College of Pathologists (1963).

HUGH WILKES MACINTYRE (1921-1959). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.Path, D.C.H. (Eng.).

Hugh Wiles Macintyre (1921-1959) [Epsom College 1933-1940. prefect. Ann du Bois Prize] was the son of Dr H. R. Macintyre, D.S.O., M.C., of Liverpool. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist at Hertford County Hospital, the first such post to be appointed at this hospital. Before taking up this appointment he was awarded a Fulbright Travelling Scholarship in Clinical Pathology to Meadowbrook Hospital, New York, and Cornell University (1956). He was previously Senior Registrar in Clinical Pathology at Withington Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary.

DANIEL LEWIS CHARLES THOMAS (born 1921). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.P.M. (Eng.), M.R.C.Psych.

Daniel Lewis Charles Thomas (born 1921) [Epsom College 1934-1940] was the son of Dr D. L. Thomas, of St John’s Wood, London. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at the Suffolk County Mental Hospitals. He was previously Senior Hospital Medical Officer at Runwell Hospital, and Senior Registrar (Psychiatry) at St George’s Hospital.

GEORGE PARKINSON BURN (born 1921). M.A., B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.).

George Parkinson Burn (born 1921) [Epsom College 1935-1939] was the son of Professor J. H. Burn, M.D., of Oxford. He received his medical education at St Catherine’s Society, University of Oxford and the Radcliffe Infirmary, and was appointed Consultant Biochemist at the University of Oxford, and a Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Oxford. He was a member of the Biological Engineering Society. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Signals (1945).

JAMES WILLIAM THEODORE DIXON (1921-2003). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.), D.L.O.

James William Theodore Dixon (1921-2003) [Epsom College 1935-1939. Music Prize] was the son of Dr W. J. Dixon, of Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia, and brother of Dr John Evelyn Ronald Dixon [Epsom College 1937-1941]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to University College Hospital. From 1959 until 1970 he was Surgeon in Charge of the ENT department at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and from 1970, Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon for the Devon and Exeter Area, based at Torbay Hospital. He was previously Senior Registrar (ENT) at University College Hospital and the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. He was Honorary Secretary of the Section of Laryngology, Royal Society of Medicine (1966-1968), a member of Council of the British Association of Otolaryngologists (from 1970), and an Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ireland. After the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1946-1948).

PETER MURPHY CAMPBELL MARK (1921-2008). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Peter Murphy Campbell Mark (1921-2008) [Epsom College 1935-1939] was the son of Dr E. C. Mark, of Ewell, Surrey, and brother of Donald Comber Campbell Mark [Epsom College 1943-1948]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician at Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. He was previously a general practitioner at Ewell, Surrey. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C.

HENRY WILLIAM BUNJÉ (1921-2005). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Henry William Bunjé (1921-2005) [Epsom College 1935-1939. Music Prize] was the son of H. F. Bunjé, shipping manager, of Hong Kong. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Principal Medical Officer to the Medical Research Council, London (1980-1983). He was previously Chief Medical Assistant at St Bartholomew’s Hospital (1945-1946); Senior Registrar at the London Chest Hospital (1948-1952); Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Consultant Physician at the University College of the West Indies in Jamaica, and University College Hospital (1952-1955); Physician to Bellevue Hospital, New York (1956). and Senior Medical Officer to the Medical Research Council, London (1957-1983). From 1946 until 1948, he served as a Squadron Leader (Medical Specialist) in the R.A.F. “Henry was a man of great personal charm, and of elegant appearance and immaculate dress, almost invariably with a bow tie and a rose in the lapel.”

NEIL ALEXANDER DUNCAN (1921-2006). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.

Neil Alexander Duncan (1921-2006) [Epsom College 1935-1938] was the son of Dr N. A. Duncan, of North Finchley, Middlesex. He received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital. After medical qualification he entered general practice at Horam, East Sussex, but in 1954 he joined the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Cloncurry, Australia. After four years he returned to general practice in England and set up a charity to apply the techniques used in the Australian bush to rural Africa. He founded the Flying Doctor Service of Africa and used a network of two way pedal generated radios based with village dispensers in northern Nigeria to improve the medical care of isolated villagers. He was Chairman and Honorary Field Director of the Flying Doctor Development Service of Africa (1958-1990).

JOHN HENRY FERRIES (born 1921). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), J.P.

John Henry Ferries (born 1921) [Epsom College 1935-1939] was the son of Dr John Ferries, of Worthing, Sussex, and brother of Duncan Morrison Ferries [Epsom College 1938-1942]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Regional Medical Officer of Health and Social Security, Southern Division, and Medical Officer at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Worthing. He was a member of the Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1944-1945). He served as a J.P. for Worthing.

IAN FRASER KERR MUIR (1921-2009). M.B.E., V.R.D., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).

Ian Fraser Kerr Muir (1921-2009) [Epsom College 1935-1939] was the son of Dr J. K. Muir, of West Hartlepool, Yorkshire, and brother of Dr Douglas McKenzie Kerr Muir [Epsom College 1938-1942]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of Aberdeen (1969-1986), and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Surgery, University of Aberdeen. He was also Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital. Ian Muir was responsible for setting up the Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit at Aberdeen. He was a Hunterian Professor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons (1983); a Fellow of the Association of Surgeons; President of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons (1982); McIndoe Lecturer of the British Association of Plastic Surgery (1992); Consultant Surgeon, Mount Vernon Centre for Plastic Surgery, Northwood (1955-1969), and Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the West Middlesex Hospital and Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He was co-author of ‘Burns and their Treatment’ (3^rd edition. 1987), and author of ‘Plastic Surgery in Paediatrics’ (1987). During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1944-1947).

BRIAN WYKEHAM WEBB (born 1921). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Lond.).

Brian Wykeham Webb (born 1921) [Epsom College 1935-1939] was the son of O. S. Webb, engineer, of Newquay, Devon. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Paediatrician for the West Somerset Health District, based at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. He was also a Visiting W.H.O. Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, and an Honorary Member of the British Paediatric Association, and Founder Member of the Academy Board. Before moving to Taunton he was Postgraduate Medical Tutor at the University of Bristol, and Clinical Tutor (Medicine) and Paediatric Registrar at the Middlesex Hospital.

GEORGE PHILIP WEST (born 1921). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

George Philip West (born 1921) [Epsom College 1935-1939. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr H. O. West, of Carshalton, Surrey, and brother of Dr Michael Henry West, M.D. [Epsom College 1933-1937]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician at St Mary’s Hospital (1947-1949), although after two years as a Consultant Physician he entered general practice in Slough (1949-1986). During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1944-1947). He was a Liveryman of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries and a Freeman of the City of London (from 1946).

DEREK GEORGE HOLDEN SYLVESTER (1922-2004). M.D., B.S. (Lond.).

Derek George Holden Sylvester (1922-2004) [Epsom College 1935-1941. prefect. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr H. M. Sylvester, of Leiston, Suffolk, and brother of Colonel Harold Mayris Sylvester, M.C., Royal Corps of Signals [Epsom College 1912-1915]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Physician in Charge of the University of Bristol Students’ Health Service (1952-1985). He was President of the British Student Health Association (1975), and previously Medical Superintendent at St Mary’s Hospital, and Resident Medical Officer at the Middlesex Hospital, London. “He researched several aspects of student health, and in a seminal paper in the 1980s, he showed that cervical smears were not of benefit in students under 25 years old. Only now has the National Health Service adopted this policy. He came from a long line of doctors and apothecaries dating back to the eighteenth century. Whenever possible, he wore a flower in his lapel picked from his garden that morning.”

TERENCE ROBERT LAUNCELOT FINNEGAN (1922-1996). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.),

Terence Robert Launcelot Finnegan (1922-1996) [Epsom College 1935-1941. head prefect] was the son of Dr John Finnegan, M.C., of Sanderstead, Surrey, and brother of Dr John Dennis Finnegan [Epsom College 1928-1932]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician Emeritus at Derby Royal Infirmary (1959-1987). Previously he was a Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and Clinical Tutor (Medicine) at Guy’s Hospital. He was a Fellow of the Medical Society of London. During the Second World War he served as a Flight Lieutenant in the R.A.F.

PHILIP BAILEY JENSEN (born 1922). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.A.C.S.

Philip Bailey Jensen (born 1922) [Epsom College 1935-1939. Rugby XV] was the son of A. P. C. Jensen, shipping director, of Epsom, Surrey. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Urologist at Columbia University, U.S.A., and Director of the Department of Urology, United Hospitals, Port Chester, U.S.A. He was also Instructor in Urology at Columbia University; Consultant Urologist at St Vincent’s Hospital, Harrison, Connecticut, and Senior Attending Urologist at Greenwich Hospital, Connecticut. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (1964). During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1939-1945), served in the Special Boat Service with Coastal Forces in the Mediterranean (1944), and served as a Gunnery Officer on H.M.S. Ajax (1945-1946).

ARTHUR PETER BAKER (born 1922). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), D.P.M. (Eng.).

Arthur Peter Baker (born 1922) [Epsom College 1935-1943] was the son of Arthur Baker, steel manufacturer, of Rotherham, Yorkshire, and brother of Stephen Baker [Epsom College 1939-1943]. He received his medical education at Clare College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, and Medical Superintendent at Ingutsheni Mental Hospital and Nervous Disorders Hospital, Bulawayo.

DONALD CLIFFORD ADAMSON (born 1922). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.

Donald Clifford Adamson (born 1922) [Epsom College 1936-1940] was the son of Dr W. W. Adamson, of Leeds, and brother of Dr Patrick Adamson, M.D. [Epsom College 1932-1937]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He was previously a Consultant Anaesthetist for the South Essex Hospital Group. During the Second World War he served as a Flight Lieutenant in the R.A.F. (1940-1945).

MARK WILLIS PARTINGTON WARD (1922-2000). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Oxon.), D.M.R.D.

Mark Willis Partington Ward (1922-2000) [Epsom College 1940-1940] was the son of Dr Joseph Ward, of Lewes, Sussex. He received his medical education at Trinity College, University of Oxford, and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Radiologist at Harrogate and Leeds. “He was regarded by many as the medical voice of Harrogate. Superficially a Sir Lancelot Spratt like figure, his humility and introspection were probably appreciated only by those who worked closely with him. He was fearlessly outspoken, but also immensely kind.”

DEREK HUBERT PATRICK COPE (born 1922). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.

Derek Hubert Patrick Cope (Epsom College 1936-1940. prefect. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr J. V. Cope, M.C., of Ewell, Surrey, and brother of Michael Donald Cope [Epsom College 1939-1943], and Paul Victor Cope [Epsom College 1950-1953]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist. He was an Adviser in Anaesthetic Procedures at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London, and Honorary Anaesthetist at the Hospital of St John and Elizabeth, London. He was previously Senior Registrar (Anaesthesia) at the Middlesex Hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1945). When Sir Winston Churchill fractured his hip in 1961, he was brought to the Middlesex Hospital for surgery and Derek Cope was his anaesthetist.