EC 5
EPSOM COLLEGE
1900-1939: CONSULTANTS, SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICERS OF
HEALTH, AND MILITARY DOCTORS.
[All individuals born during period 1900-1939]
Adam, Andrew Ewing (born 1939). [1952-1956].
Adamson, Anthony Rattray (born 1933). [1945-1952].
Adamson, Donald Clifford (born 1922). [1936-1940].
Adamson, Patrick Butler (1919-1993). [1932-1937].
Adlington, Peter (1932- ? ). [1945-1950].
Alderson, Michael Rowland (born 1931). [1945-1949].
Allan, David John (born 1938). [1952-1956].
Allan, Julian Richard (born 1935). [1948-1952].
Allanby Kenneth Derwent (1922-2002). [1936-1940].
Anning, Richard Martin Haigh (1910-1985). [1924-1928].
Archibald, Roy McLellan (1920-2010). [1932-1938].
Armstrong, Brian Pattison (born 1912). [1926-1931].
Armstrong, Commander David Mouat (born 1911). [1925-1928].
Baird, Group Captain William Chatterley (born 1912). [1926-1931].
Baker, Arthur Peter (born 1922). [1935-1943].
Banks, Peter John (1922-2002). [1935-1940].
Barker, Philip Alan (born 1929). [1943-1948].
Barnes, John Francis Lovel (born 1902). [1916-1920].
Bateman, David Ernest Robson (born 1931). [1944-1950].
Bateman, Donald Scrimgeour (1904-1944). [1916-1922].
Bateman, Geoffrey Hirst (1906-1998). [1916-1924].
Bayliss, Gordon Samuel (born 1929). [1941-1947].
Beard, Randolph Gilbert (born 1926). [1940-1944].
Beardwell, Colin Gibbs (born 1935). [1948-1953].
Beck, Surgeon Commander Edwin Peter (born 1932). [1946-1950].
Beck, Geoffrey Ashton (1916-1991). [1925-1934].
Belcher, John Rashleigh (1917-2006). [1930-1934].
Bell, Colonel Robert Lindsay (born 1925). [1939-1943].
Benjafield, John Gordon (born 1926). [1940-1943].
Bensted, John Patrick McRae (1920-2000). [1933-1939].
Bentlif, Philip Graeme (born 1902). [1916-1918].
Berger, Peter Lucian (born 1923). [1939-1942].
Berkley, Ernest Albert Rochester (born 1903). [1918-1922].
Bertram, Surgeon Commander John (born 1933). [1946-1951].
Bickford, Bertram John (1913-2001). [1927-1931].
Bickford, James Arscott Raleigh (1917-2009). [1931-1934].
Billinghurst, John Robert (born 1927). [1941-1945].
Birt, Professor Brian Derek (born 1933). [1946-1951].
Blair, Angus Alastair Donald (born 1937). [1951-1955].
Blair, Bryce Evans (1911-2004). [1924-1928].
Blair, Donald Alexander Sangster (1906-1989). [1920-1924].
Bowra, Gordon Trevor (born 1936). [1950-1954].
Boyle, Michael Maurice (1915-2000). [1929-1932].
Bracey, Denis William (born 1915). [1929-1932].
Brew, David St John (born 1926). [1939-1944].
Brown, Douglas John Alexander (1915-1984). [1928-1933].
Browne, Neville Leslie Mason (born 1919). [1932-1936].
Bryant, Martin Thornton Tanner (born 1934). [1946-1951].
Buchanan, Robert Laird (1932-1969). [1944-1950].
Bugler, Robert Arthur (born 1931). [1945-1949].
Bulow, John Evelyn (born 1916). [1929-1933].
Bunjé, Henry William (1921-2005). [1935-1939].
Bunton, George Louis (born 1920). [1933-1938].
Burn, George Parkinson (born 1921). [1935-1939].
Burt-White, Harold (1901-1952). [1916-1918].
Bushman, John Andrew (1930-2011). [1944-1948].
Butler, Neil Guy Peter (born 1923). [1937-1941].
Callender, Thomas Alister Riverdale (born 1912). [1922-1926].
Calne, Donald Brian (born 1936). [1949-1954].
Calvert, Denis George (born 1928). [1941-1946].
Campbell, Archibald Angus (born 1936). [1950-1954].
Campbell, Patrick Seymour Grahame (1913-1999). [1927-1932].
Carmichael, Colonel Ian McClelland (1918-1998). [1932-1937].
Carmichael, James Edward Scott (1909-1994). [1920-1928].
Carter, David John (born 1916). [1929-1934].
Carter, Richard Alan (born 1930). [1942-1948].
Cassells, Michael John (born 1928). [1941-1945].
Chambers, Roland Moncrieff (born 1920). [1934-1934].
Clein, Geoffrey Peter (born 1936). [1949-1954].
Clein, Professor Laurence Joseph (born 1934). [1947-1952].
Coates, John Emsley (1915-1998). [1928-1932].
Coden, John Anthony (born 1937). [1951-1955].
Cogswell, Alan Philip Lloyd (born 1902). [1916-1920].
Collie, Ian Fisher (born 1921). [1935-1939].
Coltart, Timothy McCallum (born 1938). [1951-1955].
Coltart, William Derrick (1907-1963). [1918-1925].
Cook, Robert Swales (born 1915). [1926-1932].
Coombes, Wilfred Noble (born 1918). [1932-1936].
Cope, Derek Hubert Patrick (born 1922). [1936-1940].
Corby, Colin Henry (born 1928). [1941-1944].
Cory, Christopher Charles (born 1932). [1945-1950].
Craig, Robert Armstrong (1918-1994). [1931-1936].
Crichton, John Urquhart (born 1921). [1934-1939].
Crisp, Thomas (born 1919). [1933-1936].
Crosfill, Martin Lawson (born 1930). [1944-1948].
Dacre, Arthur John Irving (born 1926). [1940-1943].
Darbyshire, Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Nance (1918-2006). [1931-1936].
Davidson, Samuel (1907-1981). [1917-1925].
Davies, Edward Thomas Lincoln (born 1934). [1948-1952].
Davies, John Arthur Lloyd (1919-1979). [1934-1937].
Davies, John Owen Fisher (1908-1978). [1922-1926].
Davies, Peter David Bryan (1920-1999). [1934-1939].
Dawkins, Michael John Ransford (1931-1965). [1945-1949].
Dean, Warwick Randall (born 1931). [1943-1950].
Dempster, Kenneth Robertson (1924-2001). [1936-1942].
Dixon, James William Theodore (1921-2003). [1935-1939].
Donald, William Haldane (born 1921). [1934-1939].
Dovey, Hugh (born 1929). [1943-1947].
Duff-Miller, Malcolm Thomas (born 1939). [1952-1956].
Dulake, Christopher (born 1933). [1944-1951].
Dulake, Michael (born 1928). [1941-1946].
Duncan, Neil Alexander (1921-2006). [1935-1938].
Dunlop, John Arthur (1915-1972). [1929-1932].
Durance, Robert Arthur (born 1936). [1950-1955].
Eadie, Douglas George Arnott (1931-2000). [1944-1949].
Edsall, John Rupert (born 1925). [1939-1942].
Eisen, André Abraham (born 1936). [1949-1954].
Ensor, Colonel Edward Maurice (1913-1972). [1927-1931].
Erskine, William Vaughan Adams (1912-1989). [1923-1931].
Erulkar, Joseph Abraham (born 1917). [1930-1934].
Evans, Robert John (born 1918). [1932-1937].
Farman, John Vernon (born 1929). [1943-1947].
Farquhar, James Keith (born 1917). [1930-1934].
Fawkes, Marmaduke Ayscough (born 1915). [1929-1933].
Ferguson, Air Commodore John Murray (born 1915). [1929-1934].
Fergusson, Ian Gordon (1917-2005). [1930-1934].
Ferries, John Henry (born 1921). [1935-1939].
Findlay, David Robert (born 1934). [1947-1951].
Finnegan, Terence Robert Launcelot (1922-1996). [1935-1941].
Flack, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edmund Douglas (born 1917). [1931-1935].
Fooks, Oliver Owen Frazer (born 1927). [1940-1944].
Ford, Peter George Tipping (born 1931). [1945-1949].
Foote, Eric Stanley (1913-1973). [1927-1932].
Fountain, Robert Bruce (born 1933). [1947-1951].
Foxwell, Peter Burford (born 1925). [1941-1943].
Francis, Arthur Evans (born 1909). [1924-1927].
Francis, Kenneth Victor (born 1900). [1914-1918].
Franklin, James Arthur Curtis (born 1911). [1925-1929].
Franklin, John Lewis (1904-1972). [1918-1921].
French, Alistair Reginald (1904-1966). [1915-1921].
Fulford, George Edward (born 1931). [1943-1949].
Fuller, Colonel Robert (born 1915). [1929-1935].
Galbraith, Hugh James Bowen (born 1924). [1938-1942].
Gallannaugh, Stuart Charles (born 1935). [1949-1953].
Gardner, Peter Anthony (born 1924). [1939-1940].
Garlick, George Granby (1919-1999). [1934-1938].
Garson, Philip (born 1900). [1914-1919].
Garstin, Group Captain Lionel Kentish (1923-2010). [1937-1942].
Gelpke, Norman Humphrey (born 1927). [1942-1945].
Gelpke, Paul Michael (born 1935). [1948-1952].
Geoghegan, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Basil Cathcart (1919-1954). [19331937].
George, Walter Neville Owen (born 1904). [1918-1921].
Gilchrist, Alasdair Grant (born 1938). [1952-1955].
Gill, Alan Morton (1909-1985). [1920-1927].
Gimlette, Thomas Michael Desmond (born 1927). [1939-1942].
Glover, Frederick Richard (born 1907). [1921-1921].
Gordon, Major General James Leslie (1909-1986). [1924-1928].
Gordon, Samuel George (born 1913). [1927-1930].
Gostling, John Victor Townsend (1917-2000). [1931-1936].
Gotla, Dudley William (1910-2009). [1921-1928].
Gough, James Hyndman (born 1921). [1935-1940].
Grace, Roger Hew (born 1934). [1947-1952].
Graham, James Claverhouse (born 1920). [1933-1938].
Greatrex, John Devereux (born 1919). [1933-1938].
Greenway, Major General Charles William (1900-1968). [1911-1918].
Gregory, Richard John (born 1935). [1948-1954].
Griffith-Evans, Raymond Foulkes (1920-1993). [1930-1938].
Griffiths, Eric Probert (1916-1977). [1926-1935].
Griffiths, Henry John Louis (born 1939). [1951-1954].
Grimson, Thomas Arthur (1920-2008). [1932-1938].
Grogono, Basil John Steele (born 1922). [1936-1939].
Hadfield, Stephen John (1908-2007). [1917-1927].
Haines, Professor Richard Wheeler (born 1906). [1917-1924].
Hallpike, Jeremy Frank (born 1937). [1949-1954].
Hamilton, Guy Joseph Livingstone (born 1923). [1937-1941].
Hamilton, Michael (born 1923). [1937-1940].
Hardwicke, John (1920-1999). [1934-1938].
Hardy, John Denis (born 1939). [1951-1957].
Hare, Kempton Peter (1901-1917). [1913-1919].
Harley, Clifford Elliot (born 1936). [1950-1954].
Harris, Peter Walter Robert (1936-2007). [1948-1954].
Hart, Charles Timothy (born 1939). [1951-1955].
Hart, John Christopher Dean (born 1936). [1948-1954].
Haynes, William Noel Lankester (born 1911). [1921-1929].
Heanley, Charles Laurance (1907-2008). [1921-1925].
Henry, Anthony Patrick Joseph (born 1939). [1951-1957].
Herniman, Richard Harold (born 1934). [1947-1951].
Hewat, Group Captain Richard Middleton (1913-2001). [1926-1930].
Hewitt, Antony Boulton (born 1933). [1945-1951].
Heywood-Waddington, Michael Broke (born 1929). [1942-1947].
Hickling, Ralph Stanley (born 1934). [1946-1952].
Hicks, John Brian (born 1936). [1949-1954].
Hicks, Robert Cary (born 1932). [1946-1951].
Higham, Anthony Charles Richard (born 1907). [1919-1927].
Higson, Denis Woodfall (born 1915). [1926-1934].
Hilliard, Cedric Harvey (born 1901). [1915-1918].
Hilton, Philip James (born 1939). [1953-1957].
Hodgson, Oliver Ernest Fenner (born 1924). [1937-1942].
Hogarth, Thomas Burnett (born 1923). [1937-1939].
Holden, Frank Charles Naldrett (1913-2000). [1927-1932].
Holgate, John Edward (born 1921). [1936-1940].
Hopkins, John Seddon (born 1930). [1944-1948].
Horley, John Fairborne (1919-2009). [1934-1938].
Houghton, Cuthbert Roy (born 1915). [1929-1932].
Howe, Marcus Slade (born 1916). [1931-1935].
Howells, David Philip Martin (born 1937). [1949-1955].
Huddy, Philip Edward (1927-2007). [1939-1944].
Huddy, Richard Bernard (born 1933). [1947-1952].
Hughes, David Christopher (born 1925). [1939-1943].
Hughes-Davies, David Ifan (born 1932). [1946-1950].
Hume, Kenneth Michael Stoddart (born 1923). [1936-1942].
Hunter, Professor Gordon Andrew (born 1937). [1949-1955].
Hurn, Barry Anthony Lincoln (born 1932). [1945-1950].
Hurter, David Garnett (born 1928). [1941-1945].
Irvine, Surgeon Captain Gerard Sutherland (1913-1997). [1929-1932].
Jackson, John Peter (1915-1998). [1925-1935].
Jefferiss, Derek (1911-1985). [1925-1929].
Jemson, John Armstrong (born 1929). [1942-1947].
Jennings, Alan Norman (born 1923). [1936-1940].
Jennings, Melvin Calverley (1939-2006). [1952-1956].
Jensen, Philip Bailey (born 1922). [1935-1939].
Johnson, Professor Gordon James (born 1936). [1949-1954].
Johnson, Richard John Ramsay (born 1928). [1943-1946].
Johnston, Ian Frederic Bonner (born 1917). [1931-1934].
Jones, David Elgan Eiddig (1924-1954). [1938-1941].
Jones, Ellis William Parry (1926-1994). [1939-1944].
Jones, Huw Bevan (born 1934). [1948-1952].
Kelly, Air Vice Marshall Herbert Brian (born 1921). [1934-1939].
Kendall, Patrick Hume (1927-1968). [1940-1945].
Kennedy, Peter Alexander (1935-1975). [1948-1953].
Kennedy, Robert Ian (born 1936). [1950-1954].
Kidd, Henry Andrew (1904-1979). [1917-1921].
Kidd, Humphry Bohun (born 1924). [1938-1942].
Kingston, Michael Edward (born 1937). [1951-1955].
Kingston, Philip John (1937-2010). [1950-1954].
Kinmont, Professor David Clifford (1916-2002). [1926-1934].
Kirwan-Taylor, Gordon (born 1901). [1915-1920].
Klaber, Michael Robert (born 1939). [1952-1957].
Knowles, Colin Henry Rylands (1921-1998). [1934-1938].
Knowles, James Edward Arthur (born 1937). [1949-1953].
Kumar, Ramesh Chandre (born 1938). [1952-1957].
Laidlaw, Eric Fortescue (1915-2006). [1929-1934].
Lallemand, Roger Christopher (born 1935). [1948-1954].
Lambert, Thomas Francis (born 1937). [1950-1955].
Laurent, Louis Philippe Eugene (1907-1922). [1920-1923].
Leaning, Robert Richards (born 1905). [1919-1922].
Lee, John Ormrod (born 1937). [1950-1954].
Lendrum, John (born 1936). [1950-1954].
Lendrum, John Denis (born 1908). [1920-1926].
Letcher, Richard George Michael (born 1936). [1950-1954].
Leverton, Jeffery Carveth Spry (1920-1988). [1934-1937].
Levick, Charles Henry (born 1906). [1920-1921].
Levick, Richard Edward Kenny (1910-1943). [1920-1928].
Lewis, David Lincoln (1906-1998). [1920-1925].
Lewis, Roland Swaine (1908-2001). [1923-1926].
Liebeschuetz, Hugo Joseph (1929-1994). [1943-1948].
Lim, Cheng-Chuan (born 1936). [1951-1954].
Liscombe, Robert Michael (born 1924). [1939-1943].
Litt, John Derek (born 1924). [1938-1942].
Livingston, Alasdair Alexander (born 1928). [1940-1947].
Livingstone, Gavin Hamilton (1904-1969). [1918-1922].
Lovell, Philip Hague (1925-1976). [1939-1944].
McClintock, Surgeon Rear Admiral Cyril Lawson Tait (1916-2006). [1930-1935].
McClure, John Lawe (born 1932). [1945-1946].
Macdonald, Alistair Peter (born 1931). [1945-1949].
MacDonald, Neil (born 1927). [1940-1945].
MacDougall, Ivor Anderson (born 1908). [1923-1926].
Macintyre, Hugh Wilkes (1921-1959). [1933-1940].
McGuire, Air Commodore Edward John (born 1924). [1938-1943].
McKendrick, George Donald William (born 1919). [1933-1936].
Mackenzie, Richard Morrell (1918-1973). [1932-1937].
Mackenzie, William (1919-1996). [1934-1939].
McLaren, Lyall Robertson (1917-1981). [1930-1935].
McLoy, James Wallace (born 1927). [1940-1944].
McMaster, Arthur Maurice (1904-1976). [1919-1923].
Madgwick, John Colin Alexander (born 1930). [1944-1949].
Mallam, Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Somerville (born1921). [1934-1939].
Mann, Charles John Howell (1926-2001). [1939-1942].
Mark, Peter Murphy Campbell (1921-2008). [1935-1939].
Marsden, James Pickford (1900-1977). [1914-1918].
Martin, James Ramsay Muirhead (born 1908). [1918-1927].
Martin, Richard Hartley (1920-2009). [1933-1936].
Mason, Michael Knight (born 1927). [1941-1945].
Matthews, Guy Anthony (1915-2005). [1926-1934].
Matthews, Trevor Stacey (born 1934). [1948-1952].
Maude, Alexander Robert Sutcliffe (1923-1979). [1936-1941].
Mavor, William Owen (born 1930). [1943-1949].
Meanock, Ronald Ian (1919-2009). [1933-1938].
Mejzner, Stefan (1921-2002). [1933-1939].
Merlin, Michael John (born 1937). [1949-1954].
Methuen, David Titterington (1923-1976). [1937-1940].
Meyer, Borje Ulrick [now Mair] (born 1912). [1927-1930].
Middleton, Harry Gordon (1919-2000). [1932-1937].
Miller, Maurice Geoffrey (born 1930). [1942-1948].
Milroy, Euan James Gavin (born 1939). [1952-1957].
Milroy, Gavin William (1904-1996). [1917-1921].
Mitchell, John Campbell (1923-2003). [1935-1940].
Mitchell-Heggs, Francis Sansome (1911-1987). [1924-1929].
Monks, Paul Saville (born 1938). [1950-1954].
Monro, Andrew Killey (born 1907). [1922-1925].
Monro, John Kirkpatrick (1903-1993). [1916-1921].
Morrison, Eric Francis Saunderson (born 1902). [1916-1920].
Morrison, John Booth (1923-2004). [1937-1941].
Moss-Blundell, Colonel Alistair James (born 1915). [1930-1933].
Muir, Douglas McKenzie Kerr (born 1925). [1938-1942].
Muir, Ian Fraser Kerr (1921-2009). [1935-1939].
Murray, Thomas Gerald Somerville (1918-1999). [1932-1936].
Nankivell, John Wright (born 1901). [1915-1919].
Neve, Clement Richard (1923-1995). [1937-1941].
Newcomb, Paul Buckle (1919-1992). [1933-1938].
Newton, John Lambert (born 1911). [1921-1930].
Nicholson, Bernard Clive (1904-1993). [1918-1922].
Nicholson, Surgeon Captain Charles Boyd (1902-1987). [1913-1920].
Odell, John Robert (born 1913). [1927-1932].
Ollerenshaw, Anthony Finnemore (1918-2002). [1932-1937].
Osborn, Professor Robert Andrew (born 1930). [1944-1948].
Paine, David Lionel Edgar (born 1926). [1940-1944].
Parkes, Colin Murray (born 1928). [1941-1946].
Parry, Hugh Evan (born 1922). [1936-1939].
Parry, Shedden Chalmers St George Cole (1900-1902). [1914-1918].
Patch, Ian Charles Lodge (1923-1996). [1937-1941].
Paulley, John Wylmer (1918-2007). [1931-1935].
Peake, Colonel Anthony Brian Lousley (1925-2000). [1939-1943].
Pearson, John Michael Henry (born 1929). [1942-1947].
Pegg, John Graham (1917-2001). [1931-1936].
Peirce, George Edward Graves (born 1903). [1917-1921].
Peskett, Geoffrey Lewis (born 1900). [1913-1918].
Peskett, William Geoffrey Hogan (born 1939). [1953-1957].
Philip, William Marshall (1913-2007). [1927-1931].
Phillips, Surgeon Rear Admiral Rex Philip (born 1915). [1924-1931].
Picton, William Hibbert Allanson (1909-1987). [1923-1927].
Pierce, John Wynne (born 1913). [1922-1931].
Pim, Hubert Arthur (born 1900). [1913-1918].
Pimblett, Gerald William (1904-1990). [1917-1922].
Pitt, Professor Brice Masterman Norman (born 1931). [1944-1950].
Pitt, Peter Clive Crawford (born 1933). [1946-1951].
Pollard, Basil Ranson (1920-1968). [1934-1939].
Pollitt, William Alfred (born 1924). [1938-1940].
Pooler, Alan Francis William Marshall (1929-2009). [1942-1948].
Porteous, Robert (born 1932). [1944-1949].
Powell, John Neville (born 1934). [1948-1952].
Preston, Alan Eley (1921-2006). [1934-1939].
Price, Thomas Michael Lloyd (1916-2005). [1930-1934].
Proctor, Henry (1910-2007). [1925-1929].
Purnell, Richard Hugh (born 1911). [1921-1929].
Quinlan, Anthony Gray (1921-1981). [1933-1939].
Reckless, David (born 1916-). [1930-1933].
Reese, John Mansel (born 1906). [1918-1925].
Reid, Edgar Richard (born 1924). [1938-1942].
Reid, John Lewis (1909-1994). [1920-1928].
Richards, Brian (1934-2003). [1947-1952].
Richardson, Peter John (born 1939). [1953-1957].
Rigden, Brian George (born 1914). [1925-1932].
Rivers, Nigel (1922). [1936-1940].
Robb, Geoffrey Hugh (born 1936). [1949-1955].
Roberts, Allan Thomas Marsh (1914-1999). [1925-1933].
Robertson, John Richard (born 1939). [1953-1957].
Robinson, James Milner (born 1937). [1950-1956].
Robinson, William Michael (born 1935). [1948-1952].
Rocyn-Jones, Gwyn (born 1903). [1917-1922].
Roe Peter, Watney (born 1916). [1929-1933].
Rosborough, Desmond (born 1932). [1945-1951].
Roualle, Henri Louis Marcel (1915-2007). [1923-1932].
Russell, John Noel Usher (born 1904). [1919-1923].
Salkeld, Charles Roy (1902-1989). [1916-1920].
Salmon, Harold William (1909-1986). [1920-1928].
Salmon, Michael Anthony (born 1935). [1948-1953].
Sandison, Professor John (born 1927). [1940-1945].
Sanderson, Charles Joseph (born 1901). [1916-1919].
Sanford, Denis Astley (1912-2006). [1923-1931].
Sankey, Arthur Octavius (born 1920). [1933-1938].
Savage, Denis Christopher Langley (born 1932). [1945-1952].
Savin, John Andrew (1935-2006). [1948-1953].
Scott, George Walter (1923-2007). [1940-1941].
Scott, Peter Milton (born 1932). [1945-1950].
Scott, Thomas Gilbert (1926-1995). [1939-1944].
Sears, Richard Tankard (born 1924). [1937-1942].
Sheerboom, Derek John (born 1924). [1937-1941].
Shepherd, Peter Douglas Warwick (born 1921). [1934-1939].
Shepherd, Rolf Carter (born 1926). [1940-1944].
Sherwood, Martin Paul (born 1916). [1930-1933].
Sims, Colin David (born 1938). [1950-1955].
Sladen, Gordon Edward George (born 1936). [1950-1954].
Slee, Ivor Patterson (born 1935). [1950-1954].
Smith, Ivor Seager (born 1933). [1948-1952].
Peter, Smith (1916-1995). [1925-1934].
Smyth, Colonel Edward Hugh Jackson (1913-2005). [1928-1930].
Soltau, David Henry Kenneth (1920-2002). [1934-1938].
Southgate, John (born 1922). [1936-1941].
Sowry, George Stephen Clive (1917-2002). [1931-1935].
Stanley-Jones, Douglas [formerly Jones] (born 1905). [1919-1922].
Stansfeld, Alfred Gimson (1916-2002). [1928-1935].
Stephens, Richard Russell (born 1921). [1934-1938].
Stephenson, Walter Henry (1912-2008) [1925-1930].
Stovin, Peter Geoge Ingle (born 1925). [1939-1944].
Strang, Francis Alexander (born 1935). [1950-1953].
Struan-Marshall, John Lawrence (born 1922). [1936-1940].
Stubbs, John Richard Campion (born 1933). [1947-1952].
Sunderland, Robert Slater (born 1921). [1933-1938].
Sutherland, Thomas Worsley (born 1916). [1926-1932].
Sworn, Basil Roy (1901-1968). [1913-1919].
Sylvester, Derek George Holden (1922-2004). [1935-1941].
Tasker, John Holmes (born 1917). [1926-1935].
Tate, Robert James (born 1939). [1952-1956].
Tattersal, Peter Ewart Romney l (1915-1982). [1926-1933].
Taylor, Kenneth Herbert (1915-1972). [1928-1933].
Theobalds, John Richard (1923-2002). [1938-1940].
Thomas, Anthony (born 1939). [1952-1957].
Thomas, Daniel Lewis Charles (born 1921). [1934-1940].
Thomas, Hugh James McKim (born 1932). [1945-1950].
Thomas, Keith Alistair [afterwards Boughton-Thomas] (born 1904). [1919-1922].
Thompson, Keith Stewart (born 1907). [1921-1924].
Thornton, Reginald Marcus (born 1911). [1922-1928].
Tinsley, Graham Frederick (born 1931). [1943-1947].
Tomlin, Eric Harral (born 1910). [1924-1927].
Townsend, Paul Leslie Gordon (born 1937). [1951-1956].
Tredre, Wing Commander Alec Ford (born 1934). [1946-1953].
Trencham, John Theodore (born 1924). [1938-1942].
Turner, Cyril Edward Hedgeman (born 1905). [1918-1924].
Turner, Richard Wainwright Duke (1909-1992). [1921-1928].
Ungar, Gerald Henry (born 1930). [1944-1948].
Urquhart, David Ronald Petersgarth (1920-2008). [1932-1938].
Vaile, John Douglas Berkeley (1911-1986). [1921-1930].
Van Someren, Gerald Anthony (1911-1957). [1924-1929].
Visick, James Hedley (born 1937). [1950-1954].
Walk, David Alexander (born 1934). [1947-1952].
Walker, Alan John (1918-1994). [1931-1935].
Walker, William Clark (1927-2007). [1942-1945].
Wallace, James Gordon (born 1926). [1939-1944].
Wallis, Surgeon Captain Geoffrey Garfitt (1918-1999). [1928-1936].
Ward, John Turner (born 1932). [1946-1950].
Ward, Mark Willis Partington (1922-2000). [1940-1940].
Warwick, Frederick (1934-2009). [1948-1953].
Watson, Hubert John Cheney (born 1921). [1935-1939].
Watson, Philip Charles (born 1918). [1932-1936].
Watts, Martin Bertram (born 1929). [1943-1947].
Webb, Brian Wykeham (born 1921). [1935-1939].
West, George Philip (born 1921). [1935-1939].
West, Michael Henry (born 1919). [1933-1937].
Whitehead, John Peter Stockwell (born 1918). [1932-1936].
Whittingham, Group Captain Harold Warrender (born 1914). [1925-1933].
Williams, John Gareth Marshall (born 1930). [1945-1949].
Williams, Richard Huw Patrick (born 1936). [1949-1954].
Williamson, Martin Sadler (1914-1997). [1927-1932].
Wilmot, Thomas James (1920-2010). [1934-1938].
Winter, Peter John (born 1933). [1946-1952].
Wisdom, Anthony Rodwell (born 1930). [1945-1948].
Witherow, Peter James (born 1935). [1948-1953].
Wright, David Stephen (1935-2010). [1949-1953].
Wright, Derek George Douglas (born 1939). [1951-1954].
Wright, Nicholas John Lane (born 1931). [1944-1949].
Wynne, Edward John Carleton (born 1926). [1940-1944].
Wynne, John Richard Ward (1924-2006). [1936-1940].
Young, John Murray (born 1931). [1944-1950].
MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES WILLIAM GREENWAY (19001968). C.B., C.B.E., A.M.S., Q.H.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Charles William Greenway (1900-1968) [Epsom College 1911-1918. Rugby
XV. MacFarlane Cup] was the son of Dr C. M. Greenway, of Plumstead, South
London. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital. He joined the
R.A.M.C. immediately after qualification and was posted to India where he remained
until shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. When the War broke out
he went to France with the Expeditionary Force and later took part in the evacuation
of Dunkirk. From 1940 until 1942 he was in command of 153 Field Ambulance and
was later appointed officer commanding the Military Hospital at Moretonhampstead
in Devon. In 1944 he returned to India, at first as officer commanding the 16
Convalescent Depot, then as officer commanding the British Military Hospital in
Bangalore. In 1947 he returned to Britain and was appointed officer in command of
the Military Hospital at Colchester, before appointment as Assistant Director of
Medical Services, Northumbrian District. In 1950 he was appointed Assistant Director
of Medical Services in Singapore and, in 1948, as Director of Medical Services with
the Far East Land Forces. He returned to England in 1953 with the rank of Major
General and became Deputy Director of Medical Services, Northern Command,
which post he occupied until his retirement in 1957. He was an Honorary Surgeon to
H.M. the Queen (1953-1957).
SHEDDEN CHALMERS St GEORGE COLE PARRY (1900-1992).
M.A. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Eng.).
Shedden Chalmers St George Cole Parry (1900-1992) [Epsom College 19141918] was the son of Dr T. W. Parry, of Crouch End, North London. He received his
medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex
Hospital. He held a number of appointments including Assistant Medical Officer for
the Port of Southampton; Deputy County Medical Officer for Worcestershire,
Assistant County Medical Officer for Hampshire, and Medical Officer of Health for
the Petersfield and Droxford Districts. During the Second World War he served in the
R.A.M.C. in Europe (1942-1946). Before the war, and while serving as a ship’s
surgeon with the P and O Steamship Line, Parry conceived the idea of the digital
method of conversing, making diagnosis possible between a doctor and patient with
no common language. His book, Polyglot Medical Questionnaire, ran to two editions
and was translated into 27 languages. It has been extensively used throughout the
world by ship’s masters and port and airport medical authorities. The 193 basic
questions were designed to elicit the answer “yes,” “no,” “I do not know,” or a
number, and from these answers an accurate medical history and diagnosis could be
built up.
JAMES PICKFORD MARSDEN (1900-1977). M.A., M.D., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Eng.).
James Pickford Marsden (1900-1977) [Epsom College 1914-1918. prefect.
Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr J. A. Marsden, of Lightcliffe, Yorkshire.
He received his medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St
Thomas’s Hospital. He was appointed Physician Superintendent of Joyce Green and
Long Reach Hospitals, Dartford, and was formerly Consultant Physician to the
London County Council, the Regional Hospital Boards and the Ministry of Health. He
made a special study of infectious diseases and smallpox in particular, as a result of
which he became an authority recognised throughout the world. He was Chairman of
the Dartford Branch of the British Medical Association, and President of the Kent
Branch.
KENNETH VICTOR FRANCIS (born 1900). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Kenneth Victor Francis (born 1900) [Epsom College 1914-1918. prefect] was
the son of Dr L. A. Francis, of Uxbridge, Middlesex. He received his medical
education at St Mary’s Hospital. He served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal
Navy, but later emigrated to the United States where he was appointed Consultant
Psychiatrist and Professor of Mental Hygiene at the University of Iowa, USA. He was
previously Assistant Professor of Neuro-Psychiatry at Stanford University Medical
School, San Francisco, California, and before that Assistant Medical Officer at the
London County Council Mental Hospital, Colney Hatch, Middlesex. He was a
member of the American Psychiatric and Medical Associations, and a member of the
American Sociological Society. During the Second World War he served as a Captain
in the United States Army Medical Corps (1942-1945).
PHILIP GARSON (born 1900). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.),
D.L.O.
Philip Garson (born 1900) [Epsom College 1914-1919. prefect] was the son of
Dr W. R. J. Garson, of Bebington, Merseyside, and brother of Alexander Denis
Garson, C.M.G. [Epsom College 1918-1921]. He received his medical education at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat
Surgeon at the Liverpool Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Honorary Medical Officer in
Charge of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department of the David Lewis Northern
Hospital, Liverpool. He was previously Honorary Assistant Surgeon at the Royal
Liverpool Children’s Hospital.
GEOFFREY LEWIS PESKETT (1900-1971). M.A., B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon).
Geoffrey Lewis Peskett (1900-1971) [Epsom College 1913-1918. Watts
Science Prize] was the son of Dr A. W. C. Peskett, of Brighton, and father of William
Geoffrey Hogan Peskett [Epsom College 1953-1956]. He received his medical
education at New College, University of Oxford, and the London Hospital. He was
appointed Demonstrator in Biochemistry and Examiner for the Final Honours Schools
at the University of Oxford, and was then awarded a Rockefeller Medical Fellowship
at Columbia University, USA. On returning to Britain he was appointed Deputy
Medical Officer at St Mary’s Hospital, Parkhurst, the Isle of Wight. He was later
awarded a Medical Fellowship by the Medical Research Council and appointed Head
of the Physiology Department at the National Institute for Research in Dairying, and
Lecturer in Physiology at the University of Reading. He was the author of the
Laboratory Handbook of Biochemistry.
HUBERT ARTHUR PIM (born 1900). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Hubert Arthur Pim (born 1900) [Epsom College 1913-1918] was the son of Dr
J. H. Pim, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, and brother of Henry Ernest Pim [Epsom College
1918-1925]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and served
as a Clinical Assistant in the Orthopaedic Department. He was then appointed
Coroner for Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, and Medical Officer for the
Alexandra and Kennylands School, Reading. He was also a Member of the Medical
Interviewing Committee of the Ministry of Health.
HAROLD BURT-WHITE (1901-1952). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.C.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.O.G.
Harold Burt-White (1901-1952) [Epsom College 1916-1918] was the son of R.
J. Burt-White, a cotton goods buyer, of Crouch End, North London. He received his
medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he won the Bentley Prize and
Lawrence Research Scholarship (1926-1927). He then won the University Gold
Medal in the M.D. Examination, the Bishop Harman Prize of the British Medical
Association, and the Nichols Prize of the Royal Society of Medicine. He was a
Founder Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He was
appointed Consultant Gynaecologist at Salisbury General Infirmary and the National
Temperance Hospital. He was previously Gynaecological Surgeon at the City of
London Maternity Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital, and the Soho Hospital for
Women. During the Second World War he served in the R.A.M.C., and from 1942 to
1944 was Gynaecological Specialist to the Women’s Services in Northern Ireland.
KEMPTON PETER HARE (1901-1977). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), L.M.S.S.A.,
D.T.M. & H.
Kenneth Peter Hare (1901-1977) [Epsom College 1913-1919. prefect. Hugh
Vardon, English Literature and Watts Science Prizes] was the son of Dr Frederick
Hare, of Waterhouses, Co. Durham. He received his medical education at University
College Hospital, and went into general practice at Newark and then Lincoln. In 1936
he went to Assam as a medical officer to various tea estates, but when India was
threatened with invasion in 1942, he became a civilian medical officer in charge of
coolies building the Burma Road. After Second World War he returned to London
and won the gold medal in the M.D. Examination of London University. He was then
appointed Senior Medical Officer for the British Overseas Airways Corporation. He
was a member of the University of London Rowing VIII.
CHARLES JOSEPH SANDERSON (born 1901). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.P.H. (Lond.).
Charles Joseph Sanderson (born 1901) [Epsom College 1916-1919. prefect.
MacFarlane Cup] was the son of Joseph Sanderson, master grocer, of Alnwick,
Northumberland. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital,
and was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Bournemouth. During the Second
World War he served as a Major (Hygiene Specialist) in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
JOHN WRIGHT NANKIVELL (born 1901). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
John Wright Nankivell (born 1901) [Epsom College 1915-1919. prefect.
Rugby XV] was the son of B. W. Nankivell, F.R.C.S., of Bournemouth, and brother
of Dr Percy Howard Nankivell [Epsom College 1920-1926]. He received his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital, where he won the Senior Broderip Scholarship.
He was appointed Obstetric and Gynaecological Surgeon at the Royal Victoria and
West Hampshire Hospitals, Bournemouth. He was a Member of the Bournemouth
Medical Society, and late Senior Resident Medical Officer at the City of London
Maternity Hospital and Chelsea Hospital for Women.
GORDON KIRWAN-TAYLOR (1901-1975). O.B.E., M.A., M.D., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Gordon Kirwan-Taylor (1901-1975) [Epsom College 1915-1920. head prefect.
Captain of Rugby XV. Captain of Cricket XI. Sterry and Brande Prizes] was the son
of A. G. Taylor, company director, of Sutton, Surrey, and brother of Sir Alfred Jesse
Taylor, Lord Grantchester [Epsom College 1907-1912], Harold George Taylor,
F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1909-1913], Ernest Edward Taylor [Epsom College 19101912], William John Taylor, O.B.E. [Epsom College 1919-1923], Sir Charles Stuart
Taylor, M.P. [Epsom College 1924-1929]. He received his medical education at
Trinity College, Cambridge, and St George’s Hospital. After appointment as Resident
Medical Officer at the General Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth, and Resident Obstetric
Assistant at St Georges Hospital, he was appointed Consultant Obstetrician at St
George’s hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant Colonel
in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945). He was a member of both the Cambridge University
Cricket XI and Rugby XV.
BASIL ROY SWORN (1901-1968). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.C.S. (Lond.).
Basil Roy Sworn (1901-1968) [Epsom College 1915-1919] was the son of Dr
E. A. Sworn, of Hanley, Staffordshire. He received his medical education at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the Staffordshire
General Infirmary (1933-1964). Before this he was Demonstrator in Anatomy and
Surgical Tutor at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School. He was the first surgeon in
the Midlands to undertake the surgical treatment of intervertebral disc protrusion and
he dealt with many hundreds of cases from 1937 onwards, and he was the first
surgeon in the Midlands to remove an islet-cell adenoma of the pancreas for
hyperinsulinism. In the years immediately after the second world war, before thoracic
surgery units were widely established, he undertook thoracic surgery for carcinoma of
the oesophagus and lung. “Sworn’s surgical talents were such that if he had remained
on the staff of a teaching hospital he would have gained an international reputation.”
COLONEL ERIC FRANCIS SAUNDERSON MORRISON (born
1902). M.C., M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Dublin), B.A.O., J.P.
Eric Francis Saunderson Morrison (born 1902) [Epsom College 1916-1920]
was the son of Dr F. S. Morrison, J.P., of Hallaton, Leicestershire. He received his
medical education at University College, London and Trinity College, Dublin. He was
appointed Medical Officer for Leicester County Council. Before this appointment he
was Resident Medical Officer at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital and the Rotunda Hospital,
Dublin. He was a member of the Dublin Biological Society. During the Second World
War he served as a Colonel in the R.A.M.C. (M.E.F. and C.M.F.), was awarded the
Africa Star (8th Army) and mentioned in dispatches four times.
JOHN FRANCIS LOVEL BARNES (born 1902). M.A. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.R.C.Psych.
John Francis Lovel Barnes (born 1902) [Epsom College 1916-1920. Rugby XV.
English Literature Prize] was the son of Dr J. A. Barnes, of Leicester. He received his
medical education at Trinity College, Cambridge and St Thomas’s Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at King George’s Hospital, Ilford; Consultant
Psychotherapist at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and Lecturer and Examiner in
Psychological Medicine at the West End Hospital for Neurology. He was also
Consultant Psychiatrist at the Foundling Hospital, London, and Assistant Physician at
the Tavistock Clinic, London. He was a member of the Medical Psychological
Association and of the British Psychological Society.
PHILIP GRAEME BENTLIF (born 1902). M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Philip Graeme Bentlif (born 1902) [Epsom College 1916-1918] was the son of
Dr P. B. Bentlif, of Jersey. He received his medical education at Jesus College,
Cambridge, where he won the University Scholarship, and the Middlesex Hospital.
He was appointed Honorary Consultant Physician and Dermatologist at the General
Hospital, Jersey, and Medical Officer to H.M. Prison, Jersey. He was a member of the
Jersey Medical Society.
SURGEON CAPTAIN CHARLES BOYD NICHOLSON (1902-1987).
R.N., C.B., C.B.E., Q.H.P., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
D.L.O.
Charles Boyd Nicholson (1902-1987) [Epsom College 1913-1920. prefect.
Rugby XV] was the son of Dr C. H. Nicholson, of Mill Hill, London, and father of
Michael John Boyd Nicholson [Epsom College 1951-1954], and Robert Charles
Nicholson [Epsom College 1952-1956]. He received his medical education at the
Middlesex Hospital, joining the Royal Navy after qualifying, and starting his career at
the naval hospitals of Portsmouth and Chatham. He served at sea on H.M.S. Warspite.
From 1937 until 1940 he worked in the Naval Hospital at Hong Kong and then in the
Orkneys until 1942, when he was made Surgeon Captain and appointed Fleet Medical
Officer, Mediterranean. At that time he was the youngest Surgeon Captain in the
Royal Navy. He was initially based in Algiers, where he showed outstanding
administrative ability in organising medical services throughout the Mediterranean,
but in 1949 he returned to sea, serving on H.M.S.s Vanguard and Indomitable, and
then as Fleet Medical Officer for the Home Fleet, from 1950 until 1952. When he
finally retired from the Royal Navy in 1958 he was posted to the Admiralty, where he
was Assistant Medical Director General of the Royal Navy. He was an Honorary
Surgeon to H.M. the Queen, a liveryman of the Society of Apothecaries, and a
Freeman of the City of London. He was President of the Sussex Branch of the British
Medical Association (1968), and in his student days a member of the United Hospitals
Rugby XV.
CHARLES ROY SALKELD (1902-1989). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Oxon.),
F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Charles Roy Salkeld (1902-1989) [Epsom College 1916-1920] was the son of
Dr Charles Salkeld, of Potter Newton, Leeds. He received his medical education at
Merton College, University of Oxford, and St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, for the Wessex Regional Hospital Board.
He undertook important medical research into allergic diseases in Strasbourg, Paris,
Bordeaux and the United States. During the Second World War he served as a Major
with the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
ALAN PHILIP LLOYD COGSWELL (born 1902). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A.(Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Alan Philip Lloyd Cogswell (born 1902) [Epsom College 1916-1920. Captain
of Rugby XV] was the son of Dr P. D. Cogswell, of Bromley, Kent, and brother of Dr
Cyril Dare Cogswell [Epsom College 1914-1918]. He received his medical education
at King’s College Hospital. He was a Barrister-at-Law of Gray’s Inn; H.M. Coroner
for the East District, County of Middlesex, and Visiting Anaesthetist at the London
County Council Hospitals. He was a member of the Coroners’ Society of Great
Britain.
ERNEST ALBERT ROCHESTER BERKLEY (1903-1979). T.D.,
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Ernest Albert Rochester Berkley (1903-1979) [Epsom College 1918-1922.
Rugby XV] was the son of A. W. T. Berkley, of Waddon, Croydon. He received his
medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Assistant Medical Officer to
the Lancashire County Council. Before that he was County Medical Officer of Health
for Worcestershire, and County Medical Officer for the Worcester Branch of the Red
Cross. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the
R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
GWYN ROCYN-JONES (1903-1979). M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Wales).
Gwyn Rocyn-Jones (1903-1979) [Epsom College 1917-1922. prefect. Cricket
XI] was the son of Sir David Rocyn-Jones, C.B.E., of Llantarnam, South Wales. He
received his medical education at Downing College, Cambridge, and King’s College
Hospital. He was appointed County Medical Officer of Health and Schools Medical
Officer for Monmouthshire, having previously been the County Pathologist for
Monmouthshire. He was a Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, and
County Commissioner for the St John’s Ambulance Brigade.
GEORGE EDWARD GRAVES PEIRCE (born 1903). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
George Edward Graves Peirce (born 1903) [Epsom College 1917-1921. prefect.
Sterry Prize] was the son of George Pierce, banker, of Youghal, Co. Cork. He
received his medical education at St Mary’s, St Bartholomew’s and the London
Hospitals. He was appointed Regional Medical Officer for British Railways (London
and Midland Region), and Medical Officer for the Railway Clearing House. He was a
Member of the Association of Industrial Medical Officers.
JOHN KIRKPATRICK MONRO (1903-1993). M.A., M.D., M.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.)
John Kirkpatrick Monro (1903-1993) [Epsom College 1916-1921. prefect] was
the son of Dr J. D. R. Monro, of Muswell Hill, North London, and brother of Andrew
Killey Monro, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1922-1925]. He received his medical
education at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the London Hospital, where he won
the Sutton Prize for Pathology, and the Adams Clark Prize for Clinical Medicine and
Pathology. He was appointed Professor of Surgery at Singapore (1935-1950),
Consultant Surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital, and Honorary Consultant
Surgeon to the British Army in Singapore. Jack Monro’s career as Professor of
Surgery at Singapore was interrupted by the Japanese invasion at the start of World
War Two. He was interned for three and a half years in Changi gaol, where there were
no facilities for surgery but many nutritional ulcers to treat. After the war he returned
to London for a refresher course and then returned to Singapore (1946), where he
helped with the restoration of the General Hospital and the formation of the
University of Malaya. In 1950, he returned to England and was appointed Consultant
Surgeon at Swindon, Marlborough and Cirencester Hospitals (1950-1968). When he
retired, he set up as a registered charity, the first vasectomy clinic in England and
continued operating until the age of 82. “The botanist E. J. H. Corner relates how
John Monro once operated on a monkey which had been trained to retrieve botanical
specimens from high trees and which was having difficulty in swallowing.
Subsequently the monkey bit Corner, so Monro had to operate on the botanist as
well.”
DONALD SCRIMGEOUR BATEMAN (1904-1944). B.A., B.M., B.Ch.
(Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.).
Donald Scrimgeour Bateman (1904-1944) [Epsom College 1916-1922] was the
son of Dr W. H. Bateman, J.P., of Rochdale. He received his medical education at
University College, Oxford University, and St Thomas’s Hospital. After the usual preregistration house and registrar jobs at St Thomas’s, he was appointed paediatric
intern at Bellevue Hospital, New York, and on his return, Registrar at the Hospital for
Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, the Westminster Hospital, Queen Charlotte’s
Hospital and the London Hospital. He was then appointed Consultant Paediatrician at
St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester. During the Second World War he served as a Wing
Commander in the R.A.F. In 1942, he was posted to Iraq where he was put in charge
of a hospital for the children of native troops. He was extremely popular with the staff
and patients, and it was said that his entry into the children’s ward was “heralded as
ever by demonstrations of delight.” In 1944, he was killed in a flying accident
overseas, and at the time of his death was physician in charge of the medical division
of an R.A.F. Hospital overseas.
ARTHUR MAURICE McMASTER (1904-1977). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.), J.P.
Arthur Maurice McMaster (1904-1977) [Epsom College 1919-1923. prefect.
Sterry Prize] was the son of Dr A. B. McMaster, of Crewe, and brother of Norman
Berry McMaster [Epsom College 1920-1925]. He received his medical education at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, and following qualification entered general practice at
Spotland Bridge, Rochdale. However in 1931, he decided to abandon this in favour of
a career in surgery. He then achieved the not inconsiderable feat of taking the
F.R.C.S. Examination from general practice, and after this was appointed to the staff
of the Rochdale Infirmary as a surgeon. In 1948, he was appointed Consultant
Surgeon. His main interest was in genitourinary surgery and “by dint of perseverance
and visiting many other centres he succeeded in becoming one of the leading
urological surgeons in the North-West.” He was a founder member of the Rochdale
Hospital Management Committee, and at served a period as Chairman of the
Rochdale Division of the British Medical Association. He served as a J.P. for
Rochdale and Cumbria.
ALISTAIR REGINALD FRENCH (1904-1966). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.I.H.
Alistair Reginald French (1904-1966) [Epsom College 1915-1921. prefect] was
the son of Dr R. H. French, of Finchley, London, and brother of Robert Douglas
French [Epsom College 1909-1915]. He received his medical education at the London
Hospital, and then entered general practice in North Finchley (1926-1928), where he
served as Honorary Medical Officer to the Finchley Memorial Hospital. He then
served in the R.A.F. Medical Service in the Middle East., but returned to general
practice in Greenford, Middlesex in 1933. During the Second World War he served in
the R.A.F. Medical Service once again. After the War, he took the Diploma of
Industrial Health (1947), and one year later was appointed Secretary of the Medical
Protection Society, a post that he occupied until retirement in 1963. He was President
of the Metropolitan Counties Branch of the British Medical Association from 19371941, and again in 1947-1948. From 1960-1961 he was Chairman of the Marylebone
Division of the B.M.A. He was elected a Fellow of the British Medical Association in
1960.
GAVIN WILLIAM MILROY (1904-1996). M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), M.D.
(Edin.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Gavin William Milroy (1904-1996) [Epsom College 1917-1921] was the son of
Dr W. C. Milroy, of Wallasey, Cheshire, and father of Euan James Gavin Milroy
[Epsom College 1952-1956]. He received his medical education at Edinburgh
University, and subsequently passed the M.D. Examination with commendation. After
qualification he went into general practice, but he gave this up after the Second World
War for general surgery and was appointed Consultant Surgeon to the Central
Hospital, Wallasey, Cheshire. Unfortunately severe pulmonary tuberculosis destroyed
one of his lungs, excluding him from military service but enabling him to deal with
the major surgical problems of the Merseyside bombing during the worst days of the
war. He wrote several short stories and one-act plays in which he acted and was the
producer. He had a love of grand opera and was one of the first members of the
Glyndebourne Festival Society. He was selected for the Scottish Hockey trials.
BERNARD CLIVE NICHOLSON (1904-1993). M.A., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.D. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H.
Bernard Clive Nicholson (1904-1993) [Epsom College 1918-1922. prefect] was
the son of E. B. Nicholson, surveyor and estate agent, of Sutton, Surrey. He received
his medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew’s
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Rheumatologist at the Royal Bath Hospital,
Harrogate, and Consultant Physician at Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds. During the
Second World War he served as a Wing Commander in the R.A.F. (1941-1945).
“Under his leadership the Royal Bath Hospital became a regional centre for
rheumatology.”
GAVIN HAMILTON LIVINGSTONE (1904-1969). M.A., M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Gavin Hamilton Livingstone (1904-1969) [Epsom College 1918-1922. prefect]
was the son of Dr William Livingstone, of Winchester. He received his medical
education at King’s College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ear, Nose and
Throat Surgeon at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford; Director of the Department of
Otolaryngology of the United Oxford Hospitals, and Lecturer in Otolaryngology at
Oxford University. He was a former Bernhard Baron Scholar at the Ferens Institute of
Otolaryngology, the Middlesex Hospital, and former Assistant Surgeon to the Royal
National Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Golden Square, London. During the Second
World War he served with the Emergency Medical Service in London and then joined
the medical staff at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. Soon after coming to Oxford he
was mentioned in dispatches for rescuing a man who had been pinned under the wing
of a blazing crashed aircraft. After the war he resumed his ENT work at the Radcliffe
Infirmary where he specialised in problems of deafness, especially in children. He
made a specialty within the specialty of the reconstruction of a conduction mechanism
for hearing in children with congenital ear defects. In his work he established an
international reputation, not only attracting a steady stream of patients from far and
wide, but increasingly being in demand as a speaker and writer. He was a past
President of the Section of Laryngology of the Royal Society of Medicine. He was a
Harrison prize-winner and Yearsley Lecturer, as well as an Honorary Member of the
Otolaryngological Society of Australia, and an Examiner for the Royal College of
Surgeons. In 1948 he was awarded the Medal of Reconnaissance Française. Apart
from his career in ENT surgery, Gavin Livingstone developed an interest in breeding
pedigree pigs and took several prizes at the Royal and other shows. “If it were
possible to sum up Livingstone’s personality in three attributes these might well be
energy, tolerance, and kindliness. He had an unfair ration of all three.”
KEITH ALISTAIR THOMAS [afterwards BOUGHTON-THOMAS]
(born 1904). M.B., Ch.B. (Birmingham).
Keith Alistair Thomas (born 1904) [Epsom College 1919-1922] was the son of
Henry Thomas, bank manager, of Old Swinford, Worcestershire, and father of David
Aidan Boughton-Thomas [Epsom College 1946-1949]. He received his medical
education at Birmingham University and was appointed Assistant Pathologist at the
Children’s Hospital, Birmingham. He was then appointed Principal Medical Officer at
the Ministry of Health, Chief Medical Adviser to the Ministry of Labour and National
Services, and Editor of Prescriber’s Notes. During the Second World War he served
as a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R.
JOHN NOEL USHER RUSSELL (born 1904). M.B.E., M.B., B.Ch.
(Dublin), B.A.O.
John Noel Usher Russell (born 1904) [Epsom College 1919-1923. prefect] was
the son of Dr G. H. Russell, of Cashel, County Tipperary, and brother of Colonel
George Vernon Russell, R.A. [Epsom College 1916-1919]. He received his medical
education at Trinity College, Dublin, and was appointed Medical Officer at the
Ministry of Pensions. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant
Colonel in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945) as a Medical Specialist in Command of a
Military Hospital.
WALTER NEVILLE OWEN GEORGE (born 1904). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.P.M. (Eng.).
Walter Neville Owen George (born 1904) [Epsom College 1918-1921. Rugby
XV] was the son of J. O. George, of Hirwain, Glamorgan. He received his medical
education at Cardiff Medical School (University of Cardiff), and University College
Hospital. He was appointed Senior Medical Officer at the Horton Road and Coney
Hill Hospitals, Gloucestershire. He was formerly Medical Officer at the Monmouth
Mental Hospital. He was a member of the Royal Medical Psychological Association.
During the period 1941-1942 he served as Captain in the Indian Medical Service
HENRY ANDREW KIDD (1904-1979). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S.
(Edin.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.
Henry Andrew Kidd (1904-1979) [Epsom College 1917-1921. prefect] was the
son of Dr Harold Andrew Kidd, C.B.E. He received his medical education at St
Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Obstetric Officer at St Mary’s Hospital, as
well as Tutor for the Fellowship Courses (F.R.C.S) at the Royal College of Surgeons.
He was then appointed Consultant Surgeon to St Helier Hospital (1945-1969) and St
Anthony’s Hospital, Cheam, Surrey. He was formerly Medical Superintendent at the
Kingston County Hospital, Surrey. Among numerous other appointments, he was
President of the Medical Superintendents Society (1944), Honorary Secretary of the
Regional Consultants and Specialists Committee of the British Medical Association,
and President of the Sutton Division and Surrey Branch of the British Medical
Association. He was also Chairman of the South-West Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board Consultants Committee, and a member of the Surrey County Bridge
Team.
GERALD WILLIAM PIMBLETT (1904-1990). T.D., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), D.M.R.D., D.M.R.
Gerald William Pimblett (1904-1990) [Epsom College 1917-1922. prefect] was
the son of Dr W. H. Pimblett, of Preston. He received his medical education at
Pembroke College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. In 1927, he went into
general practice, but being in the Territorial Army he was called up for active service
in 1939, and as a Major in the R.A.M.C., took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk
and the Normandy landings (1944). He was mentioned in dispatches. After the war he
took up diagnostic radiology and was appointed Consultant Radiologist at the Mayday
Hospital, Croydon (1948-1969), where he built up the small department into a large,
busy and efficient unit. He was also Chief Assistant Radiologist at St Bartholomew’s
Hospital until 1948. He was so devoted to radiology that after retirement he did a long
series of locums at Cochester and Northampton, and most unusually, was allowed to
go on to the age of 80. He was always referred to as ‘Gerald Pimblett Pim’.
JOHN LEWIS FRANKLIN (1904-1972). M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S., F.R.C.P. (Eng.).
John Lewis Franklin (1904-1972) [Epsom College 1918-1921] was the son of
Philip Franklin, F.R.C.S., of Wimpole Street, and brother of Dr Alfred White
Franklin, F.R.C.P. [Epsom College 1918-1923]. He received his medical education at
Pembroke College, Cambridge, and St George’s Hospital. After a period as Registrar
in the Department of Dermatology at the Westminster Hospital (1930-1934) he
succeeded Dr S. E. Dore as Consultant Dermatologist. He was the co-author with Dr
Dore of the textbook: Diseases of the Skin. While at Cambridge he acquired a Blue
for Fencing. He was also a member of the United Hospitals fencing team.
COLONEL ROBERT RICHARDS LEANING (born 1905). O.B.E.,
O.St.J., R.A.M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Eng.).
Robert Richards Leaning (born 1905) [Epsom College 1919-1922. prefect] was
the son of Dr R. C. Leaning, of Gunnersbury, West London, and brother of William
John Leaning [Epsom College 1921-1926]. He won an Open Scholarship to St Mary’s
Hospital, and was then appointed Clinical Assistant in the Ear, Nose and Throat
Department at St Mary’s. After this, he joined the R.A.M.C. and served as a Colonel
in Nigeria, based at Lagos. He was mentioned in dispatches.
DOUGLAS STANLEY-JONES [formerly JONES] (born 1905). B.Sc.,
M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Douglas Stanley-Jones (born 1905) [Epsom College 1919-1922. Martin Maths,
Watts Science and Propert Prizes] was the son of H. S. Jones, accountant, of Croydon,
Surrey. He won an Open Scholarship to St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and after
qualification was appointed Demonstrator in Physiology at St Bartholomew’s
Hospital, and then Teacher of Clinical Surgery at Bristol University. After his time at
Bristol, he went into general practice at Hayle, Cornwall, where he was also appointed
Surgeon at the St Michael’s Hospital, Hayle, the Helston District Memorial Hospital,
and Consultant Surgeon at the Edward Hain Memorial Hospital, St Ives, as well as
Medical Officer of Health for the Kerrier Rural District Council. He was a man of
many interests and apart from his medical work he was Honorary Secretary of the
Royal Geological Society.
CYRIL EDWARD HEDGEMAN TURNER (born 1905). M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.M. (Eng.), F.R.C.Psych.
Cyril Edward Hedgeman Turner (born 1905) [Epsom College 1918-1924.
Zoology and Brande Prizes] was the son of Dr P. E. Turner, of South India. He
received his medical education at the London Hospital, and was then appointed
Assistant Medical Officer at Leavesden Mental Hospital, Abbots Langley,
Hertfordshire, and after a period there as Assistant Medical Officer at the Wadsley
Mental Hospital, Huddersfield. His next appointment was that of Senior Medical
Officer at Storthes Hall Mental Hospital, Huddersfield, before being appointed
Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Superintendent of the Towers Hospital,
Humberstone, Leicester. He won the Bronze Medal of the Royal Medical Psychiatric
Association, and was a member of the Medical Superintendent’s Society.
DAVID LINCOLN LEWIS (1906-1998). M.C., M.A. (Cantab.), L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), M.Ch., F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
David Lincoln Lewis (1906-1998) [Epsom College 1920-1925] was the son of
Dr W. J. Lewis, of Ystalyfera, Glamorgan, and brother of Roland Swaine Lewis,
F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1923-1926], Edward Axford Lewis [Epsom College 19271931], James William Lewis, L.D.S. [Epsom College 1927-1936]. He received his
medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and St George’s Hospital, where
he won the Brackenbury Prizes for medicine and surgery (1931). He was appointed
Consultant Surgeon at Bethnal Green, and later to the Royal Salop Infirmary,
Shewsbury. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in
command of the 29 Field Surgical Unit, and was surgical specialist to the 98th General
Hospital in Italy, where he won the Military Cross. He was a member of the United
Hospitals Rugby XV.
SURGEON REAR-ADMIRAL JOHN MANSEL REESE (born 1906).
C.B., O.B.E., R.N., Q.H.P., C.St.J., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Eng.).
John Mansel Reese (born 1906) [Epsom College 1918-1925. prefect. Rugby
XV. Captain of Athletics Team] was the son of Dr D. W. Reese, of Neath, South
Wales. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and then entered the
Royal Naval Medical Service as a Surgeon Lieutenant, serving in Malta, Ceylon,
Singapore, China, as well as at the Royal Naval Hospitals at Chatham, Portsmouth
and Plymouth (1930-1962). He was awarded the Gilbert Blane Medal of the Royal
College of Surgeons (1939), and was promoted to Medical Officer in Command of the
Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth. He was an Honorary Physician to H.M. the Queen.
DONALD ALEXANDER SANGSTER BLAIR (1906-1989). M.A., M.D.,
B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.Psych., D.M.J., D.P.M.
(Eng.).
Donald Alexander Sangster Blair (1906-1989) [Epsom College 1920-1924] was
the son of Dr Alec Blair, of St Osyth, Essex, and brother of Bryce Evans Blair,
F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1924-1928], and father of Dr Angus Alastair Donald Blair
[Epsom College 1951-1954]. He received his medical education at Clare College
Cambridge, and St Thomas’s Hospital. In 1940 he was appointed the first Assistant
Medical Officer of Cane Hill Hospital, Surrey and in 1946, Deputy Physician
Superintendent at St Bernard’s Hospital, Southall, Middlesex. In 1948 he was
appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at St Bernard’s and at Ashford Hospital. During the
Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. in France, at Larbert and
Northfields Military Hospitals (1942-1946). Donald Blair made original and
outstanding contributions in many aspects of psychiatry. In 1937 he was co-author of
the first paper ever published on the use of phenytoin in epilepsy. His paper on group
psychotherapy for war neuroses (1943) was one of the earliest on group therapy. In
1960 he wrote one of the first papers on the treatment of severe depression with
imipramine. He was Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Committee in Psychiatry to the
North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
CHARLES HENRY LEVICK (born 1906). M.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P.
(Lond.), D.A. (Eng.).
Charles Henry Levick (born 1906) [Epsom College 1920-1921] was the son of
H. S Levick, steel manufacturer, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He received his
medical education at the Royal Infirmary, Sheffield (Sheffield University). He was
appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital and the
Suffolk Mental Hospital Group. He was a member of the Ipswich Clinical Society,
and previously a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R.
PROFESSOR RICHARD WHEELER HAINES (born 1906). D.Sc.
(Lond.), M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.Z.S.
Richard Wheeler Haines (born 1906) [Epsom College 1917-1924. prefect.
Botany Prize] was the son of Dr A. W. Haines, of Pantgoleu, Merionethshire. He
received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was appointed
Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Sheffield, and then Reader in
Anatomy at St Thomas’s Hospital, before his appointment as Professor of Anatomy at
the Royal Medical College, Baghdad, Iraq,
KEITH STEWART THOMPSON (born 1907). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.M.S.
Keith Stewart Thompson (born 1907) [Epsom College 1921-1924] was the son
of Dr Francis Thompson, of Sunbury, Middlesex, and brother of Ian Stewart
Thompson [Epsom College 1923-1925], and Malcolm Stewart Thompson, R.A.F.
[Epsom College 1924-1927]. He received his medical education at the London
Hospital, and was then appointed Assistant Pathologist at the London Hospital. He
later removed to Birmingham where he was Lecturer in the Department of Pathology
at Birmingham University, and then Consultant Pathologist at Selly Oak Hospital, and
the Queen Hospital, Birmingham. He was also Pathologist to the Birmingham City
Council, and a member of the Pathological Society of Great Britain. During the
Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C., as Pathologist at the British
Base at Sekondi, on the Gold Coast (Ghana).
LOUIS PHILIPPE EUGENE LAURENT (1907-1992). M.D. M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Louis Philippe Eugene Laurent (1907-1992) [Epsom College 1920-1923] was
the son of Dr O. A. E. Laurent, of Holland Road, Kensington, and brother of Dr
Antoine Marc Pierre Laconfugue Laurent [Epsom College 1920-1924]. He received
his medical education at University College Hospital. He was appointed Consultant
Physician at the West London Hospital, Hammersmith, and the King Edward
Memorial Hospital, Ealing (from 1937). During the Second World War he worked in
the Emergency Medical Service (1939-1946), and was physician in charge of the units
for spinal and peripheral nerve injuries at Park Prewitt Hospital, Basingstoke. In 1946
he was appointed Physician to the French Hospital in London. “An exceptional
diagnostician with a flair for getting to the heart of a problem, he was a great teacher
with the knack of simplifying even the most difficult subjects. He was bilingual in
French and for many years was on the staff of the French Dispensary in London, for
which service he was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (1961).” After
retiring he worked at Manor House Hospital, North London (1971-1986). He married
Phyllis Baker, daughter of the Keeper of the National Gallery.
SAMUEL DAVIDSON (1907-1981). A.F.C., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.R.C.S.
(Edin.), F.R.C.O.G.
Samuel Davidson (1907-1981) [Epsom College 1917-1925. prefect. Rugby XV.
Hodgkin Prize] was the son of Dr Samuel Davidson, of Kelso, Lanarkshire, and
brother of Dr William Davidson [Epsom College 1916-1923]. He received his
medical education at Edinburgh University, and was appointed Consultant
Obstetrician at the United Birmingham Hospitals, and Lecturer and Examiner for
Birmingham University. He was Chairman of the Birmingham Sub-Committee for
training in obstetrics and gynaecology, Vice-President of the Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1969-1972), and an Examiner and Member of
Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. During the Second
World War he served as a Squadron Leader with the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945), and
among his duties were those of a Flying Instructor in the R.A.F.
WILLIAM DERRICK COLTART (1907-1963). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
William Derrick Coltart (1907-1963) [Epsom College 1918-1925. prefect] was
the son of Dr Guy Hemming Coltart [Epsom College 1885-1892], and brother of
Ronald Hugh Coltart [Epsom College 1921-1927]. He was awarded an Entrance
Scholarship to St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic
Surgeon at St Bartholomew’s, the Royal Masonic, the Royal Marsden, Chailey
Heritage and St Andrew’s Hospitals. He had previously worked at the Arthur Stanley
Institute of Rheumatology at the Middlesex Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and East
Ham Memorial Hospital. He was elected a Hunterian Professor of the Royal College
of Surgeons (1948), and awarded a Geigy Travelling Fellowship of the British Empire
Rheumatism Council. During the Second World War he served as a Wing
Commander in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945), commanding the surgical division of
Church Village R.A.F. Hospital. He was Vice-President of the Orthopaedic Section of
the British Medical Association (1956), and Secretary at the joint meeting with the
Irish Medical Association in Dublin (1952).
ANDREW KILLEY MONRO (born 1907). M.A., M.D., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Andrew Killey Monro (born 1907) [Epsom College 1922-1925. prefect. Cricket
XI. MacFarlane Cup] was the son of Dr J. D. R. Monro, of Muswell Hill, North
London, and brother of John Kirkpatrick Monro, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 19161921]. He received his medical education at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the
London Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Surgeon at St John’s Hospital,
Leicester Square and the Southend General Hospital. He was also Senior Lecturer in
Surgery at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London, and
previously Surgeon to the Out-Patients Department at the London Hospital. During
the second World War he served as a Squadron Leader (Surgical Specialist) in the
R.A.F. Medical Branch.
ANTHONY RICHARD CHARLES HIGHAM (born 1907). T.D., M.B.,
B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Anthony Richard Charles Higham (born 1907) [Epsom College 1919-1927.
Watts Science Prize] was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Higham, C.I.E.,
I.M.S., and brother of Lieutenant-Colonel John Bernard Higham [Epsom College
1923-1933], and father of Commander Michael Bernard Shepley Higham, R.N.
[Epsom College 1950-1954], and Martin John Higham [Epsom College 1954-1957].
He received his medical education at St George’s Hospital. He was elected Dean of
the Institute of Urology, Consultant Surgeon at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey,
and Consultant Urologist at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Stratford. He was previously
Chief Assistant Urologist at King’s College Hospital. He was a Foundation Member
of the British Association of Urologists, and a member of the International Society of
Urological Surgeons. During the Second World war he served as a LieutenantColonel in the R.A.M.C.
CHARLES LAURENCE HEANLEY (1907-2008). T.D., M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Charles Laurence Heanley (1907-2008) [Epsom College 1921-1925. prefect]
was the son of Dr C. M. Heanley, of Hong Kong, and brother of Francis John Byron
Heanley [Epsom College 1922-1931], and father of Dr Charles Peter Heanley [Epsom
College 1951-1955]. He received his medical education at Downing College,
Cambridge, where he passed the M.A. Examination with Honours, and the London
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Plastic Surgeon, and Surgeon in charge of the
Department of Plastic Surgery at the Royal London Hospital (1946-1964). He was
also Consultant Plastic Surgeon to the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board, Worthing Hospital, and the Royal Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London.
Previously he was Surgical First Assistant at the London Hospital. During the Second
World War he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel (Surgical Specialist) in the R.A.M.C.
(1939-1945) in France, India, at the Plastic Surgery and Jaw Injury Centre, East
Grinstead (1942-1945), and the Park Prewitt Plastic Surgery Unit (1941-1942).
FREDERICK RICHARD GLOVER (born 1907). M.C., M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Eng.).
Frederick Richard Glover (born 1907) [Epsom College 1921-1921] was the son
of H. J. Glover of Chingford, Essex. He received his medical education at the London
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Chest Physician at Bury, and Visiting
Physician at the Florence Nightingale Infectious Diseases Hospital, Bury. He was also
Consultant Chest Physician for the Manchester Regional Hospital Board, and
previously Medical Superintendent, of the Bury and District Joint Hospital Board.
During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
JOHN OWEN FISHER DAVIES (1908-1978). C.B.E., Q.H.P., M.D., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.R.C.O.G.
John Owen Fisher Davies (1908-1978) [Epsom College 1922-1926] was the son
of Dr Eleazar Davies, of Fochriw, Glamorgan. He received his medical education at
the Middlesex Hospital where he was the Freer Lucas Entrance Scholar. He was
appointed Senior Administrative Medical Officer to the Oxford Regional Hospital
Board, having previously been Assistant Medical Officer to Staffordshire County
Council (1934), and Principal Medical Officer to the Middlesex County Council
(1939). In 1947, he was appointed Deputy Senior Administrative Medical Officer to
the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board in readiness for the
commencement of the National Health Service in 1948. From 1961-1963 he was
seconded from Oxford to the Ministry of Health as Senior Principal Medical Officer,
and Secretary to the Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education. He was
an Honorary Physician to H.M. the Queen. “By far the greatest evidence of his
abilities and personal leadership, however, was the achievement of changes in the way
hospital services were delivered in the Oxford Region. He would define and measure
a problem, pilot a solution and, if successful, would demonstrate the value of a new
method of working to his clinical colleagues, convincing them that a change was
worthwhile. The Oxford Region became notable for quality, enterprise and efficiency
in its hospital services. ‘Jof,’ as he was always known, was honoured, being made a
C.B.E. in 1964 and a Q.H.P. in 1965.”
STEPHEN JOHN HADFIELD (1908-2007). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S., (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Stephen John Hadfield (1908-2007) [Epsom College 1917-1927. prefect. Rugby
XV. Watts Science Prize] was the son of Dr C. F. Hadfield, of Upper Clapton, Greater
London, and brother of Charles Chandos Hadfield [Epsom College 1919-1929]. He
won a Natural Sciences Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, and completed his
medical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he won the Bentley Prize. In
1936, he entered general practice before seeing war service as a Squadron Leader in
the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945), and being mentioned in dispatches. In 1848, he became
Assistant Secretary of the British Medical Association, and Dr Charles Hill, Minister
of Health, commissioned him to undertake a major study of British general
practitioners. As a result of his report working conditions for general practitioners
underwent a significant improvement. In 1958 his book on law and ethics for doctors
was published. In 1960 he became Secretary of the British Medical Association and
from 1964 until 1974, Scottish Secretary of the British Medical Association.
ROLAND SWAINE LEWIS (1908-2001). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Roland Swaine Lewis (1908-2001) [Epsom College 1923-1926. Rugby XV.
Cricket XI] was the son of Dr W. J. Lewis, of Ystalyfera, Glamorgan, and brother of
David Lewis, M.C., F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1920-1925]. He received his medical
education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and St George’s Hospital, where he won
the Brackenbury Prize for surgery. He was appointed Senior Consultant Ear, Nose and
Throat Surgeon at King’s College Hospital (1946-1973), Mount Vernon Hospital and
Norwood District Hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Major in the
R.A.M.C. (E.N.T. specialist) (1939-1945). He was a member of the United Hospitals,
London Welsh, and Middlesex County Rugby XVs.
JAMES RAMSAY MUIRHEAD MARTIN (born 1908). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), D.M.R.E. (Cantab.).
James Ramsay Muirhead Martin (born 1908) [Epsom College 1918-1927.
prefect. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr T. M. Martin, of Upper Clapton, Greater
London, and brother of Gordon Ogilvie Martin [Epsom College 1918-1926]. He
received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Radiologist at Salford Royal Hospital, having previously been Assistant
Radiologist at Gloucester Royal Infirmary, and Assistant Radium Therapist at the
Royal Cancer Hospital. He was a member of the British Institute of Radiology.
During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1942).
JOHN DENIS LENDRUM (born 1908). V.R.D., M.B., B.Ch., (Manchester),
D.P.H. (Lond.).
John Denis Lendrum (born 1908) [Epsom College 1920-1926] was the son of
Dr J. B. Lendrum, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, and brother of Dr George
MacCormac Lendrum [Epsom College 1919-1923]. He received his medical
education at Manchester University, and was appointed Consultant Chest Physician to
the Wessex Regional Hospital Board, and Medical Director of the Mass Radiography
Unit at Portsmouth. He was previously Chest Physician to the South West
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, and Tuberculosis Officer for the
Worcestershire County Council. During the Second World War he served as a
Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander in the R.N.V.R. and was mentioned in dispatches
twice.
IVOR ANDERSON MacDOUGAL (born 1908). O.B.E., M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Lond.).
Ivor Anderson MacDougal (born 1908) [Epsom College 1923-1926] was the
son of Dr J. G. MacDougal, of Chadwell Heath, Greater London. He received his
medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed County Medical Officer of
Health and Principal School Medical Officer for the Hampshire County Council. He
was also Medical Officer of Health and Principal School Medical Officer for
Bournemouth. Before this he was Senior Medical Officer at the Monsall Infectious
Diseases Hospital, Manchester. During the Second World War he served as a Major
in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
JAMES EDWARD SCOTT CARMICHAEL (1909-1994). B.A., M.B.,
Ch.B. (Oxon.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.
James Edward Scott Carmichael (1909-1994) [Epsom College 1920-1928.
prefect. Rugby XV] was the son of E. W. S. Carmichael, F.R.C.S., of Edinburgh. He
received his medical education at Keble College, University of Oxford, and
Edinburgh University. He was appointed Consultant Obstetrician at Barnet General
Hospital, Hertfordshire (1949-1973). Before this appointment he was Medical Officer
at the West London Hospital before and after the Second World War. During the War
he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. and was mentioned in dispatches. In 1941 he
was captured in Crete, and remained a prisoner of war until 1944.
HAROLD WILLIAM SALMON (1909-1986). M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.Z.S.
Harold William Salmon (1909-1986) [Epsom College 1920-1928. prae school.
Rugby XV. MacFarlane Cup. Ann Hood Exhibition. Claude Calthrop, Watts Science,
Ralph Gooding Botany and Hodgkin Prizes] was the son of Dr Albert Salmon, of
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and father of Dr Michael Anthony Salmon, F.R.C.P.
[Epsom College 1948-1953], and Dr Paul Raymond Salmon, F.R.C.P. [Epsom
College 1949-1954]. He was awarded the Freer-Lucas Entrance Scholarship to the
Middlesex Hospital, where he won the Senior Broderip Scholarship. He was
appointed Consultant Physician at East Ham Memorial Hospital, Queen Mary’s
Hospital, Stratford, and St George in the East Hospital. In 1947-1948 he served as a
Major in the R.A.M.C. at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. He was a Freeman
of the City of London and the author of the A Handbook of Clinical Cardiology
(1962).
ALAN MORTON GILL (1909-1985). C.B.E., M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Alan Morton Gill (1909-1985) [Epsom College 1920-1927. prefect. Rugby XV]
was the son of Dr L. H. Gill of Gibraltar, and brother of Kenneth Morton Gill [Epsom
College 1922-1929]. He was awarded the Freer Lucas Scholarship to the Middlesex
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician at Charing Cross Hospital (19721974), and Consultant Physician at the West London Hospital (1939-1972). He was
an Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians (1970-1978), and Honorary Medical
Consultant to the High Commissions of Barbados and Guyana in the United Kingdom
(1966-1974); Senior Medical Consultant for Canada Life Assurance Company and a
member of the Medical Appeal Tribunal of the Department of Health and Social
Security (1976-1979). He was also an Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons
(1966-1974), and previously a Research Assistant in the Department of Physiology at
the Middlesex Hospital. During the Second World War he worked for the Emergency
Medical Service at Old Windsor and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals. After the War he
returned to the West London Hospital and built up the department of
gastroenterology, before playing a prominent part in its eventual fusion with the
Charing Cross Hospital Medical School. He was a pioneer in the field of gastroscopy.
Today his personal gastroscope is on display in the London Science Museum. In 1970
he was created C.B.E. for his services to the Barbados and Guyana High Commission
in the United Kingdom, and he was invited to attend the Independence Celebrations in
Barbados at the personal wish of the prime minister.
ARTHUR EVANS FRANCIS (born 1909). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.
Arthur Evans Francis (born 1909) [Epsom College 1924-1927] was the son of
Dr T. E. Francis of Barnsley, Yorkshire. He received his medical education at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he passed the M.B. Examination with Honours in
Medicine. He was appointed Consultant Pathologist at St Peter’s, St Paul’s and St
Philip’s Hospitals, London, having been Assistant Bacteriologist and Senior
Demonstrator in Pathology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was a Member of the
Pathological Society of Great Britain. During the Second World War he served as a
Lieutenant Colonel in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
JOHN LEWIS REID (1909-1994). B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.L.O. (Eng.).
John Lewis Reid (1909-1994) [Epsom College 1920-1928. prefect. Captain of
the Rugby XV] was the son of Dr John Reid, of Ashford, Middlesex, and brother of
Arthur Maurice Reid [Epsom College 1920-1926]. He received his medical education
at Brasenose College, University of Oxford, and the Middlesex Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon to the Canterbury, Isle of Thanet
and South East Kent Hospital Groups. He was previously Assistant ENT Surgeon at
the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Consultant ENT Surgeon at
Preston Hospital. He was Adviser in E.N.T. to Air Headquarters, India, and a
Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R. He was a member of the Oxford University
Rugby XV and the Ireland Rugby XV.
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES LESLIE GORDON (1909-1986). C.B.E.,
Q.H.S., R.A.M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.F.C.M., D.P.H. (Eng.).
James Leslie Gordon (1909-1986) [Epsom College 1924-1928] was the son of
Dr J. l. Gordon, of Caterham, Surrey, and brother of Dr Ian Hunter Gordon [Epsom
College 1933-1939]. He was awarded the Freer Lucas Scholarship to the Middlesex
Hospital, and shortly after qualifying joined the R.A.M.C. and won the Parkes Prize
on the junior officers’ course. He was appointed Commandant of the Army School of
Health (1956-1958), and Professor of Army Health at the Royal Army Military
College (1958-1962). From 1962 until 1964 he was Director of Army Health at the
War Office. He was also Commander of the British Forces in Cyprus. After retiring
from the army he was appointed Deputy Medical Officer of Health for Canterbury
(1965-1974). He was an Honorary Surgeon to H.M. the Queen.
WILLIAM HIBBERT ALLANSON PICTON (1909-1987). M.A., B.M.,
Ch.B. (Oxon.), F.R.C.Path.
William Hibbert Allanson Picton (1909-1987) [Epsom College 1923-1927] was
the son of Dr L. J. Picton, O.B.E., of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, and brother of Dr
Arthur Dyce Picton, M.B.E., M.C. [Epsom College 1925-1929]. He received his
medical education at Merton College, University of Oxford, and King’s College
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Pathologist at Hillingdon Hospital, and was a
Founder Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. In the early days of the National
Health Service he was a pioneer of open laboratory access for general practitioners. In
the 1960s he became deeply involved in plans for rebuilding Hillingdon Hospital. He
grasped new concepts and moulded them to suit the local situation, and the excellent
central sterile supply unit was his brainchild. During the Second World War he served
as a Lieutenant-Commander in the R.N.V.R., on convoys to Iceland, Northern Russia,
and Africa.
RICHARD EDWARD KENNY LEVICK (1910-1943). B.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Richard Edward Kenny Levick (1910-1943) [Epsom College 1920-1928] was
the son of Dr George Kenny Levick, of West Ham, Greater London [Epsom College
1882-1883], and brother of Dr Percy George Levick [Epsom College 1914-1920]. He
received his medical education at Christ College, Cambridge, where he won the
Elmore Research Studentship, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed
Resident Assistant Physician at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street,
having previously been Research Assistant in the Department of Medicine at the
University of Cambridge. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the
R.A.M.C.
ERIC HARRAL TOMLIN (born 1910). M.D., Ch.B. (Leeds), D.P.H. (Eng.).
Eric Harral Tomlin (born 1910) [Epsom College 1924-1927] was the son of Dr
Herbert Tomlin, of Huddersfield. He received his medical education at Leeds
University, and was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Before this appointment he was Assistant Medical Officer of Health for the
Staffordshire County Council, Medical Superintendent at Southend Isolation Hospital,
and Assistant Port Medical Officer at Portsmouth. He was a Fellow of the Society of
Medical Officers of Health. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in
the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
RICHARD MARTIN HAIGH ANNING (1910-1985). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
Richard Martin Haigh Anning (1910-1985) [Epsom College 1924-1928.
prefect. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr G. P. Anning, of Headingley, Leeds. He
received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Anaesthetist at Harrogate and Ripon. He was a Member of the Harrogate Medical
Society, and the Yorkshire Society of Anaesthetists. During the Second World War he
served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
DUDLEY WILLIAM GOTLA (1910-2009). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Dudley William Gotla (1910-2009) [Epsom College 1921-1928] was the son of
Dr F. S. Gotla, of St George’s Square, London, and father of Peter William Gotla
[Epsom College 1954-1957]. He received his medical education at the London
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at Leicester Royal Infirmary and
the Leicester Group of Hospitals (1950-1974). From 1938 until 1939 he served as a
Ship’s Surgeon on the P. & O. SS ‘Ranch,i’ and from 1946 until 1949 he was Senior
Registrar in Anaesthesia at University College Hospital and the Brompton Hospital,
London. From 1974 until 1982 he conducted a private anaesthetic practice in the
United Kingdom, Holland and New Zealand. He was President of the Leicestershire
Branch of the British Medical Association. During the Second World War he served
in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945), and was made a Japanese Prisoner-of-War (SiamBurma Railway).
HENRY PROCTOR (1910-2007). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Henry Proctor (1910-2007) [Epsom College 1925-1929] was the son of
Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Proctor, D.S.O., I.M.S., and brother of Kenneth Moncrieff
Proctor [Epsom College 1924-1926]. He received his medical education at Durham
University and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at
the Birmingham Accident Hospital (1950-1975). His interest in the long term care of
patients with brain injuries led to the formation of the Head Injury Trust and Head
Injury Work Centre, of which he was Chairman, and he was co-author of Principles
for First Aid of the Injured. He was a member of the British Orthopaedic Association.
During the Second World War he served as a Captain (Surgical specialist) in the
R.A.M.C., in charge of Surgical Division A and B Military Hospitals in the Middle
East, Palestine and North Africa (1941-1945).
GERALD ANTHONY VAN SOMEREN (1911-1957). M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.M. (Eng.).
Gerald Anthony Van Someren (1911-1957) [Epsom College 1924-1929.
prefect] was the son of Dr E. H. Van Someren, of Venice. He received his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Senior Physician at Runwell
Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders. He was previously Assistant Medical
Officer at Carlton Hayes Hospital. He was a member of the Royal Medical and
Psychiatric Association. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron
Leader and Neuropsychiatric Specialist in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945) at the R.A.F.
Neurological Hospital, Matlock, Derbyshire.
BRYCE EVANS BLAIR (1911-2004). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.
Bryce Evans Blair (1911-2004) [Epsom College 1924-1928] was the son of Dr
Alec Blair, of St Osyth, Essex, and brother of Dr Donald Alexander Sangster Blair,
M.D. [Epsom College 1920-1924]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Gynaecologist at the Royal United Hospital,
Bath, and Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Melksham and Malmesbury District
Hospitals. He was previously Senior Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the
Middlesex Hospital, and the Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital.
He was a Member of the South West Gynaecological Society. During the Second
World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
FRANCIS SANSOME MITCHELL-HEGGS (1911-1987). T.D., M.B.,
B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Francis Sansome Mitchell-Heggs (1911-1987) [Epsom College 1924-1929] was
the son of Dr F. R. Michell-Heggs, of Nottingham. He received his medical education
at St Thomas’s Hospital and Edinburgh University, and was appointed Consultant
Surgeon at the Bury and Rossendale Group of Hospitals. He was a member of the
Manchester Medical Society. During the Second World War he served as a Major
(Surgical Specialist) in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).
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. (19391945).
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 (19131997). 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 LieutenantCommander 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.”
WING-COMMANDER HAROLD WARRENDER
WHITTINGHAM (born 1914). R.A.F., O.St.J., M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.T.M. & H. (Eng.).
Harold Warrender Whittingham (born 1914) [Epsom College 1925-1933] was
the son of Air Marshall Sir H. E. Whittingham, K.C.B., K.B.E., F.R.C.S. He received
his medical education at Jesus College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital, and
was appointed Specialist Physician in the R.A.F. (1939-1972). He was President of
the R.A.F. No 1. Central Medical Board, London. His previous appointments included
Officer Commanding RAF. Hospital, Uxbridge (1972-1983); Officer in Charge of the
Medical Division, RAF Hospital, Ely; Specialist Physician at the Princess Alexandra
Hospital, R.A.F. Wroughton (1983-1994); Senior Medical Officer in Ontario, Suez
Canal Zone, Ely, Henlow, Ceylon, and Hong Kong; Principal Medical Officer for the
British Forces in the Gulf; Command Medical Specialist for the Middle East Air
Force; Director of Personnel Management for the R.A.F., Ministry of Defence, and
Honorary Lieutenant Colonel for the Alabama State Militia, USA.
DOUGLAS JOHN ALEXANDER BROWN (1915-1984). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Douglas John Alexander Brown (1915-1984) [Epsom College 1928-1933.
Cricket XI] was the son of Dr J. P. Brown, of Bacup, Lancashire. He received his
medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Anaesthetist to the Bury Area Health Authority, Lancashire. During the Second
World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1939-1945); as an
anaesthetist at H.M.S. Raleigh, and later at the Royal Naval Hospital at Durban. It
was after leaving the navy in 1946 that he was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist to
Bury General Hospital, Bury Infirmary, Rochdale, Crumpsall and the Duchess of
York Hospitals. On the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948 he was
appointed Senior Hospital Medical Officer in anaesthetics for the Bury and
Rossendale Hospital Management Committee.
COLONEL ALISTAIR JAMES MOSS-BLUNDELL (born 1915).
M.B.E., R.A.M.C., M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), D.P.H. (Eng.), D.T.M. & H.
(Eng.), M.F.C.M.
Alistair James Moss-Blundell (born 1915) [Epsom College 1930-1933] was the
son of Dr C. Moss-Blundell, of Huntingdon. He received his medical education at
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and the London Hospital. He was appointed
Deputy Director of Army Health for Southern Command, United Kingdom Land
Forces, and an Instructor at the Army School of Health (Home Forces).
DENIS WILLIAM BRACEY (born 1915). M.B., Ch.M. (Liverpool),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Denis William Bracey (born 1915) [Epsom College 1929-1932] was the son of
A. C. Bracey, of Bristol. He received his medical education at Liverpool University,
and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at Peterborough Memorial Hospital. He was a
Fellow of the Association of Consultant Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, and a
member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons. During the Second World
War he served as a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945). He was Mayor
of Peterborough (1971-1972).
MARMADUKE AYSCOUGH FAWKES (born 1915). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.T.M. & H. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Lond.),
M.F.C.M.
Marmaduke Ayscough Fawkes (born 1915) [Epsom College 1929-1933. Sterry
Prize] was the son of Dr Marmaduke Fawkes, O.B.E., of Midhurst, Surrey. He
received his medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and St
Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed Assistant Medical Officer of the South
West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, having previously been a Specialist in
Community Medicine for the South West Thames Regional Hospital Board. Before
these appointments he had served overseas as the Principal Health Officer of the
Federal Ministry of Health, Lagos, Nigeria, and as a Major in the Indian Medical
Service. He later emigrated to Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. At Cambridge he was a member of the
University Shooting VIII.
AIR COMMODORE JOHN MURRAY FERGUSON (born 1915).
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Eng.), M.F.C.M.,
John Murray Ferguson (born 1915) [Epsom College 1929-1934. Rugby XV]
was the son of Dr Archibald Ferguson [Epsom College 1901-1905]. He received his
medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Officer in charge of the
R.A.F. Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough. He was previously Principal
Medical Officer, Headquarters Air Support Command at RAF Upavon; Officer in
Command at the RAF Hospital, Wegberg, Germany, and an Associate Fellow of the
Royal Aeronautical Society. Before joining the R.A.F. he was a Medical Officer for
the West Midland Regional Department of Health and Social Security. He was a
Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
JOHN EMSLEY COATES (1915-1998). M.B., Ch.B. (Manchester),
D.O.M.S.
John Emsley Coates (1915-1998) [Epsom College 1928-1932] was the son of
Dr J. M. Coates, of Horwich, Lancashire. He received his medical education at
Manchester University, and was appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary (1947-1980). During the Second World War he served as
a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945) and was posted to the Middle East in 1942 as
an ophthalmologist. He was President of the Midland Society of Ophthalmology
(1979), and President of the Derby Medical Society.
JOHN PETER JACKSON (1915-1998). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P.
(Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
John Peter Jackson (1915-1998) [Epsom College 1925-1935] was the son of Dr
Spencer Jackson, of Penarth, Glamorgan. He received his medical education at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Harlow
Wood Orthopaedic Hospital, Mansfield. He was a member of the British Orthopaedic
Association. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
(1939-1945).
HENRI LOUIS MARCEL ROUALLE (1915-2007). M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Henri Louis Marcel Roualle (1915-2007) [Epsom College 1923-1932. prefect]
was the son of A. L. Roualle, assistant master at Epsom College, and brother of Jean
François Marie Roualle [Epsom College 1925-1934]. He was awarded a Senior
Entrance Scholarship to St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Surgeon at Barnet Hospital, the National Temperance Hospital and the Connaught
Hospital, London. He was awarded the Jacksonian Prize (1948), and was elected
Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons. During the Second World War
he served as a Flight Lieutenant in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945), in West Africa,
Belgium, Holland and Germany.
ROBERT SWALES COOK (born 1915). M.B., Ch.B. (Liverpool).
Robert Swales Cook (born 1915) [Epsom College 1926-1932] was the son of
Dr Robert Cook, of St Helens, Lancashire. He received his medical education at
Liverpool University, and was appointed Senior Hospital Medical Officer (Geriatrics)
for the Southport Hospital Group. He was a member of the Liverpool Medical
Institute. During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the
R.N.V.R. (1939-1945).
PETER EWART ROMNEY TATTERSALL (1915-1982). M.D., Ch.B.
(Leeds), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Peter Ewart Romney Tattersall (1915-1982) [Epsom College 1926-1933] was
the son of Dr Norman Tattersall, of Neath, South Wales, and brother of Dr Reginald
Norman Tattersall, O.B.E. [Epsom College 1924-1931]. He received his medical
education at Leeds University, where he gained First Class Honours in the M.B.,
Ch.B. Examination, and was awarded the William Hey Gold Medal. He was
appointed Consultant Physician at Omagh Hospital, County Tyrone (from 1949).
During the Second World War he served as a Captain with the R.A.M.C. (19401946), in France with the 51st Highland Division. He was captured at St Valery while
assisting with the evacuation of the wounded, and spent the rest of the war as a
medical officer in various prisoner-of-war camps, enduring much privation and semistarvation. This culminated in a forced march, in the depth of winter, in 1945, from
Lamsdorf in Poland to West Germany. During this march, in which nearly 80% of the
prisoners died, he contracted diphtheria and survived only by hanging on to a horse
drawn cart for several days. He was liberated by the Americans in 1945. His diaries as
a prisoner of war, which include an account of this march, are in the Imperial War
Museum. After the war he worked at the Middlesex and London Heart Hospitals
before his appointment in 1949 as the first Consultant Physician in Omagh. While his
main interest was in cardiology, he was an acknowledged expert on sarcoidosis. “He
was an excellent teacher and he ran and equipped his own wards and clinics superbly
well.”
JOHN ARTHUR DUNLOP (1915-1972). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P.,
F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
John Arthur Dunlop (1915-1972) [Epsom College 1929-1932] was the son of
Dr John Dunlop, of Assam, India, and of Glassyford, Co. Antrim, and brother of
Sidney William Cecil Dunlop [Epsom College 1928-1933]. He received his medical
education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon to the
Blackburn Hospital Management Committee (1950-1972). During the Second World
War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945) with the 17th British General
Hospital, and went with it to France, and later to India. He also trained with the
Commandos in Scotland, and then volunteered for parachute training, before serving
as Commanding Officer of a mobile surgical unit with the Parachute Brigade in
Burma. After the War he worked briefly at Oldchurch Hospital, and then as Chief
Assistant Surgeon at Chase Farm Hospital, where he developed his particular interest
in urology, before his appointment in 1950 as Consultant Surgeon at Blackburn. “He
was a first-class technician and trained many registrars, now surgeons working in the
Commonwealth, who owe much to his example.”
MICHAEL MAURICE BOYLE (1915-2000). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Michael Maurice Boyle (1915-2000) [Epsom College 1929-1932] was the son
of Dr Alan Boyle, of Disley, Cheshire, and brother of Dr Alan Nigel Boyle [Epsom
College 1924-1929], and Dr Douglas Sealy Boyle [Epsom College 1927-1930]. He
received his medical education at Manchester University, and was appointed
Consultant Anaesthetist at Salford Royal Hospital, Hope Hospital, and the Royal
Manchester Children’s Hospital. He was a Fellow of the Manchester Medical Society,
and a Fellow of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. During
the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (19421945).
CUTHBERT ROY HOUGHTON (born 1915). M.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), L.M. (Rotunda).
Cuthbert Roy Houghton (born 1915) [Epsom College 1929-1932] was the son
of Dr W. C. Houghton, of Birmingham, and brother of Dr Arnold Cecil Houghton
[Epsom College 1927-1931]. He received his medical education at Birmingham
University, and was appointed Consultant Physician at Hammerwich Hospital,
Walsall. During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (19401945), and was mentioned in dispatches.
KENNETH HERBERT TAYLOR (1915-1972). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Kenneth Herbert Taylor (1915-1972) [Epsom College 1928-1933] was the son
of Dr Leonard Herbert Taylor, T.D. [Epsom College 1897-1904], and brother of
David Charlton Taylor, M.C. [Epsom College 1934-1939]. He received his medical
education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at High
Wycombe General Hospital and Amersham Hospital, Buckinghamshire (from 1952).
During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945),
with the Welsh Guards during their rear-guard action at Boulogne, which formed part
of the cover for the evacuation of Dunkirk. He later joined the 57th Anti-tank
Regiment at El Alamein and was with them in North Africa and Italy until the war
ended. He was a Council Member of the Section of Surgery of the Royal Society of
Medicine, and a Founder Member and President of the Chiltern Medical Society.
COLONEL ROBERT FULLER (born 1915). R.A.M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.Phys.Med. (Eng.).
Robert Fuller (born 1915) [Epsom College 1929-1935. prefect. Rugby XV] was
the son of Dr W. A. Fuller, of Milnthorpe, Cumbria. He received his medical
education at the London Hospital, and was appointed Adviser in Rheumatology and
Rehabilitation to the Ministry of Defence (Army). He was a member of the British
Association of Trauma in Sport; a member of the British Association of Physical
Medicine, and a member of the British Medical Acupuncture Society.
GUY ANTHONY MATTHEWS (1915-2005). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.C.Path.
Guy Anthony Matthews (1915-2005) [Epsom College 1926-1934. prefect.
Rugby XV. Brande Prize] was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Matthews, D.S.O.,
R.A.M.C., and brother of Major John Francis Matthews, R.A. [Epsom College 19241927]. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Clinical Pathologist at Hemel Hempstead General Hospital,
Hertfordshire.
DENIS WOODFALL HIGSON (born 1915). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.C.O.G.
Denis Woodfall Higson (born 1915) [Epsom College 1926-1934. prefect.
Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr W. D. Higson, of Maidstone, Kent. He
received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Venereologist to the North East Area, East Anglia Regional Hospital
Board. He was previously Senior Registrar at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School,
Hammersmith Hospital. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron
Leader in the R.A.F.V.R. (1943-1945).
SURGEON REAR-ADMIRAL REX PHILIP PHILLIPS (born 1915).
C.B., O.B.E., Q.H.S., R.N., M.B., B.S. (Durham), D.O. (Eng.).
Rex Philip Phillips (born 1915) [Epsom College 1924-1931] was the son of Dr
W. J. Phillips, of Forest Hall, Northumberland, and brother of Ronald Kent Phillips
[Epsom College 1923-31]. He received his medical education at Durham University,
before entering the Royal Navy. He was appointed Medical Officer in Command of
the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, and Command Medical Officer to the Flag
Officer, Plymouth. He was previously Medical Adviser in Ophthalmology to the
Medical Director General (Navy); Senior Medical Officer at the Royal Navy Hospital,
Bighi, Malta, and Staff Medical Officer to Flag Officer Submarines. He was an
Honorary Surgeon to H.M. the Queen.
ERIC FORTESCUE LAIDLAW (1915-2006). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.Z.S.
Eric Fortescue Laidlaw (1915-2006) [Epsom College 1929-1934. prefect.
Hodgkin and Watts Science Prizes] was the son of Dr F. F. Laidlaw, of Uffculme,
Devon. He was a Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and completed his medical
training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. While working as Resident Medical Officer at
the Brompton Hospital he contracted tuberculosis, and went to Switzerland for
treatment. When this appeared to be successful he returned to England, and was
appointed Medical Superintendent of the Royal National Hospital, Ventnor, Isle of
Wight. This hospital closed in 1961, and Eric Laidlaw retrained in Geriatrics before
being appointed Consultant Geriatrician at St Mary’s Hospital.
PROFESSOR PATRICK DAVID CLIFFORD KINMONT (19162002). M.B.E., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., (Eng.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P.
(Lond.).
Patrick David Clifford Kinmont (1916-2002) [Epsom College 1926-1934] was
the son of Dr Patrick Kinmont, of Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire. He received his
medical education at King’s College Hospital, and was appointed Professor of
Dermatology at Nottingham University, and Consultant Dermatologist at Derby.
During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945),
and was mentioned in dispatches. He saw service in Scotland, Egypt and Palestine
before being dispatched to Greece in 1940. He was captured in 1941 and with
thousands of other prisoners was made to walk for many weeks through the length of
Greece to Germany. Eventually they ended up at Stalag 18a where, at the age of 25,
he found himself the senior medical officer. In 1943 he had to deal with an epidemic
of typhoid and the skill with which he did so brought the outbreak rapidly under
control and saved many thousands of lives. For this he was awarded an M.B.E. Patrick
Kinmont was an excellent linguist and was fluent in German, French, Italian, Spanish,
Greek and Arabic.
PETER SMITH (1916-1995). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Peter Smith (1916-1995) [Epsom College 1925-1934. Cricket XI] was the son
of Dr P. W. W. Smith, of Newington Causeway, South London. He received his
medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant General
Surgeon at Eastbourne (1951-1976). During the Second World War he served in the
R.A.M.C. (1941-1946), in North Africa, and Southern Italy, before going to Arnhem
in 1944. When taken prisoner he volunteered to remain with his men in Stalag 11B,
Germany. He was mentioned in dispatches.
MARCUS SLADE HOWE (born 1916). M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
D.A. (Eng.).
Marcus Slade Howe (born 1916) [Epsom College 1931-1935] was the son of Dr
G. H. Howe of St Leonards, East Sussex and brother of Dr Robert James Finley Howe
[Epsom College 1927-1932]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex
Hospital, and was appointed Honorary Assistant Anaesthetist at the Royal Berkshire
Hospital, Reading, and Consultant Anaesthetist at Battle Hospital, Reading. He was a
member of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons. During the
Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1942-1946) and was
awarded the Military Cross. He was mentioned in dispatches.
THOMAS WORSLEY SUTHERLAND (born 1916). M.D., Ch.B. (Leeds),
F.R.C.Path.
Thomas Worsley Sutherland (born 1916) [Epsom College 1926-1932] was the
son of Dr P. L. Sutherland, of Wakefield, Yorkshire. He received his medical
education at Leeds University, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist at Leeds
General Infirmary, and Senior Lecturer in Pathology at the University of Leeds. He
was a member of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and a member
of the Association of Clinical Pathologists. During the Second World War he served
as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1940-1945).
DAVID JOHN CARTER (born 1916). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A. (Eng.).
David John Carter (born 1916) [Epsom College 1929-1934] was the son of
Lieutenant-Commander R. H. Carter, R.N., of Southsea, Hampshire. He received his
medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Anaesthetist at Birmingham. He suffered from retinitis pigmentosa but managed to
practise at Birmingham Accident Hospital until his sight failed. He then qualified as a
physiotherapist, working as such until the age of 65.
ALFRED GIMSON STANSFELD (1916-2002). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.Path.
Alfred Gimson Stansfeld (1916-2002) [Epsom College 1928-1935. Ann du Bois
Prize] was the son of Dr A. E. Stansfeld, of Bryanston Street, London. He received his
medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
He was Reader in Pathology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London,
having previously been Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Morbid Anatomy at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital; Senior Lecturer in Morbid Anatomy at the Royal Free
Hospital, and Senior Demonstrator in Pathology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He
was a member of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
SURGEON REAR-ADMIRAL CYRIL LAWSON TAIT
McCLINTOCK (1916-2006). C.B., O.B.E., Q.H.S., C.St.J., R.N., M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.L.O., M.F.C.M.
Cyril Lawson Tait McClintock (1916-2006) [Epsom College 1930-1935.
prae.schol. Cricket XI, Carr and Brande Prizes] was the son of Dr L. T. McClintock,
of Loddon, Norfolk, and brother of the Rev. John Herbert Tait McClintock [Epsom
College 1925-1932]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was
appointed Medical Officer in Charge of the Royal Naval Hospital at Bighi, Malta
(1969); Command Medical Adviser to C-in-C Naval Forces Southern Europe (19691971); Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist at the Royal Naval Hospitals, Port Edgar,
Chatham, Hong Kong, Portland and Haslar, and the David Bruce Royal Naval
Hospital in Malta (1970-1971). He was also Medical Officer in Charge of the Royal
Naval Hospital, Haslar, and Command Medical Adviser on the staff of the
Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (1972-1975). He was an Honorary
Surgeon to H.M. the Queen (1971-1975). During the Second World War he served in
the Royal Navy in Western Approaches, North Africa, Eritrea, India and Singapore.
PETER WATNEY ROE (born 1916). M.A., B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon).
Peter Watney Roe (born 1916) [Epsom College 1929-1933] was the son of Dr
C. W. Roe, of Erith, Kent. He received his medical education at Wadham College,
University of Oxford, where he was an exhibitioner, and the London Hospital, where
he was awarded the Price Scholarship. He passed the M.A. (Oxon.) Examination with
Honours. He was appointed Consultant Chest Physician at Watford General and
Harefield Hospitals, Hertfordshire; Consultant Physician at Holywell Hospital,
Watford, and Physician in charge of the Watford Chest Clinic. Before these
appointments he served as Assistant Resident Medical Officer at the Brompton
Hospital, London. He was an Examiner for the General Nursing Council.
ERIC PROBERT GRIFFITHS (1916-1977). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
D.C.H. (Lond.), D.P.H. (Leeds), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Eric Probert Griffiths (1916-1977) [Epsom College 1926-1935] was the son of
Dr E. R. Griffiths, of Barry, South Wales, and brother of Dr Edward Allen Griffiths
[Epsom College 1925-1930], and Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Neville Griffiths, O.B.E.,
Royal Corps of Signals [Epsom College 1925-1932]. He received his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Senior Medical Officer at
Bristol Aero-Engines, Rolls Royce, Bristol. He was previously the Deputy Medical
Officer of Health for Cheltenham Borough (1955). During the Second World War he
served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1941-1946).
JOHN EVELYN BULOW (born 1916). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A. (Eng.).
John Evelyn Bulow (born 1916) [Epsom College 1929-1933] was the son of C.
F. E. Bulow, grain merchant, of Sutton, Surrey, and brother of Charles Frederick
Harold Bulow, L.D.S. [Epsom College 1928-1931]. He received his medical
education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the St
Helier Hospital Group, and St Anthony’s Hospital, Cheam, Surrey. He was a Fellow
of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain, and a member of the Sutton and
District Medical Society.
DAVID RECKLESS (born 1916). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.A. (Eng.).
David Reckless (born 1916) [Epsom College 1930-1933] was the son of P. A.
Reckless, F.R.C.S. of High Lane, near Stockport. He received his medical education
at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the
Royal Infirmary, the Children’s Hospital, and St Luke’s Hospitals, Bradford. Before
this appointment he was Senior Resident Anaesthetist at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
He was a Member of the Faculty of Anaesthetics of the Royal College of Surgeons.
During the Second World War he served as a Major (Anaesthetic Specialist) in the
R.A.M.C. (1943-1945).
THOMAS MICHAEL LLOYD PRICE (1916-2005). M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Thomas Michael Lloyd Price (1916-2005) [Epsom College 1930-1934. Cricket
XI] was the son of E. L. Price, accountant, of Watford, Hertfordshire. He received his
medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician at
Lewisham General Hospital, and St John’s Hospital, Lewisham. He was previously
Consultant Physician at St Nicholas’ Hospital, Plumstead, South London. During the
Second World War he served as a Lieutenant Commander in the R.N.V.R. (19391945).
MARTIN PAUL SHERWOOD (1916-2010). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A. (Eng.).
Martin Paul Sherwood (1916-2010) [Epsom College 1930-1933] was the son of
W. M. F. Sherwood, osteopath, of Edmonton, North London. He received his medical
education at Queen’s College, Cambridge, and the Westminster Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Anaesthetist (Specialising in patients with Chronic Diseases), to
the South West and South East Thames Regional Hospital Boards. “Paul was a man
ahead of his time. His use of blood transfusion revolutionised surgery all over the
world. As an anaesthetist, he measured the amount of blood loss in his patients,
realising that to expedite a speedy recovery the patient needed the same amount of
blood put back in. The result was that his patients recovered much more quickly than
others. He was on the team working to develop the first heart transplant operation in
the U.K., his job being to develop the necessary new anaesthesia techniques.
Christiaan Barnard came over to observe the team’s progress and then returned to
South Africa and performed the first heart transplant in 1967. Paul Sherwood was a
pioneer in the treatment of non-specific back pain and developed the treatment that
eventually became known as the Sherwood Technique, a treatment that involved
looking beyond the actual attack of pain to the origin of the problem. This technique
is now used by practitioners all over the world.
GEOFFREY ASHTON BECK (1916-1991). M.B., B.S., M.D. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., F.R.C.P. (Eng.)
Geoffrey Ashton Beck (1916-1991) [Epsom College 1925-1934. prefect.
MacFarlane Cup. Carr, Sterry, Newsom Music, Ann du Bois and Gardiner Prizes] was
the son of Dr E. A. A. Beck, of Bromyard, Herefordshire. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Dermatologist
at Peterborough, Stamford, King’s Lynn and Wisbech Hospitals (from 1957). He was
previously Senior Registrar at the Royal Berkshire Hospital (1949-1952); Senior
Registrar (Dermatology) at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge (1952-1953), and
Assistant in the Dermatology Departments of St Thomas’s Hospital and St John’s
Hospital for Diseases of the Skin (1953-1957). During the Second World War he
served as a Flight Lieutenant (Medical Officer) in the R.A.F.V.R. (1941-1947), in the
Middle East and Africa, and was mentioned in dispatches. He was a member of the
United Hospitals Athletics Team.
JOHN RASHLEIGH BELCHER (1917-2006). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P.
(Lond.), M.S., F.R.C.S. (Eng.)
John Rashleigh Belcher (1917-2006) [Epsom College 1930-1934] was the son
Dr O. R. Belcher, of Anfield, Liverpool. He received his medical education at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Thoracic Surgeon to the North
West Thames Region, based at Harefield Hospital in 1951, and the Middlesex
Hospital in 1955. He was previously Senior Registrar at the London Chest Hospital.
In 1980, he was elected President of the Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. He was a Hunterian Lecturer at the Royal
College of Surgeons, and Co-Editor of the British Journal of Diseases of the Chest.
He travelled extensively with the British Council (1969, Greece and Cyprus; 1975,
Bolivia and Mexico; 1977, Yugoslavia) and set up cardiothoracic units abroad.
During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader (Surgical Specialist)
in the R.A.F.V.R. (1939-1945) and was posted to Canada, where “He promoted
lobectomy for lung cancer at a time when conventional wisdom was that nothing short
of pneumonectomy was of any use. As a cardiac surgeon he performed over 1,000
closed mitral valvotomies.”
LYALL ROBERTSON McLAREN (1917-1981). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Lyall Robertson McLaren (1917-1981) [Epsom College 1930-1935] was the
son of Dr J. S. McLaren, of Stratford-on-Avon. He received his medical education at
Downing College, Cambridge and Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Plastic Surgeon to the North West Regional Hospital Board, at Wythenshawe
Hospital, The Christie Hospital, The Duchess of York Hospital, and Holt Radium
Institute, Manchester. He was the first Kay-Kilner Prize Winner, in 1962, of the
British Association of Plastic Surgeons, and a Founder Member of the World Health
Organisation study group on melanoma. He served during the Second World War as a
Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1940-1945), in the East Indies Station.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HENRY EDMUND DOUGLAS FLACK
(born 1917). R.A.M.C., M.B., Ch.B. (Liverpool).
Henry Edmund Douglas Flack (born 1917) [Epsom College 1931-1935. Cricket
XI] was the son of Dr F. H. Flack, of Birkdale, Lancashire, and brother of Bertram
Anthony Flack, H.M. Foreign Service [Epsom College 1937-1940]. He received his
medical education at Liverpool University, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist
at Exe Vale (Digby) Hospital, Exeter, having previously been Deputy Medical
Superintendent of Paramatta Mental Hospital, Australia, and the Psychiatric State
Hospital, Lidcombe, Sydney, Australia. During the Second World War he was
Director of Psychiatry for the Army, and Adviser in Psychiatry for the Middle East
Land Forces. He was mentioned in dispatches. He was a member of the Royal
Medical Psychological Association.
JOHN VICTOR TOWNSEND GOSTLING (1917-2000). M.A., M.B.,
B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.Path.
John Victor Townsend Gostling (1917-2000) [Epsom College 1931-1936] was
the son of Dr E. V. Gostling, of Needham Market, Suffolk. He received his medical
education at Jesus College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital, and was
appointed Honorary Consultant Virologist at the Middlesex Hospital. He was
previously Consultant Virologist at the Public Health Laboratories, Portsmouth, and
Senior Lecturer at the Bland Sutton Institute of Pathology, the Middlesex Hospital.
During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1946).
JOSEPH ABRAHAM ERULKAR (born 1917). M.B., F.R.C.P. (Lond.),
D.C.H. (Eng.), D.P.M. (Eng.), F.R.C.Psych.
Joseph Abraham Erulkar (born 1917) [Epsom College 1930-1934] was the son
of Dr A. S. Erulkar, of Bombay. He received his medical education at Newcastle
University, and was appointed Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (1968-1983). Joseph Erulkar trained in
psychiatry at the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals in the 1950s, and his first
consultant post was at Booth Hall Hospital, Manchester, where, in 1968, he was
invited to set up a new department of child psychiatry at the Royal Manchester
Children’s Hospital. As both departments were part of the university’s psychiatry
department, he played a large part in the training of consultants in this specialty. He
was a personal physician and friend of the spiritual and political leader of India,
Mahatma Gandhi. His daughter married the President of Cyprus.
JOHN GRAHAM PEGG (1917-2001). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A. (Eng.).
John Graham Pegg (1917-2001) [Epsom College 1931-1936] was the son of Dr
J. H. Pegg, of Reigate, Surrey. He received his medical education at King’s College
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the Hospital of St Cross,
Rugby, and Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry (from 1951). During the Second World
War he went to Normandy with an R.A.F. hospital and burns unit, and treated
casualties from Arnhem. His experience as house surgeon to Sir Archibald McIndoe
at East Grinstead Hospital in 1943 proved invaluable during this period.
IAN FREDERIC BONNER JOHNSTON (born 1917). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.M.J. (Soc. Apoth.).
Ian Frederic Bonner Johnston (born 1917) [Epsom College 1931-1934. prefect.
Rugby XV. Brande Prize] was the son of Dr W. G. Johnston, of Streatham Hill, South
London, and brother of Dr Derek John Bonner Johnston [Epsom College 1933-1938].
He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Regional
Medical Officer to the North East Division of the Ministry of Health. During the
Second World War he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1949).
GEORGE STEPHEN CLIVE SOWRY (1917-2002). M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.).
George Stephen Clive Sowry (1917-2002) [Epsom College 1931-1935] was the
son of Dr G. H. Sowry, of Newcastle, Staffordshire. He received his medical
education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician at Edgware
General Hospital (from 1953), where he established the diabetic clinic, and where in
1957 he was appointed Medical Administrator. He was influential in the educational
activities of the Royal College of Physicians, playing a major part in the modernising
of the M.R.C.P. Examination. He laid the basis of a strong educational tradition at
Edgware Hospital, which led to the endowment of university hospital status. During
the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (19411945), and saw active service in the North Atlantic.
JAMES ARSCOTT RALEIGH BICKFORD (1917-2009). M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M.
James Arscott Raleigh Bickford (1917-2009) [Epsom College 1931-1934] was
the son of Surgeon-Captain B. R. Bickford, D.S.O., and brother of Bertram John
Bickford, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1927-1931]. He received his medical education at
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist and
Superintendent of the De la Pole Hospital, Willerby, East Yorkshire (1956-1981), and
Consultant Psychiatrist at Hull. During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon
Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1942-1945), on board the destroyer H.M.S. Goathland.
After demobilisation, he worked at Bodmin Mental Hospital (1946) before coauthoring a Synopsis of Neurology in Bristol, and setting up a psychiatric unit in
Dundee’s Maryfield Hospital (1951-1953). At De la Pole Hospital, a large Victorian
mental hospital, he unlocked wards, developed activity programmes, educational
classes, and arranged holidays for patients, as well as exchange visits where patients
could swap hospitals. During the 1960s, he made several highly commended films
about the work of this hospital and its philosophy. “These provided enormously
valuable insights into the work and philosophy of De la Pole, and remain a valuable
historical and clinical resource.”
JAMES KEITH FARQUHAR (born 1917). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A.
(Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
James Keith Farquhar (born 1917) [Epsom College 1930-1934] was the son of
Captain James Farquhar, R.A.M.C., and brother of Dr Donald George Farquhar
[Epsom College 1932-1938]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist for the Bexley, Cray Valley and
Sevenoaks Hospital Group, and the Lewisham Hospital Group, having previously
been an Anaesthetic Registrar at the Middlesex Hospital. He was a member of the
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain.
IAN GORDON FERGUSSON (1917-2005). M.D. (Lond.), B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.)
Ian Gordon Fergusson (1917-2005) [Epsom College 1930-1934] was the son of
Surgeon Captain G. D. G. Fergusson, R.N., and brother of Dr Patrick Drummond
Fergusson [Epsom College 1933-1937]. He received his medical education at the
Westminster Hospital, where he passed the M.B., B.S. Examination with Honours,
and was appointed Consultant Physician to the Star and Garter Home, Richmond, as
well as Clinical Assistant in the Department of Medicine at the West London
Hospital, the Richmond Royal Hospital, and in the Department of Gastroenterology at
Charing Cross Hospital. He was previously Senior Medical Registrar and Chief
Assistant at the Westminster Hospital. He was a member of the Chelsea Clinical
Society. During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the
R.N.V.R. (1940-1945).
JOHN HOLMES TASKER (born 1917). M.A., M.B., Ch.B. (Cantab.),
L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
John Holmes Tasker (born 1917) [Epsom College 1926-1935. prefect. Rugby
XV] was the son of Dr L. S. B. Tasker, of Warrington, and brother of Dr Robert
Gadsden Tasker [Epsom College 1933-1937]. He received his medical education at
Christ’s College, Cambridge, and University College Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Surgeon at the Manchester Northern Hospital, Crumpsall and Ancoats
Hospitals. Before this appointment he was Surgical First Assistant at Sheffield Royal
Infirmary (1949-1955). He was a member of the Association of British Urological
Surgeons. During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C.
(1939-1945), and was mentioned in dispatches. He was a member of the Cambridge
University Gymnastics Team.
SURGEON CAPTAIN GEOFFREY GARFITT WALLIS (1918-1999).
R.N., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.D. (Lond.),
F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Eng.).
Geoffrey Garfitt Wallis (1918-1999) [Epsom College 1928-1936. Carr Divinity
and Ann du Bois Prizes] was the son of Surgeon Commander J. G. Wallis, R.N. He
received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Psychiatrist at High Royds Hospital, Menston and St James’s University
Hospital, Leeds (1972-1983). He was formerly Consultant Psychiatrist to the Royal
Navy (1956-1972); Adviser in Psychiatry to the Director General (Medicine), of the
Royal Navy, and Chairman of the Military Section of the World Psychiatric
Association. He was awarded the Gilbert Blane Medal in recognition of his
contribution to psychiatry in its application to Naval service and, in particular, his
study of stress as a predictor of schizophrenia. He retired from the Royal Navy in
1972, when he was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at Leeds. He was a Foundation
Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and served as a member of the Clinical
Tutor Sub-Committee and Executive Committee of the North-East Division. He was
also a Clinical Lecturer at Leeds University; Chairman of the Leeds Regional
Psychiatric Association, and President of the Leeds and West Riding Medico-Legal
Society (1995-1997).
ROBERT ARMSTRONG CRAIG (1918-1994). B.Sc., M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Robert Armstrong Craig (1918-1994) [Epsom College 1931-1936. Ralph
Gooding Chemistry Prize] was the son of Brigadier A. H. Craig, D.S.O., M.C., I.M.S.
He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Chest Physician at Ham Green and Southmead Hospitals, Bristol (from 1950).
Previously he was Assistant Resident Medical Officer at the Brompton Hospital,
London. He was a Founding member of the Southmead Hospital Research
Foundation. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
(1942-1946), in West Africa and India. In his obituary it is written: “He was faced
with an enormous clinical load as he helped to marshal the forces which defeated
tuberculosis locally in the next decade. His organizational skills and his innovative
ideas for out-patient supervision of tuberculous patients taking chemotherapy were
important factors in the defeat of his old enemy. His ability, as an administrator was
recognized by his appointment to the Southmead management team, on which he
served with distinction.”
ALAN JOHN WALKER (1918-1994). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Canada), F.A.C.S.
Alan John Walker (1918-1994) [Epsom College 1931-1935. Gardiner Prize]
was the son of A. G. Walker, dairyman, of Putney, South London. He received his
medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consulting
Surgeon at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital, British Columbia (1973-1985) and Chief of
Surgery at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital from 1977-1981. He was previously Surgical
Registrar at Leeds General Infirmary (1950), but in 1951 he emigrated to Canada and
was appointed Surgeon at Drumheller General Hospital, Alberta (1951-1973), and
Director of the Alberta Medical Association (1969-1973), and Chairman of the
Alberta Cancer Committee. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in
the R.A.M.C. (1941-1945), in the Middle East and Italy.
JOHN WYLMER PAULLEY (1918-2007). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
John Wylmer Paulley (1918-2007) [Epsom College 1931-1935] was the son of
Dr John Paulley, of Ufford, Suffolk. He received his medical education at the
Middlesex Hospital, where he won the John Murray Medal for Medicine, the Hetley
Clinical Prize for Medicine, and the Freeman Scholarship for Obstetrics. He was then
awarded the Will Edmunds Research Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians.
He was appointed Consultant Physician to the Ipswich Hospital Group, having
previously been First Assistant and Deputy on the Professorial Medical Unit at the
Middlesex Hospital. He was President of the Society for Psychosomatic Research
(1959-1960); a Council Member of the Royal College of Physicians; a member of the
Royal College of Physicians Working Party on General Medicine (1979-1980), and
Leader of the E.E.C. Working Group on Stress and the Gastro-intestinal tract,
Brussels (1980). In 1967, John Paulley wrote a letter to The Times in which he said
“Is it not time to examine the possibility of creating at least one new university in this
country on the pattern of those great private foundations in the USA, without whose
stimulus and freedom of action the many excellent state universities in that country
would be so much poorer.” This idea was taken up by a number of people in the
business and academic worlds, and in March 1973 the University College at
Buckingham was incorporated, in the form of a non-profit making company registered
as an educational charity. The University of Buckingham clearly owes its origin to the
inspiration of John Paulley.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IAN NANCE DARBYSHIRE (1918-2006).
B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H., M.F.C.M.
Ian Nance Darbyshire (1918-2006) [Epsom College 1931-1936. Captain of
Cricket XI. Propert, Watts Science, Martin Maths., Ralph Gooding Chemistry and
Sealy Physics Prizes] was the son of Commander L. M. Darbyshire, R.N. He was an
Exhibitioner of Peterhouse College, Cambridge, and completed his medical training at
St Thomas’s Hospital. He was appointed Regional Specialist in Community Medicine
at the North West Thames Regional Hospital Board. During the Second World War
he was commissioned in the R.A.M.C. (1943) and posted to North Africa and the
Middle East. He was Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, Western
Command (1949-1950); D.A.D.M.S. Malaya (1950-1952); Commanding Officer of
the 16th Field Ambulance (1950-1952); Commanding Officer of the British Military
Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus (1958); the British Military Hospital, Benghazi (19581959); Chief Instructor at the Depot and Training Establishment and Headquarters,
R.A.M.C. (1962-1964), and Deputy Assistant Director-General Army Medical
Services, Ministry of Defence (1966-1968).
COLONEL IAN McCLELLAND CARMICHAEL (1918-1998).
R.A.M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.M.R.D. (Eng.).
Ian McClelland Carmichael (1918-1998) [Epsom College 1932-1937. head
prefect. Captain of Rugby XV. Cricket XI. Hodgkin Prize] was the son of Dr Henry
Carmichael, of Wandsworth, South London. He received his medical education at St
Thomas’s Hospital and was commissioned in the R.A.M.C. No details of his military
career are known. After leaving the R.A.M.C. he went into general practice in
Wandsworth, South London.
WILFRED NOBLE COOMBES (born 1918). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.,
(Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Wilfred Noble Coombes (born 1918) [Epsom College 1932-1936] was the son
of Dr G. W. Coombes, of Radcliffe, Lancashire. He received his medical education at
Clare College, Cambridge, and Liverpool University. He was appointed Chief
Orthopaedic Surgeon and Consultant Surgeon at the Civic and St Joseph’s General
Hospital, North Bay, Ontario, Canada. He was previously the Chief Surgeon to the
Royal Canadian Air Force at Rockliffe Hospital, Ottawa. During the Second World
War he served as a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C., and was mentioned in dispatches. He
was a member of the Cambridge University Gymnastics Team.
ROBERT JOHN EVANS (born 1918). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.
Robert John Evans (born 1918) [Epsom College 1932-1937. prefect] was the
son of A. G. Evans, woollen merchant, of Croydon, Surrey. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Director of Pathological
Services and Consultant Pathologist to the North West Surrey Health District
(Woking and Chertsey Hospitals). He was previously Senior Lecturer in Bacteriology
at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, a member of the
Pathological Society of Great Britain, and a member of the Society of General
Microbiology. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader in the
R.A.F.V.R. (1943-1945).
RICHARD MORRELL MACKENZIE (1918-1973). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Richard Morrell Mackenzie (1918-1973) [Epsom College 1932-1937. prefect.
Rugby XV] was the son of Dr J. R. M. Mackenzie, of Bournemouth. He received his
medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Consultant
Anaesthetist to the Scarborough group of hospitals (1952-1973). He was previously
Senior Registrar in Anaesthetics at St Mary’s Hospital. During the Second World War
he served as a Squadron Leader (Specialist Anaesthetist) in the R.A.F.V.R. (19431945). He was Chairman of the Scarborough Division of the British Medical
Association (1966).
PHILIP CHARLES WATSON (born 1918). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P.,
F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Philip Charles Watson (born 1918) [Epsom College 1932-1936. prefect.
Gardiner Prize] was the son of A. H. Watson, company director, of Lowestoft,
Suffolk. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he
won the Gold Medal in the Final M.B., B.S. Examinations. He was appointed
Consultant Surgeon to the Boston Hospital Group, Lincolnshire. Before that he was
Surgical Tutor and Chief Assistant on the Surgical Unit of St Bartholomew’s
Hospital, and Senior Registrar at St Mark’s Hospital, and the Surgical Unit at Bristol
Royal Infirmary.
JOHN PETER STOCKWELL WHITEHEAD (born 1918). M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.Path.
John Peter Stockwell Whitehead (born 1918) [Epsom College 1932-1936] was
the son of Dr Thomas Whitehead, of Halifax, West Yorkshire. He received his
medical education at the London Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist
to the Scarborough Hospital Group. He was a member of the Association of Clinical
Pathologists. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
(1944-1946).
ANTHONY FINNEMORE OLLERENSHAW (1918-2002). M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.Path.
Anthony Finnemore Ollerenshaw (1918-2002) [Epsom College 1932-1937.
Newsom Music and Prosser-White French Prizes] was the son of Frank Ollerenshaw,
schoolmaster, of St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight. He received his medical education at
University College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist at the
Pathology Group Laboratories of Preston Royal Infirmary. He was a member of the
Association of Clinical Pathologists. During the Second World War he served as a
Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1944-1946).
THOMAS GERALD SOMERVILLE MURRAY (1918-1999). M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.O.M.S. (Eng.).
Thomas Gerald Somerville Murray (1918-1999) [Epsom College 1932-1936]
was the son of Surgeon Captain W. H. Murray, R.N. He received his medical
education at King’s College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ophthalmic
Surgeon to the Portsmouth Group Hospitals. During the Second World war he served
as a Lieutenant-Commander in the R.N.V.R. (Assistant Ophthalmic Surgeon) at the
Royal Naval Hospital, Portsmouth. He was a member of the Southern
Ophthalmological Society.
NEVILLE LESLIE MASON BROWNE (born 1919). M.A., M.B., Ch.B.
(Edin.), L.M.C.C., Dip.Psychiat. (Canada).
Neville Leslie Mason Browne (born 1919) [Epsom College 1932-1936] was the
son of Dr W. A. Browne, of Edinburgh. He received his medical education at
Edinburgh University, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist to the Provincial
Gaol Service, Vancouver, Canada. He was previously Physician to the Crease Clinic
of Psychological Medicine, Vancouver. During the Second World War he served as a
Captain in the Royal Artillery (1939-1946).
GEORGE DONALD WILLIAM McKENDRICK (born 1919). M.A.,
B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
George Donald William McKendrick (born 1919) [Epsom College 1933-1936]
was the son of Dr William McKendrick, of Ruislip, Middlesex. He received his
medical education at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, where he passed the
B.A. Examination with Honours, before completing his clinical training at St Mary’s
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Physician for Infectious Diseases at St Anne’s
Hospital, Tottenham, Rush Green Hospital, London, and the Thurrock Hospital
Group, Grays, Essex. Apart from these appointments he was a Lecturer in Infectious
Diseases at the Middlesex Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and the London
School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He was also a medical columnist for Saga
Magazine.
JOHN FAIRBORNE HORLEY (1919-2009). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.Path.
John Fairborne Horley (1919-2009) [Epsom College 1934-1938. prefect] was
the son of W. F. Horley, auctioneer, of Epsom, Surrey. He received his medical
education at Guy’s Hospital, where he was an Entrance Scholar, and after surgical
posts at Winchester and Plymouth was appointed Consultant Haematologist at the
Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton (from 1955). A great traveller; he reached
the North Pole when over 70 years of age. He had a deep love of classical music and
used to cycle from Guy’s Hospital to the National Gallery to hear Dame Myra Hess’s
wartime recitals.
GEORGE GRANBY GARLICK (1919-1999). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.M.R.E. (Cantab.).
George Granby Garlick (1919-1999) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the son
of Dr George Herbert Garlick [Epsom College 1898-1905]. He received his medical
education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Director of the Anti-Tuberculosis
Association Clinic, Singapore. He was previously Principal Medical Officer at Johore,
Peninsular Malaysia. During the Second World War he served as a Captain (Specialist
Radiologist) in the R.A.M.C. (1945).
WILLIAM MACKENZIE (1919-1996). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.).
William Mackenzie (1919-1996) [Epsom College 1934-1939] was the son of Dr
William Mackenzie, of Folkestone, Suffolk, and brother of James Frazer Mackenzie
[Epsom College 1931-1935]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Geriatrician at Newcastle. He was later
appointed Consultant Geriatrician to the Western Isles and was based at Stornoway
(1976-1988). During his retirement he compiled a comprehensive Gaelic dictionary of
medical terms. In the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
(1943-1945).
MICHAEL HENRY WEST (born 1919). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Michael Henry West (born 1919) [Epsom College 1933-1937] was the son of
Dr H. O. West, of Carshalton, Surrey, and brother of Dr George Philip West [Epsom
College 1935-1939], and Christopher West [Epsom College 1937-1940]. He received
his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital. He emigrated to Thessalon, Ontario,
Canada, in 1950 and became a Specialist in Internal Medicine at Sault-Ste-Marie,
Ontario. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
(1943-1945), and was mentioned in dispatches.
RONALD IAN MEANOCK (1919-2009). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Ronald Ian Meanock (1919-2009) [Epsom College 1933-1938] was the son of
Herbert Meanock, of Penylan, Cardiff. He received his medical education at the
Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician with a special interest in
Rheumatology at the Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals, Reading (1954-1984). He
was previously Senior Registrar at the Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith
Hospital. At Reading, he took a leading role in the establishment of the rheumatology
department. At first, Ian Meanock covered the whole of West Berkshire singlehandedly, providing rehabilitation services for patients with rheumatic disease,
poliomyelitis and neurological disorders. “Ian was an outstanding clinician. As well
as his dynamic role in the development of rheumatology and rehabilitation services in
Reading, he was a key figure in postgraduate medical training. In 1962 he became the
first area postgraduate clinical tutor and during the next seven years he was largely
responsible for raising funds for the postgraduate medical centre at the Royal
Berkshire Hospital. He was one of the most dynamic consultant physicians of his time
at Reading. His legacy lives on in the Rheumatology Department which he originally
founded in 1954.” During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader at
R.A.F. Hospitals in Ely and Wroughton.
THOMAS CRISP (born 1919). M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.M.R.D.
(Eng.).
Thomas Crisp (born 1919) [Epsom College 1932-1936] was the son of Dr
Thomas Crisp, of Chorley, Lancashire, and brother of William John Cowie Crisp,
F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1928-1930]. He received his medical education at
University College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Radiologist at King’s
College Hospital, St Giles Hospital, the Dreadnought Seaman’s Hospital and the
Albert Dock Hospital, London. Before this he was Consultant Radiologist to the St
Helier and Epsom Hospital Groups. He was a member of the Faculty of Radiologists.
During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant in the K.R.R.C. and Scots
Guards, and was awarded the Military Cross.
PATRICK BUTLER ADAMSON (1919-1993). M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.T.M. & H. (Eng.), D.Path., D.P.H. (Cape Town).
Patrick Butler Adamson (1919-1993) [Epsom College 1932-1937. Newsom
Music Prize] was the son of Dr W. W. Adamson, of Leeds, and brother of Dr Donald
Clifford Adamson [Epsom College 1936-1940], and Dr Robert John Wallace
Adamson [Epsom College 1940-1944]. He received his medical education at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Pathologist to the Colonial Medical Service in
British Somaliland. He also served as Consultant Pathologist at the Addington
Hospital, Durban, South Africa, and Senior Pathologist to the Natal Province
Laboratory Service. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
(1939-1945).
JOHN DEVEREUX GREATREX (born 1919). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
D.A. (Eng.).
John Devereux Greatrex (born 1919) [Epsom College 1933-1938] was the son
of A. D. Greatrex, of Dorking, Surrey. He received his medical education at the
Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed as a Specialist Anaesthetist at Christchurch
Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Specialist Anaesthetist to the North
Canterbury Hospital Board, New Zealand. He was previously an Assistant
Anaesthetist at St Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow, Gwent.
HARRY GORDON MIDDLETON (1919-2000). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Harry Gordon Middleton (1919-2000) [Epsom College 1932-1937] was the son
of Dr Harry Middleton, M.C., of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and brother of Dr
George Watson Middleton [Epsom College 1935-1939]. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist
to the Hastings Hospital Group, Sussex. He was previously Consultant Anaesthetist at
the Plastic Surgery, Burns and Jaw Injury Centre, St Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow,
and Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Western Reserve University Medical School,
Cleveland, USA. He was a member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great
Britain. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (19441945).
SURGEON LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER BASIL CATHCART
GEOHEGAN (1919-1954). R.N., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Basil Cathcart Geohegan (1919-1954) [Epsom College 1933-1937. Mrs Major
Geography Prize] was the son of Joseph Geohegan, F.R.C.S., of Wimpole Street,
London. He received his medical education at Middlesex Hospital. Basil Geoghegan
joined the Royal Navy shortly after qualifying and served on HMS Swift for two
years. In 1948 he was seconded for duty to the Medical Research Council Unit for
climate and working efficiency in the Department of Anatomy at Oxford. He went on
two Arctic cruises in order to carry out investigations on the effect of exposure to cold
on naval personnel, and collected a great quantity of valuable data. He established a
most interesting relationship between the cholinesterase and vitamin-C content of
blood plasma and the environmental temperature, which he communicated in 1952 to
the International Congress of Biochemistry in Paris. In a Medical Research Council
Report he presented an ingenious mathematical analysis of the cyclical diurnal
variations of temperature conditions on board ship. In addition to these important
observations he made a special study of the determination of body measurements
using a photographic technique. There can be little doubt that this method has many
advantages over the traditional methods of anthropometry. In 1953 he was promoted
to the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant- Commander.
PAUL BUCKLE NEWCOMB (1919-1992). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Paul Buckle Newcomb (1919-1992) [Epsom College 1933-1938. prae.schol.
Rugby XV. Brande Prize] was the son of G. B. Newcomb, of Rochester, Kent, and
brother of Charles Buckle Newcomb [Epsom College 1940-1943]. He received his
medical education at the London Hospital, where he was an Entrance Scholar, and
was appointed Consultant Physician at Hackney Hospital, London (1948-1985). Paul
Newcomb was appointed Consultant Physician at Hackney Hospital shortly after the
inception of the NHS and found that the hospital buildings and facilities left much to
be desired and, as ever, money was short. His battle for better conditions and the
highest standards of medical practice for his patients was long, unremitting, but
ultimately successful. In 1975 he played a major part in arranging, with Professor
Dickinson, the close involvement of St Bartholomew’s Hospital medical unit at
Hackney Hospital. He was instrumental in founding a postgraduate medical centre at
the hospital and his name is commemorated in the Paul Newcomb Library in the new
Homerton Hospital, which has replaced Hackney Hospital.
JOHN ARTHUR LLOYD DAVIES (1919-1979). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
John Arthur Lloyd Davies (1919-1979) [Epsom College 1934-1937] was the
son of Dr Arthur Lloyd Davies [Epsom College 1904-1911], and brother of David
Paul Lloyd Davies [Epsom College 1943-1947]. He received his medical education at
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he was an Entrance Scholar, and was appointed
Consultant Surgeon at Salisbury General Hospital (1958-1978). He was previously
Senior Registrar and tutor in clinical surgery at the West London Hospital, and Senior
Registrar at Guy’s Hospital, where he won the Dan Mason Research Scholarship
(1954). In 1972 he was elected to the Fellowship of the Association of Surgeons.
During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1942-1946),
with field hospitals in the Far East. John Lloyd Davies took a special interest in
urology and thyroid surgery, and undertook major vascular surgery. He died as the
result of a car accident at the age of 59.
RAYMOND FOULKES GRIFFITH-EVANS (1920-1993). M.D., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Raymond Foulkes Griffith-Evans (1920-1993) [Epsom College 1930-1938.
prefect. Rugby XV. Sterry Prize] was the son of Dr S. G. Evans, of Birkenhead,
Merseyside. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and
was appointed Consultant Geriatrician for the Mid Glamorgan Area Hospital
Authority (from 1961). He was previously Consultant Geriatrician to the University
Hospital of Wales Group, Cardiff; Assistant Chest Physician at Glan Ely Hospital,
Cardiff, and Senior Registrar (Medicine) at Paddington Hospital. He was a member
of the British Geriatric Society, and the Cardiff Medical Society. During the Second
World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1944-1947).
JAMES CLAVERHOUSE GRAHAM (born 1920). O.B.E., O.St.J.,
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.F.C.M., D.I.H.
James Claverhouse Graham (born 1920) [Epsom College 1933-1938. prefect]
was the son of Dr Joseph Graham, M.C., of Kirk Sandal, Yorkshire, and brother of
Kenneth Balfour Maclean Graham [Epsom College 1936-1940]. He received his
medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Chief Medical
Officer to the H. J. Heinz Company. He was also Surgeon in Chief of the St John
Ambulance Brigade. “Jimmy Graham became an international authority on the health
aspects of canned foods and was an expert in food hygiene and nutrition, on which
subjects he spoke and lectured widely.”
ARTHUR OCTAVIUS SANKEY (born 1920). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.C.O.G., D.Obst.
Arthur Octavius Sankey (born 1920) [Epsom College 1933-1938] was the son
of Surgeon Rear Admiral Charles Fox Octavius Sankey, C.B.E. [Epsom College
1896-1903]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Forest Gate Hospital,
Consultant Obstetrician at Newham Maternity Hospital, and Consultant
Gynaecologist at Newham General Hospital. At the end of the Second World War he
served in the R.N.V.R. (1945).
ROY McLELLAN ARCHIBALD (1920-2010). M.B., Ch.B. (Glas.), D.I.H.
(Glas.), F.F.O.M.
Roy McLellan Archibald (1920-2010) [Epsom College 1932-1938. Ann du
Bois Prize] was the son of Dr R. R. Archibald, of Huddersfield. He received his
medical education at Glasgow University, and was appointed Director of Medical
Services for the National Coal Board, Chief Medical Officer of the National Coal
Board, and Consultant Physician for the National Coal Board (1985-2000). He was an
Honorary Fellow of the Ergonomics Society, and an Honorary Major, R.A.M.C.
(T.A.). While at Glasgow University he was elected President of the Scottish National
Union of Students.
THOMAS ARTHUR GRIMSON (1920-2008). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P.
(Lond.)
Thomas Arthur Grimson (1920-2008) [Epsom College 1932-1938] was the son
of Dr Thomas Grimson, of Finchley, Middlesex. He received his medical education at
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he won the Treasurers Scholarship in Anatomy
(1939). He was appointed Consultant Physician to the Durham Area Hospital
Authority, and before that appointment he was Chief Assistant on the Professorial
Medical Unit at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Resident Medical Officer at the Royal
Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, and First Assistant in the Department of Medicine at
the University of Durham. He was a Member of the Northern Counties Medical
Society. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader (Medical
Specialist) in the R.A.F. (1943-1945), and conducted research into gas gangrene and
its treatment with penicillin in soldiers injured during the D-Day invasions. [Sufficient
quantities of penicillin for clinical trials only became available in 1941, and these
trials of penicillin as a treatment for gangrene were the first ever undertaken].
DAVID RONALD PETERSGARTH URQUHART (1920-2008). M.B.,
B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
David Ronald Petersgarth Urquhart (1920-2008) [Epsom College 1932-1938]
was the son of Dr A. L. Urquhart, O.B.E., of Egypt. He received his medical
education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic
Surgeon and Head of the Orthopaedic Department at St Thomas’s Hospital (19571981). He was previously Senior Registrar in the Orthopaedics Department, at
Thomas’s Hospital (1955-1957). David Urquhart was a Governor of St Thomas’s
Hospital, and Chairman of the Consultant Medical and Surgical Officers Committee.
He was particularly interested in patients suffering from the orthopaedic
consequencies of haemophilia, and became an innovative and acknowledged leader in
this field. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
(1943-1946). He was posted to Headquarters 5th Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne
Division, and, in 1944, the brigade was parachuted into Normandy to reinforce those
who were holding the famous Pegasus (Bénonville) bridge against the Germans. He
strayed into no-man’s land against orders to attend the wounded and sustained serious
wounds from small-arms fire, but six months later after repatriation and recovery, he
returned to take part in the 1945 crossing of the Rhine. In 1946 he was posted to the
7th Battalion, the unit being scheduled to displace the Japanese from Singapore. David
Urquhart was, however, saved from this at the last moment by the events at
Hiroshima. After the war he renewed his association with the Parachute Regiment,
joining the 44th Field Ambulance T.A. In 1955 he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel
and Commanding Officer. He lived in an apartment at Lambeth Palace with a second
home in France, in the hills of Cevennes.
BASIL RANSON POLLARD (1920-1968). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Basil Ranson Pollard (1920-1968) [Epsom College 1934-1939. Rugby XV] was
the son of Dr P. L. Pollard, of Halifax, Yorkshire. He received his medical education
at Queen’s College, Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Bacteriologist to the Cossham and Frenchay Group of Hospitals, Bristol
(1955-1968). During the Second World War he served in the R.A.M.C. in Italy with
the 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Brigade. Following demobilization he held
appointments in the department of pathology at Edgware General Hospital and in the
Wright-Fleming Institute at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. When he was appointed
to the Cossham and Frenchay Group Hospitals at Bristol he undertook the complete
reorganization and development of the Department of Bacteriology.
JOHN PATRICK McRAE BENSTED (1920-2000). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.R.C.Path.
John Patrick MacRae Bensted (1920-2000) [Epsom College 1933-1939. prefect.
Cricket XI] was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Bensted, M.C., R.A.M.C. He
received his medical education at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital, where
he was awarded a Pathology Fellowship in the United States. On his return to Britain
he was appointed Lecturer and Research Pathologist at Guy’s Hospital, and in 1957
he became a research pathologist at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, Surrey,
where his most important work was done. At that time there was considerable interest
in the fall-out from nuclear testing and he made some of the earliest studies of the
pathology of tumours in animals exposed to bone-seeking radionuclides. He was later
appointed Consultant Pathologist at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey (from
1970). During the Second World War he served in the R.A.M.C.
THOMAS JAMES WILMOT (1920-2010). M.B., M.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Ire.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.L.O. (Eng.).
Thomas James Wilmot (1920-2010) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the son of
Dr T. J. T. Wilmot, of Louth, Lincolnshire. He received his medical education at the
Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon for
Omagh County, Tyrone County and Fermanagh County, Northern Ireland, and
Consultant Neuro-Otologist, at Claremont Street Hospital, Belfast and Altnagelvin
Hospital, Londonderry. He was President of the Section of Otology at the Royal
Society of Medicine. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader
in the R.A.F.V.R. (1944-1945).
PETER DAVID BRYAN DAVIES (1920-1999). M.A., M.D., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Peter David Bryan Davies (1920-1999) [Epsom College 1934-1939. Rugby
XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr T. M. Davies, of Acton, Middlesex. He received
his medical education at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Chest Physician at University College and the
Whittington Hospitals, London (from 1957), and was Director of Postgraduate
Education and clinical tutor at the Whittington Hospital. Previously he was Chief
Medical Assistant at the Brompton Hospital, London. During the Second World War
he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1944-1946).
DAVID HENRY KENNETH SOLTAU (1920-2002). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.
David Henry Kenneth Soltau (1920-2002) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the
son of Dr H. K. V. Soltau, of Bristol. He received his medical education at Queen’s
College, Cambridge, and Bristol Royal Infirmary (Bristol University). He was
appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist for the Cheltenham Health
District, Gloucestershire. Previous appointments included Senior Registrar (Obstetrics
and Gynaecology) at St George’s Hospital, and Obstetric Registrar at the Middlesex
Hospital and the Hospital for Women, Soho. He was an Examiner for the Central
Midwives Board, a Fellow of the Birmingham and Midland Obstetric and
Gynaecological Society, and a member of the South West Obstetric and
Gynaecological Society. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the
R.A.M.C. (1944-1945), and was mentioned in dispatches “for gallant and
distinguished services in the Far East in connection with the freeing of prisoners of
war, and the setting up of hospitals for their evacuation in Java.”
ROLAND MONCRIEFF CHAMBERS (born 1920). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.O.M.S. (Eng.).
Roland Moncrieff Chambers (born 1920) [Epsom College 1934-1934] was the
son of Dr G. O. Chambers, M.C., of Bolton Gardens, London. He received his
medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Hospital
Medical Officer at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He was previously Clinical Assistant in
Ophthalmology at Greenwich Hospital, London, and Ophthalmologist in charge of the
Kent County Council Ophthalmic Clinic at Welling. He was a member of the MidKent Medico-Chirurgical Society. During the Second World War he served as a
Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1945).
JOHN DERYK ATKINSON WHITELAW (born 1920). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
John Deryk Atkinson Whitelaw (born 1920) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was
the son of Dr F. J. Whitelaw, of Littleton Road, North London. He received his
medical education at University College Hospital, and was appointed Senior Medical
Officer at the Home Office, London. During the Second World war he served as a
Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C.
RICHARD HARTLEY MARTIN (1920-2009). M.B., Ch.B. (Liverpool),
L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.
Richard Hartley Martin (1920-2009) [Epsom College 1933-1936] was the son
of Dr T. H. Martin, of West Kirby, Merseyside. He received his medical education at
Liverpool University, and was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
at the Withington (from 1959) and Wythenshawe Hospitals, Manchester. He was
instrumental in planning the new maternity unit at Wythenshawe Hospital and was its
first consultant in 1964. Under his leadership the unit became a renowned training
centre. He co-authored a textbook on preparing for the M.R.C.O.G. Examination.
During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1947),
in North Africa and Palestine. He was a member of the Liverpool University Rugby
XV.
JEFFERY CARVETH SPRY LEVERTON (1920-1988). V.R.D., M.B.,
B.S. (Lond.), M.D. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.R.C.O.G.
Jeffery Carveth Spry Leverton (1920-1988) [Epsom College 1934-1937] was
the son of H. S. Leverton, O.B.E., company director, of Woodmansterne, Surrey. He
received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed
Senior Obstetrician and Gynaecologist for the Peterborough Health District. He was
previously Senior Registrar for the United Manchester Hospitals, Registrar at Bristol
Royal Infirmary, and was awarded a Travelling Scholarship to North America. During
the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and
after the War was appointed Consultant (O & G) to the Royal Navy. He was the
author of a well known book on Aviation History, and in retirement he returned to his
native Cornwall, was elected a County Councillor, and was appointed to the Council
of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, becoming the Director of the Institution’s
Museum and Art Gallery.
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 1st 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’ (3rd 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 19501953]. 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.
NIGEL RIVERS (born 1922). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), L.M.S.S.A., D.P.M.
(Eng.).
Nigel Rivers (born 1922) [Epsom College 1936-1940] was the son of Dr C. H.
Rivers, of Redruth, Cornwall. He received his medical education at the Middlesex
Hospital, and was appointed Associate Specialist (Psychiatry) at St Luke’s Hospital,
Middlesbrough. He was previously an Associate Psychiatrist at St Audry’s Hospital,
Woodbridge, Suffolk, a Junior Hospital Medical Officer (Psychiatry) at Clifton
Hospital, York, and Registrar at Mount Vernon Hospital, Middlesex. He was a
member of the Society of Clinical Psychiatrists, and of the Association of Behavioural
Clinicians.
BASIL JOHN STEELE GROGONO (born 1922). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Canada), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Basil John Steele Grogono (born 1922) [Epsom College 1936-1939] was the
son of Dr Jonathan Grogono [Epsom College 1893-1900], and brother of Dr Geoffrey
Russell Steele Grogono [Epsom College 1936-1939]. He received his medical
education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
in Canada, having previously been Chief Assistant in the Orthopaedic Department of
St Thomas’s Hospital; Senior Orthopaedic Registrar at St Mary’s Hospital and the
West Middlesex Hospital; Orthopaedic Registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Stanmore, and Surgical Registrar at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
PETER GORDON STEWART BECKETT (born 1922). M.D., M.B.,
B.Ch. (Dublin), B.A.O.
Peter Gordon Stewart Beckett (born 1922) [Epsom College 1937-1939] was the
son of Dr G. P. G. Beckett, of Greystones, County Wicklow, Eire. He received his
medical education at Trinity College, Dublin, and was appointed Assistant Director of
the Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a Diplomate of the American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a Fellow in Psychiatry of the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Minnesota, USA. During the Second World War he served in the
R.A.M.C.
HUGH EVAN PARRY (born 1922). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.).
Hugh Evan Parry (born 1922) [Epsom College 1936-1939] was the son of Dr E.
I Parry, of East Sheen, Surrey. He received his medical education at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician for the Infectious
Diseases Unit at Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool, and Lecturer in Infectious Diseases
at Liverpool University. He was previously Senior Registrar at the Royal Free
Hospital, and Deputy Physician Superintendent at Monsall Hospital, Manchester. He
was a member of the North West Epidemiological Club and the British Society for
Study of Infection.
KENNETH DERWENT ALLANBY (1922-2002). M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Kenneth Derwent Allanby (1922-2002) [Epsom College 1936-1940. prefect]
was the son of Dr C. W. Allanby, of Haslemere, Surrey. He won an Entrance
Scholarship to Guy’s Hospital, where he passed the M.B., B.S. Examination with
Honours in medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology. In the University of London M.D.
Examination he was awarded the Gold Medal. He was appointed Consultant
Physician at the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals (1961-1990), having previously
been Senior Assistant in the Department of Medicine at Guy’s Hospital. He was an
Examiner in Medicine for Cambridge University, and a Medical Examiner for the
Civil Aviation Authority. “For nearly 30 years he was the voice of Peterborough
medicine, developing the department into a major force, with two new hospitals to
meet the needs of the rapidly expanding city. At Guy’s he acquired his affectionate
nickname ‘the General,’ which in some ways encapsulated his character. Outside
medicine, he maintained his love of horse racing, both as an owner and as course
medical officer at Huntingdon and Leicester.”
JOHN LAWRENCE STRUAN-MARSHALL (born 1922). R.A.A.F.,
L.M.S.S.A.
John Lawrence Struan-Marshall (born 1922) [Epsom College 1936-1940] was
the son of Dr G. S. Marshall, O.B.E. He received his medical education at St Mary’s
Hospital, and was appointed Director General of Medical Services, Air Force
Headquarters, Albert Park Barracks, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was
previously a Squadron-Leader in the R.A.F. (1947-1951).
JOHN SOUTHGATE (born 1922). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.R.C.Path.
John Southgate (born 1922) [Epsom College 1936-1941. prefect. Rugby XV]
was the son of Dr H. S. Southgate, of Croydon, Surrey. He received his medical
education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Histo-Pathologist for the
Leicester Pathological Service.
NEIL GUY PETER BUTLER (born 1923). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Neil Guy Peter Butler (born 1923) [Epsom College 1937-1941] was the son of
Dr G. G. Butler, of Goudhurst, Kent. He received his medical education at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist for the Exeter Clinical
Area, having previously been Senior Registrar (Anaesthetics) at St Bartholomew’s
Hospital and the Portsmouth Hospital Group, and Registrar (Anaesthetics) at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was a member of the Association of Anaesthetists of
Great Britain and Ireland.
JOHN CAMPBELL MITCHELL (1923-2003). M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Canada), F.A.C.P.
John Campbell Mitchell (1923-2003) [Epsom College 1935-1940. Cricket XI.
Smith-Pearse Natural History Prize] was the son of Dr G. L. Mitchell, of Redditch,
Worcestershire. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Physician at North Bay, Ontario, Canada. He was previously a
Physician at Vancouver General Hospital and the British Columbia Cancer Institute,
Canada. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader in the
R.A.F.V.R. (1943-1945).
KENNETH MICHAEL STODDART HUME (born 1923). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.D. (Lond.).
Kenneth Michael Stoddart Hume (born 1923) [Epsom College 1936-1942.
prefect] was the son of Dr R. M. Hume, of Morden, Surrey. He received his medical
training at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Chest Physician and
Physiologist at the King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, Surrey. He was
previously Research Assistant (Respiratory Physiology) at the Institute of Diseases of
the Chest, London, and Assistant Chest Physician for the Cardiff Hospital Group.
ALEXANDER ROBERT SUTCLIFFE MAUDE (1923-1979). M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.). F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A. (Eng.).
Alexander Robert Sutcliffe Maude (1923-1979) [Epsom College 1936-1941]
was the son of Dr Alexander Maude, of Derby. He received his medical education at
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at Rochdale
Infirmary.
JOHN RICHARD THEOBALDS (1923-2002). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.C.Psych., D.P.H. (Eng.), M.F.C.M.
John Richard Theobalds (1923-2002) [Epsom College 1938-1940] was the son
of R. G. Theobalds, civil servant, of Hornsey, North London. He received his medical
education at the Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist for
the Lancaster Health Authority. He specialised in alcohol and drug-addiction therapy,
and opened Harvey House as a specialised unit at Lancaster Moor Hospital. He was a
founder trustee and committee member of Inward House (a residential therapeutic
community for the rehabilitation of drug and solvent misusers). He did his National
Service at a military hospital in Egypt. A keen sportsman, he once had a trial to play
for Chelsea Football Club.
DAVID TITTERINGTON METHUEN (1923-1976). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.
David Titterington Methuen (1923-1976) [Epsom College 1937-1940] was the
son of Richard Methuen, cotton merchant, of Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester. He
received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Obstetrician at the Royal Buckinghamshire and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals.
JOHN BOOTH MORRISON (1923-2004). M.B., B.S., M.D. (Lond.),
D.Phys.Med.
John Booth Morrison (1923-2004) [Epsom College 1937-1941] was the son of
R. P. Morrison, accountant, of Sutton, Surrey. He received his medical education at
Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Rheumatologist at the Lord Mayor
Treloar Hospital, Alton; Basingstoke District Hospital, and the Royal Hampshire
County Hospital, Winchester (1961-1988). He was previously Consultant in
Electromyography at the Salisbury and Odstock Hospitals, Senior Registrar in
Rheumatology at Guy’s Hospital. From 1948 until 1950 he served as a Captain in the
R.A.M.C.
THOMAS BURNETT HOGARTH (born 1923). M.B., Ch.B. (Leeds),
F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Thomas Burnett Hogarth (born 1923) [Epsom College 1937-1939] was the son
of Dr J. B. Hogarth, of Doncaster, and brother of David John Burnett Hogarth [Epsom
College 1933-1936]. He received his medical education at Leeds University, and was
appointed Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon at Nottingham General Hospital,
and Newark General Hospital.
PETER LUCIAN BERGER (born 1923). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.C.S. (Edin.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Peter Lucian Berger (born 1923) [Epsom College 1939-1942] was the son of M.
M. Berger, of Sekondi, Gold Coast (Ghana). He received his medical education at St
George’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the Good Hope
Hospital, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield and Tamworth Group of
Hospitals, and Consultant Surgeon at the North Birmingham Hospital Group. He was
a Fellow of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland.
MICHAEL HAMILTON (born 1923). O.B.E., M.D., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P.
(Lond.).
Michael Hamilton (born 1923) [Epsom College 1937-1940] was the son of Dr
Archibald Hamilton, of Bradford, Yorkshire. He received his medical education at St
Mary’s Hospital, where he gained a distinction in Pathology and Obstetrics in the
M.B., B.S. Examination. He was appointed Honorary Consultant in Physical
Medicine to the Mid-Essex Health Authority, and Consultant Physician to the
Chelmsford Hospital Group. He was also an Honorary Lecturer in Medicine at the
London Hospital Medical College.
GEORGE WALTER SCOTT (1923-2007). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
George Walter Scott (1923-2007) [Epsom College 1940-1941] was the son of
G. B. Scott, company director, of Chipstead, Surrey. He received his medical
education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician at Guy’s
Hospital (from 1962). He was a Fellow of the Thoracic Society of Great Britain; a
Fulbright Scholar of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (1957), and previously
Clinical Tutor at Guy’s Hospital (1958-1962). During the Second World War he
served as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Fleet Air Arm (1941-1945), and worked as a pilot in
South East Asia. He was co-Author of the four-volume ‘Medical Treatment, a
Textbook of Therapy’.
CLEMENT RICHARD NEVE (1923-1995). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.).
Clement Richard Neve (1923-1995) [Epsom College 1937-1941] was the son of
Dr C. T. Neve, of Croydon, Surrey. He received his medical education at Guy’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Urologist in British Columbia, Canada (19551992). In his leisure time he trained horses for three day eventing.
GUY JOSEPH LIVINGSTON HAMILTON (1923-2010). A.M., M.B.,
B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Guy Joseph Livingstone Hamilton (1923-2010) [Epsom College 1937-1941]
was the son of Charles Robert Hamilton [Epsom College 1900-1905]. He was
awarded the Freer Lucas Entrance Scholarship to the Middlesex Hospital. In 1962,
Guy Hamilton commenced working for the Western Australia’s Mental Health
Services. He immediately set about breaking the cycle of ignorance, intolerance and
prejudice, to change community attitudes to people with intellectual and other
disabilities. Over his long and distinguished career, he led a revolution in the culture
of care of Western Australia’s intellectually disabled and became an agent for
arguably one of the most remarkable changes in the State’s social landscape. He was
awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in 2006 and the title - Western
Australia Citizen of the Year, in 2007.
IAN CHARLES LODGE PATCH (1923-1996). M.D., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Acad.).
Ian Charles Lodge Patch (1923-1996) [Epsom College 1937-1941. Classics
Scholarship. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr C. J. Lodge Patch, M.C., of Lahore,
Pakistan. He was awarded an Entrance Scholar to the London Hospital, and was
appointed Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Hammersmith, Springfield and St
Charles’s Hospitals (1959-1988), as well as Honorary Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at
the Royal Postgraduate Medical School. He was previously Senior Registrar at the
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, and Medical Registrar at the London
Hospital. On being appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at Springfield Hospital, a
Victorian asylum with two thousand patients, he wrote that it “preserved most of the
worst characteristics of inactive, laissez-faire psychiatry…with a handful of doctors,
some of whom themselves were seriously disabled.” His appointment meant that there
were now four consultants to care for the patients “in wards of huge collections of
miscellaneous inadequately treated patients, many of whom had been there with little
reason for much of their adult lives. The fixed ritual each day was lunch, where the
four consultants met round a huge table spread with a crisp white cloth, in the middle
of which stood a large silver cup, awarded to the hospital farm for pig breeding.” Dr
Lodge Patch took pride in his work of transforming the hospital over the next twenty
five years, with the development of an energetic postgraduate programme for junior
doctors, the improvement of patient care and the reduction of patient numbers.
Before this appointment he completed his National Service in Nigeria.
GROUP CAPTAIN LIONEL KENTISH GARSTIN (1923-2010).
R.A.F., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Lionel Kentish Garstin (1923-2010) [Epsom College 1937-1942] was the son of
Harold Garstin, musician, of East Horsley, Surrey. He received his medical education
at the Westminster Hospital. He completed his National Service in the R.A.F. Medical
Branch (1951), before accepting a permanent commission (1954-1981). He was
appointed Commanding Officer, R.A.F. Headley Court, and before that was Deputy
Principal Medical Officer of the R.A.F. Support Command. He was also a Consultant
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon for the R.A.F., serving at Akrotiri, Cyprus, and
Wegberg, Germany. At the end of the Second World War he joined a party of 90
other senior medical students at Belsen Concentration Camp after World War Two to
give medical aid. This initiative was under the command of another Old Epsomian,
Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, C.B.E., D.S.O. [Epsom College 1903-1910].
ALAN NORMAN JENNINGS (born 1923). M.B., Ch.B. (Sydney), D.P.M.
(Manchester).
Alan Norman Jennings (born 1923) [Epsom College 1936-1940] was the son of
Dr Norman Jennings, of Hull, Lincolnshire. He received his medical education at
Sydney University, Australia, and Manchester University. He was appointed
Consultant Psychiatrist at the No. 3 Child Guidance Clinic, Sydney, and was
previously Medical Officer at the New South Wales Department of Mental Hygiene.
EDGAR RICHARD REID (born 1924). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.).
Edgar Richard Reid (born 1924) [Epsom College 1938-1942] was the son of Dr
James Reid, of Banbury, Oxfordshire. He received his medical education at the
London Hospital, and later emigrated to Australia where he was appointed Clinical
Assistant (Anaesthetics) at Fremantle Public Hospital. Before this appointment he was
Registrar (Anaesthetics) at the London Hospital. He was awarded the medal of the
General Division of The Order of Australia for Services to medicine in the field of
general practice, care of the veterans and sport (1999).
KENNETH ROBERTSON DEMPSTER (1924-2001). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.D., F.R.C.Path.
Kenneth Robertson Dempster (1924-2001) [Epsom College 1936-1942.
Foundation Scholar. prefect. Rugby XV. Captain of Cricket XI. Ann du Bois Prize]
was the son of Dr David Dempster, M.C., Perth. He received his medical education at
St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Histopathologist at the King
Edward VII Hospital, Windsor (1957-1989). During the Second World War he served
with the Red Cross at the relief of the Belsen prisoner of war camp (1945). This
operation was under the command of another Old Epsomian, Brigadier Hugh
Llewellyn Glyn Hughes C.B.E., D.S.O. [Epsom College 1903-1910]. While at school
Kenneth Dempster played cricket against an R.A.F. side and gained a mention in
Wisden in 1943 by dismissing two Test Match cricketers, Leslie Ames and W. J.
Edrich.
HUMPHRY BOHUN KIDD (1924-1965). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.).
Humphry Bohun Kidd (1924-1965) [Epsom College 1938-1942. Cricket XI]
was the son of Dr Archibald Kidd [Epsom College 1879-1887]. He received his
medical education at Clare College Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital. He served
as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1949-1951), as a Psychiatric Specialist. In 1952 he
went to Canada as Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at the Hospital for Mental Diseases,
Selkirk, Manitoba, and, in 1954, obtained the Specialist Certificate in Psychiatry of
the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada. In 1954 he returned to
England and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at the Towers Hospital, Leicester.
His appointment coincided with the new Mental Health Act of 1959 and he played a
very large part in introducing the Team system and running the hospital on
therapeutic community lines. He also played an active part integrating the hospital
and community care services. He was a member of the Sheffield Regional Psychiatric
Advisory Committee, and in 1963 he was a member of the Committee of ten
psychiatrists to advise the Ministry of Health on the improvement of mental hospitals.
In 1964 he spent three months advising the State of Minnesota on the reorganization
of their Mental Health services. He was also a member of a Working Party connected
with the National Association of Mental Health, dealing with Penal Reform.
JOHN THEODORE TRENCHAM (born 1924). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
John Theodore Trencham (born 1924) [Epsom College 1938-1942] was the son
of T. W. Trencham, of West Hartlepool, County Durham. He received his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Chief Medical Officer for the
Cameroon Development Corporation. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
JOHN DEREK LITT (1924-2005). M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), D.P.M. (Melbourne),
M.A.N-Z.C.P.
John Derek Litt (1924-2005) [Epsom College 1938-1942] was the son of
Colonel J. P. Litt, R.A.M.C., and brother of Charles Anthony Litt [Epsom College
1940-1942]. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and was
appointed Honorary Psychiatrist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia. He
was previously Resident Medical Officer at the Mental Hospital, Parkside, Adelaide.
ROBERT MICHAEL LISCOMBE (born 1924). M.B., B.S. (Lond), D.A.
(Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Robert Michael Liscombe (born 1924) [Epsom College 1939-1943. Rugby XV.
Cricket XI] was the son of Dr R. H. Liscombe, of Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar). He
received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Anaesthetist at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, and King Edward
VII Memorial Hospital, London. From 1944 until 1945 he served as a Lieutenant in
the Royal Sussex Regiment.
AIR COMMODORE EDWARD JOHN McGUIRE (born 1924). R.A.F.,
Q.H.S., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.F.C.M., M.F.O.M., M.R.Ae.S.
Edward John McGuire (born 1924) [Epsom College 1938-1943. prefect] was
the son of Dr C. A. McGuire, of South Croydon, Surrey. He received his medical
education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Director of Public Health for
Tunbridge Wells Health Authority, and District Community Physician for the
Cuckfield and Crawley Health District. Before this appointment he served in the
R.A.F. Medical Branch, as Director of Health and Research for the R.A.F. In 1957 he
was awarded the Lady Cade Medal, of the Royal College of Surgeons, and presented
annually to the R.A.F. doctor who has made the most outstanding advance to aviation
medicine. He was a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, and an Honorary
Surgeon to H.M. the Queen.
HUGH JAMES BOWEN GALBRAITH (born 1924). M.D. (Lond.), M.B.,
B.S., F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Obst. R.C.O.G., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Hugh James Bowen Galbraith (born 1924) [Epsom College 1938-1942] was the
son of Dr D. H. A. Galbraith, of Launceston, Cornwall. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician for
the Chelmsford Health District Hospitals.
RICHARD TANKARD SEARS (born 1924). M.A., M.B., B.Ch (Cantab.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G., D.Obst.
Richard Tankard Sears (born 1924) [Epsom College 1937-1942. prae.schol.
Ralph Gooding Chemistry, Smith-Pearse Botany and Brande Prizes] was the son of
Herbert Sears, corn merchant, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He received his medical
education at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was an Exhibitioner, and the
Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at
the Women’s Hospital, Nottingham, and King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
DEREK JOHN SHEERBOOM (born 1924). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.M.S.S.A.,
M.F.C.M., D.P.H. (Eng.).
Derek John Sheerboom (born 1924) [Epsom College 1937-1941. Cricket XI]
was the son of H. S. Sheerboom, of Chipstead, Surrey. He received his medical
education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Deputy Medical Officer of Health for
Kensington and Chelsea. He was previously Medical Officer of Health for Epsom and
Ewell, and Employment Adviser for the EMAS.
DAVID ELGAN EIDDIG JONES (1924-1954). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
David Elgan Eiddig Jones (1924-1954) [Epsom College 1938-1941. prefect]
was the son of D. J. Jones, schoolmaster, of Wrexham, North Wales. He received his
medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at
St Thomas’s Hospital. He was previously Resident Surgical Officer at the Royal
Waterloo Hospital, and a Surgeon Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., on HMS Belfast in the Far
East.
PETER ANTHONY GARDNER (born 1924). L.A.H. (Dublin), F.F.C.M.,
D.P.H. (Liverpool).
Peter Anthony Gardner (born 1924) [Epsom College 1939-1940] was the son of
P. A. Gardner, dentist, of Fulwood, Preston. He received his medical education at
Edinburgh University and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he won the John
Kershaw Award (1986). He was appointed Principal Senior Medical Officer
(Administration) for Durham County Council, and Medical Officer of Health for
Barrow-in-Furness and Blackburn County Boroughs, as well as District Medical
Officer of the Huddersfield Health Authority. He was the Area Specialist in
Community Medicine (Social Services) for Oldham, President of the Society for
Community Medicine, and Honorary Secretary and Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Central Committee for Community Medicine.
JOHN RICHARD WARD WYNNE (1924-2006). O.St.J., M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), L.M.C.C.
John Richard Ward Wynne (1924-2006) [Epsom College 1936-1940. prefect]
was the son of John Wynne, customs officer, of Anyox, British Columbia. He
received his medical education at University College Hospital, and then emigrated to
Vancouver, Canada, where he worked initially at St Paul’s Hospital. In 1942, he
joined the Royal Canadian Forces Medical Service as a Colonel. He was appointed
Deputy Chief of Medical Services for the National Defence Medical Centre, Ottawa,
and was previously Commanding Officer and Chief of Medical Service for the
Canadian Forces Hospital, Cold Lake, Alberta, and Commanding Surgeon for Air
Transport Command at Headquarters Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
WILLIAM ALFRED POLLITT (born 1924). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
M.F.C.M., D.P.H. (Liverpool).
William Alfred Pollitt (born 1924) [Epsom College 1938-1940] was the son of
W. H. Pollitt, solicitor, of St Helens, Merseyside. He received his medical education
at Liverpool Royal Infirmary (Liverpool University), and was appointed District
Community Physician for the Chester District Health Department.
OLIVER ERNEST FENNER HODGSON (born 1924). B.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Eng.).
Oliver Ernest Fenner Hodgson (born 1924) [Epsom College 1937-1942] was
the son of Dr R. G. K. Hodgson, of Andover, Hampshire, and brother of Ronald
George Keith Hodgson [Epsom College 1950-1954], and Julian David Hodgson
[Epsom College 1953-1956]. He received his medical education at St John’s College,
Cambridge and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Psychiatrist at Fulbourn and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals, Cambridge.
JOHN RUPERT EDSALL (born 1925). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.P. (Lond.).
John Rupert Edsall (born 1925) [Epsom College 1939-1942] was the son of P.
S. Edsall, civil servant, of Ewell, Surrey. He received his medical education at
Downing College, Cambridge, and King’s College Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Physician at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, USA, and Associate
Physician at Columbia University. He was previously at Belle Vue Hospital, New
York, as a Specialist in cardio-pulmonary physiology.
DOUGLAS McKENZIE KERR MUIR (born 1925). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.M.R.D. (Eng.), D.M.R.D. (Lond.).
Douglas McKenzie Kerr Muir (born 1925) [Epsom College 1938-1942] was the
son of Dr J. K. Muir, of West Hartlepool, County Durham, and brother of Ian Fraser
Kerr Muir, M.B.E., F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1935-1939]. He received his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Director of Radiology at the
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was previously Senior
Registrar (Radiodiagnosis) at the United Birmingham Hospitals.
PETER BURFORD FOXWELL (born 1925). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.L.O. (Eng.).
Peter Burford Foxwell (born 1925) [Epsom College 1941-1943] was the son of
G. E. Foxwell of Ashtead, Surrey. He received his medical education at King’s
College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon at
Rockhampton General Hospital, Queensland, Australia. He was previously Senior
Registrar (ENT) at King’s College Hospital, and Farnborough Hospital, Hampshire.
DAVID CHRISTOPHER HUGHES (born 1925). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.A.
(Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
David Christopher Hughes (born 1925) [Epsom College 1939-1943. prefect.
Chemistry and Brande Prizes] was the son of Dr K. E. A. Hughes, M.B.E., of
Hambledon, Hampshire. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital,
and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist for the North West Surrey Health District.
He was previously Senior Registrar (Anaesthetics) at St Thomas’s Hospital and the
Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, and Anaesthetic Registrar at
Charing Cross Hospital. He was a Fellow of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great
Britain.
PHILIP HAGUE LOVELL (1925-1977). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.M.R.D.
Philip Hague Lovell (1925-1977) [Epsom College 1939-1944. Rugby XV] was
the son of Dr E. R. Lovell, T.D., of Knutsford, Cheshire. He received his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Radiologist for
the Medway, Dartford and Gravesham Health District Hospitals. He was previously
Medical Officer for 42 Commando RM, in Malta, Malaya and Suez, and a Surgeon
Commander in the Royal Navy, serving as Radiologist at the Royal Naval Hospital,
Plymouth, and before that as Radiologist at the Royal Naval Hospital, Singapore. He
was for some time the Senior Medical Officer on HMS Terror.
COLONEL ROBERT LINDSAY BELL (born 1925). R.A.M.C., O.St.J.,
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.F.C.M., M.F.O.M., D.P.H. (Lond.), D.I.H. (Eng.),
D.T.M. & H. (Eng.).
Robert Lindsay Bell (born 1925) [Epsom College 1939-1943] was the son of Dr
H. C. Bell, of Shardlow, Derbyshire, and brother of William Andrew Bell [Epsom
College 1938-1942]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and
was Officer Commanding R.A.M.C. Headquarters for the South East District,
Aldershot. He was previously Senior Consultant in Preventive Medicine at
Headquarters B.A.O.R., Chief Medical Officer for the United Nations Forces in
Cyprus, and Senior Instructor at the Army School of Health and School of Army
Health Training Centre, Aldershot. He was the Editor of a ‘Handbook of Army Health
‘(1976).
COLONEL ANTHONY BRIAN LOUSLEY PEAKE (1925-2000).
R.A.M.C., Q.H.S., M.A. (Cantab.), M.B., B.Ch., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.),
F.R.C.O.G., D.Obst., F.L.S.
Anthony Brian Lousley Peake (1925-2000) [Epsom College 1939-1943. Ralph
Gooding Botany and Smith-Pearse Natural History Prizes] was the son of Colonel H.
G. Peake, R.A.M.C. He received his medical education at Clare College, Cambridge,
and St Thomas’s Hospital. He was commissioned in the R.A.M.C. and served as a
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the British Military Hospital, Rinteln,
Germany. He was also Commanding Consultant of the Medical Services for the
B.A.O.R., and an Honorary Surgeon to H.M. the Queen.
PETER GEORGE INGLE STOVIN (born 1925). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.
Peter George Ingle Stovin (born 1925) [Epsom College 1939-1944] was the son
of Dr George Horace Tetley Stovin [Epsom College 1911-1916], and brother of Hugh
John Cornelius Stovin [Epsom College 1941-1945]. He received his medical
education at Jesus College, Cambridge and the London Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Pathologist at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. He was a member of the
Pathological Society of Great Britain.
ELLIS WILLIAM PARRY JONES (1926-1994). B.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.D. (Cantab.), F.R.C.O.G.,
Ellis William Parry Jones (1926-1994) [Epsom College 1939-1944. prefect]
was the son of Dr L. W. Jones, of Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, and brother of John Davis
Jones [Epsom College 1942-1945]. He received his medical education at Emmanuel
College, Cambridge, and the London Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Chester Royal Infirmary, and the Chester City
Hospital.
CHARLES JOHN HOWELL MANN (1926-2001). O.B.E., T.D., O. St. J.,
M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.P.H. (Eng.).
Charles John Howell Mann (1926-2001) [Epsom College 1939-1942] was the
son of Dr J. W. Mann, of Dulwich, South London, and brother of Dr James Wallace
Mann [Epsom College 1942-1946]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s
Hospital, where he gained Honours in the M.B. Examination. He was appointed
Lecturer in Public Health and Social Medicine at Aberdeen University, and Assistant
Medical Officer of Health for Fife County Council. He was also Medical Adviser to
Scott Agricultural Industries, Scotoil, and a member of the Society of Occupational
Medicine.
THOMAS GILBERT SCOTT (1926-1995). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), Ph.D.,
D.Path (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Thomas Gilbert Scott (1926-1995) [Epsom College 1939-1944] was the son of
Dr F. G. Scott, of Tonbridge, Kent. He received his medical education at the London
Hospital, and was appointed Associate Professor of Neuropathology at Columbia
University, New York, and the New York State Hospital, working for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. Previously he was Senior Lecturer in
Neuropathology at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square,
London, Consultant Pathologist in Saudi Arabia, and Registrar in Pathology at the
Royal Free Hospital, and the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square,
London. Thomas Scott was a remarkable man. In his obituary it was written: “Blessed
with intellectual gifts, he would follow what interested him – and that covered many
subjects. Over the years he rowed at Henley for the London Hospital; became a glider
pilot and a radio ham; studied variable stars and was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Astronomical Society; and learned Icelandic, Japanese and Spanish…He wrote books
and computer programs. His philosophical thoughts slowly matured, and his book,
The Anatomy of Awareness, was published a few weeks before he died.”
DAVID St JOHN BREW (born 1926). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.
David St John Brew (born 1926) [Epsom College 1939-1944. prefect.
MacFarlane Cup] was the son of Dr J. A. Brew, of Doncaster. He received his
medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Assistant Pathologist
and Senior Lecturer in Pathology in the Bland-Sutton Institute of Pathology at the
Middlesex Hospital. He was formerly a Lecturer in the Department of Pathology at
Ibadan University, Nigeria.
ROLF CARTER SHEPHERD (born 1926). B.A., M.B., M.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Rolf Carter Shepherd (born 1926) [Epsom College 1940-1944. Propert Prize]
was the son of Dr C. W. Shepherd, of Cardiff. He received his medical education at
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St Thomas’s Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Surgeon at Poole General Hospital. He was formerly Resident Assistant
Surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, Lecturer in Surgery at St Thomas’s Hospital
Medical School, and Research Fellow in Vascular Surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital, Boston, USA.
EDWARD JOHN CARLETON WYNNE (born 1926). B.A., M.B., M.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Edward John Carleton Wynne (born 1926) [Epsom College 1940-1944. prefect.
Rugby XV. Watts Science Prize] was the son of Dr W. E. C. Wynne, of Margate,
Kent. He was an Exhibitioner of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and completed his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Surgeon for the
Swindon and Cirencester Clinical Area, and was formerly Senior Surgical Registrar at
the Middlesex Hospital, and Surgical Registrar at the United Norwich Hospitals. He
was a member of the Association of British Urological Surgeons.
RANDOLPH GILBERT BEARD (born 1926). M.A., M.B., M.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Randolph Gilbert Beard (born 1926) [Epsom College 1940-1944. prefect. Ralph
Gooding Botany and Smith-Pearse Natural History Prizes] was the son of Randolph
Beard, M.B.E., D.C.M., M.M., civil servant, of Epsom. He received his medical
education at Clare College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed
Emeritus Consultant Surgeon, and Surgeon in Charge of the Rectal Clinic at Guy’s
Hospital, and St Olave’s Hospital, and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at St Luke’s
Hospital for the Clergy. He was formerly a Surgical Registrar at Guy’s Hospital. He
was a Fellow of the Medical Society of London, and a Fellow of the Association of
Surgeons of Great Britain.
JOHN GORDON BENJAFIELD (born 1926). M.B., B.S. (Lond.).
John Gordon Benjafield (born 1926) [Epsom College 1940-1943] was the son
of Dr Norman Barnet Benjafield, M.D. [Epsom College 1896-1901], and brother of
Dr Norman Graham Benjafield (now Graham) [Epsom College 1919-1919]. He
received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was Director of the Harley
Street Laboratories, and a Consultant Pathologist at the Charterhouse Rheumatism
Clinic. Before this, he was Physician in charge of the Allergy Clinic at St Andrew’s
Hospital, Bow, East London. He was a member of the Association of Clinical
Pathologists. During the Second World War he served as a Leading Seaman in the
Royal Navy (1944-1945).
DAVID LIONEL EDGAR PAINE (born 1926). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Edin.), D.O. (Eng.).
David Lionel Edgar Paine (born 1926) [Epsom College 1940-1944] was the son
of H. W. Paine, stockbroker, of Salcombe, Devon. He received his medical education
at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Medical
Arts Clinic, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. He was previously Senior Registrar on
the Professorial Eye Unit at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, and before that, Senior
Resident Medical Officer at the Oxford Eye Hospital.
JAMES GORDON WALLACE (born 1926). M.A. (Oxon.), B.M., B.Ch.,
D.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path. (Lond.), Dip.Bact.
James Gordon Wallace (born 1926) [Epsom College 1939-1944. Rugby XV]
was the son of Dr W. S. Wallace, M.C., of Newport, Isle of Wight, and brother of Ian
Douglas Wallace [Epsom College 1937-1941]. He received his medical education at
Merton College, Oxford University, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Bacteriologist and Director of the Public Health Laboratory,
Lincoln.
ARTHUR JOHN IRVING DACRE (born 1926). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Eng.).
Arthur John Irving Dacre (born 1926) [Epsom College 1940-1943] was the son
of Dr Richard Irving Dacre, T.D. [Epsom College 1903-1907]. He received his
medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Psychiatrist at Rampton Hospital, Nottingham (1961-1966). He was then appointed
Medical Superintendent of the Mental Hospital in Barbados (1966-1970), and
Consultant Psychiatist for the West Indian Government (1965-1970). In 1970 John
Dacre moved to Canada to organize a Special Corrections Unit for mentally ill
prisoners at Guelph (Guelph Assessment and Treatment Unit – GATU). It was there
that he was involved in the design and building of a Special Forensic Unit in Toronto
(1972). He was the Holder of two World Health Organization Fellowships, one in the
U.S.A., and the other in South America. In 2002, he received the Governor General of
Canada’s Exemplary Award – Justice.
THOMAS MICHAEL DESMOND GIMLETTE (born 1927). B.A.,
M.D., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.P. (Lond).
Thomas Michael Desmond Gimlette (born 1927) [Epsom College 1939-1942]
was the son of Colonel G. T. Gimlette, R.A.M.C. He received his medical education
at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took First Class Honours in the
B.A. Examination, and St Thomas’s Hospital, where he won the Mead Medal of the
Royal College of Physicians (1951). He was appointed Physician in Nuclear Medicine
at the Liverpool United Hospitals and Liverpool Regional Hospital Board.
JOHN ROBERT BILLINGHURST (born 1927). M.A., B.M., B.Ch.
(Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
John Robert Billinghurst (born 1927) [Epsom College 1941-1945. prefect.
Ralph Gooding Chemistry and Brande Prizes] was the son of A. J. Billinghurst, of
East Sheen, Surrey. He won a Scholarship to St John’s College, University of Oxford,
and completed his medical education at the London Hospital, where he won the Sir
Frederick Treves Prize for Surgery. He was appointed Consultant Neurologist at the
Kent and West Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells (1996-2000). He was previously
Consultant Physician, with special interest in Neurology at Oldchurch and Rush
Green Hospitals, Romford, Essex (1973-1995), Honorary Consulting Physician at the
Mildmay Mission Hospital, Hackney, London, and Senior Physician and Psychiatrist
for the Government of The Gambia (1986-1988). During 1954-1955, he served as a
Captain in the R.A.M.C., with the Royal West Africa Frontier Force, in Ghana and
Nigeria. From 1961-1972, he was Senior Lecturer in Medicine at Makerere
University, Uganda (1961-1972), and Visiting Physician and Chairman of Governors
at Mengo Hospital, Uganda.
GERALD JOSEPH ROCKLEY (1927-1978). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.P.
(Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G., M.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Eng.).
Gerald Joseph Rockley (1927-1978) [Epsom College 1941-1944] was the son
of R. J. Rockley, accountant, of Tadworth, Surrey. He received his medical education
at University College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at
Prestwich Hospital, Greater Manchester, and Visiting Psychiatrist at the Rosehill
Remand Home for Boys. He was previously Senior Registrar (Psychiatry) at Pastures
Hospital, Derby, and Medical Superintendent of the Clerkenwell and Islington
Medical Mission, London. He was a Fellow of the Manchester Medical Society.
PROFESSOR JOHN SANDISON (born 1927). M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.),
F.F.A.R.C.S.
John Sandison (born 1927) [Epsom College 1940-1945. Rugby XV. Cricket XI]
was the son of Dr R. E. W. Sandison, of Edinburgh. He received his medical
education at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and was
appointed Professor of Clinical Anaesthesia at the University of West Indies, and
Senior Anaesthetist at the University Hospital of West Indies. He had previously been
awarded a Postgraduate Fellowship at the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, USA, and held former appointments as Senior Registrar in the
Department of Anaesthesia at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and Registrar
(Anaesthetics) at Hammersmith Hospital.
NORMAN HUMPHREY GELPKE (born 1927). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Canada), L.R.C.P. (Eng.), L.M.C.C..
Norman Humphrey Gelpke (born 1927) [Epsom College 1942-1945] was the
son of Herman Gelpke, of Couldon, Surrey, and brother of Peter David Gelpke
[Epsom College 1936-1940]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Northmount
Medical Clinic, North Vancouver, Canada. He served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in
Korea (1952-1953).
PHILIP EDWARD HUDDY (1927-2007). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Philip Edward Huddy (1927-2007) [Epsom College 1939-1944] was the son of
Dr G. P. B. Huddy, of West Bromwich, and brother of Dr Francis William Huddy
[Epsom College 1938-1943], and David George Huddy [Epsom College 1943-1949].
He received his medical education at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and the
London Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the Swindon, Cirencester
and Marlborough Hospitals. He was a Surgeon Lieutenant Commander in the Royal
Navy while completing his National Service.
JAMES WALLACE McCLOY (born 1927). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
James Wallace McCloy (born 1927) [Epsom College 1940-1944] was the son
of Surgeon Rear Admiral Alexander McCloy, R.N., of Polperro, Cornwall, and
brother of Captain Arthur Craig McCloy, R. A. [Epsom College 1933-1937]. He
received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Anaesthetist for the Shrewsbury Hospital Group, and the Robert Jones and
Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry. He was previously Senior Anaesthetic Registrar for
the Aberdeen Hospitals, and Anaesthetic Registrar at Kingston Hospital. He
completed National Service as a Captain (Anaesthetic Specialist) in the R.A.M.C.
NEIL MacDONALD (born 1927). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.),
L.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Neil MacDonald (born 1927) [Epsom College 1940-1945. Ann Hood Prize]
was the son of Dr M. A. Macdonald of Oulton Broad, Norfolk. He received his
medical education at the London Hospital, where he passed the M.B., B.S.
Examination with Honours in Surgery. He was appointed Consultant Surgeon at
Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, having previously been Senior Registrar
(General Surgery) at Preston Royal Infirmary, and Surgical Registrar at the London
Hospital and St Thomas’s Hospital. He was a Fellow of the Manchester Medical
Society.
WILLIAM CLARK WALKER (1927-2007). M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), M.D.,
F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
William Clark Walker (1927-2007) [Epsom College 1942-1945] was the son of
Dr John Walker, of Leeds. He received his medical education at Edinburgh
University, and was appointed Consultant Physician at Pinderfields General and
Clayton Hospitals, Wakefield (from 1966). He was formerly Senior Registrar
(General Medicine) at Leeds General Infirmary (from 1960), and Founder of, and
Clinical Tutor at, the Postgraduate Centre at Pinderfields Hospital, as well as Regional
Adviser for the Royal College of Physicians in Yorkshire (1981-1986). He did his
National Service as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Navy at H. M. S. Dolphin,
Gosport. “He was a gifted and enormously committed physician who inspired many
junior colleagues with his enthusiasm for medicine.”
PATRICK HUME KENDALL (1927-1968). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Phys.Med (Eng.).
Patrick Hume Kendall (1927-1968) [Epsom College 1940-1945. prefect] was
the son of Dr A. E. H. Kendall, of Sutton, Surrey. He received his medical education
at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant (Physical Medicine) at Guy’s
Hospital, the Evelina Children’s Hospital and New Cross Hospital. He was previously
Senior Registrar (Physical Medicine) at Guy’s Hospital, and a Member of Council of
the Royal Society of Medicine, and a Member of Council of the British Association of
Physical Medicine. He was Honorary Editor of the ‘Annals of Physical Medicine.’ In
1948, he was a member of the British Olympic Games Swimming Team, and in 1950,
a member of the British Empire Games Swimming Team.
OLIVER OWEN FRAZER FFOOKS (born 1927). L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), D.O. (Eng.).
Oliver Owen Frazer Ffooks (born 1927) [Epsom College 1940-1944] was the
son of E. C. Ffooks, solicitor, of Newport, Isle of Wight. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ophthalmic
Surgeon at St James Hospital, Leeds. He was previously Senior Anaesthetic Registrar
at Sheffield Royal Infirmary.
MICHAEL KNIGHT MASON (born 1927). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.D. (Lond.), M.R.C.Path.
Michael Knight Mason (born 1927) [Epsom College 1941-1945] was the son of
A. C. Mason, insurance agent, of Hendon, Middlesex. He received his medical
education at King’s College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist at St
James’ Hospital, Leeds, and Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds. He was previously a
Lecturer in Morbid Anatomy at King’s College Hospital, and a Research Worker for
the British Empire Cancer Campaign at King’s College Hospital. He was a member of
the Association of Clinical Pathologists and the Pathological Society of Great Britain.
MICHAEL JOHN CASSELLS (born 1928). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), Cert.Path (Canada).
Michael John Cassells (born 1928) [Epsom College 1941-1945. prefect] was the
son of Dr W. L. Cassells, of Twickenham, Middlesex. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist at
New Yarmouth Hospital, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was previously Assistant
Pathologist at New Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
DAVID GARNETT HURTER (born 1928). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.A. (Eng.),
F.F.A.R.C.S.
David Garnett Hurter (born 1928) [Epsom College 1941-1945] was the son of
Dr H. R. Hurter, of Liverpool. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist for the South East Thames
Regional Health Authority. He was previously Consultant Anaesthetist for the
Orpington, Sevenoaks and Dartford Hospital Groups, and Senior Anaesthetic
Registrar at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London.
COLIN MURRAY PARKES (born 1928). O.B.E., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.D.
(Lond.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.).
Colin Murray Parkes (born 1928) [Epsom College 1941-1946] was the son of
E. W. Parkes, solicitor, of Radlett, Hertfordshire, and brother of Roger Graham Parkes
[Epsom College 1947-1951]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to the
Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at St
Christopher’s Hospice, Sydenham, and St Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney. He was
formerly Senior Lecturer (Psychiatry) at the London Hospital Medical College, a
member of the Research Scientific Staff at the Tavistock Clinic Institute of Human
Relations, a member of the Scientific Staff of the Medical Research Council Social
Psychiatry Unit, and Senior Registrar at the Maudsley Hospital, London. He was the
author of ‘Bereavement Studies of Grief in Adult Life,’ (3rd edition with translation
into many languages). Colin Parkes worked closely with Dame Cicely Saunders to
develop the first hospice-based bereavement service at St Christopher’s Hospice,
Sydenham. His methods were fully justified by the results of a scientific evaluation of
the service. This led to the organisation of the national organisation for bereaved
people – Cruse Bereavement Care. Such was the success of this organisation that in
1984, H.M. the Queen agreed to become its patron and Colin Parkes was awarded the
O.B.E.
ALASDAIR ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON (born 1928). M.A., B.Sc.,
B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Alasdair Alexander Livingston (born 1928) [Epsom College 1940-1947.
prefect. Watts Science Prize] was the son of Alexander Livingston, dentist, of Oxford.
He was a Postmaster of Merton College, University of Oxford, where he took First
Class Honours in Physiology, before winning an Entrance Scholarship to St Thomas’s
Hospital. He emigrated to Australia where he was appointed Surgeon at Woomera,
South Australia, but he later went into general practice at Mitcham, South Australia.
He was previously Surgical Registrar at St Thomas’s Hospital. He completed his
National Service in the R.A.M.C.
COLIN HENRY CORBY (born 1928). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.M.J. (Soc.Apoth.), M.C.Path.
Colin Henry Corby (born 1928) [Epsom College 1941-1944] was the son of
Thomas Richard Bruce Corby [Epsom College 1909-1916]. He received his medical
education at the London Hospital, and was appointed a Home Office Pathologist, and
Lecturer in Forensic Pathology at the University of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was a
member of the British Association of Forensic Medicine, a member of the British
Academy of Forensic Science, and a Lecturer in Forensic Medicine at the London
Hospital. He later emigrated to Australia and was appointed Specialist in Forensic
Pathology to the New South Wales Government Division of Forensic Medicine,
Sydney.
RICHARD JOHN RAMSAY JOHNSON (born 1928). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
D.M.R.T. (Eng).
Richard John Ramsay Johnson (born 1928) [Epsom College 1943-1946] was
the son of Dr A. J. R. Johnson, of Norwich. He received his medical education at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Radiotherapist at Winnipeg
General Hospital. He previously held a Fellowship in Radiotherapy at Mount Sinai
Hospital, New York, and was Registrar in Radiotherapy at St Bartholomew’s and St
George’s Hospitals.
DENIS GEORGE CALVERT (born 1928). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Denis George Calvert (born 1928) [Epsom College 1941-1946] was the son of
T. G. Calvert, insurance manager, of Dorking, Surrey, and brother of Brian Donald
Calvert, L.D.S. [Epsom College 1942-1948], and John Stafford Calvert [Epsom
College 1948-1954]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital,
and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at Gloucester Royal Hospital. He was
previously Senior Surgical Registrar for the Bristol United Hospitals and the South
West Regional Hospital Board, and Surgical Registrar and Tutor at the Westminster
Children’s Hospital. He was a Fellow of the Association of Surgeons and a Fellow of
the British Association of Urological Surgeons.
MICHAEL DULAKE (born 1928). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.P.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.)
Michael Dulake (born 1928) [Epsom College 1941-1946] was the son of Dr
Lawrence Dulake, of Reigate, Surrey, and brother of Dr Christopher Dulake [Epsom
College 1944-1951]. He received his medical education at Clare College, Cambridge,
and King’s College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician (Cardiology) at
St James’ Hospital, Balham, London. He was previously Senior Registrar
(Department of Medicine and Cardiology) at the Hammersmith Hospital, London, a
Tutor in Medicine at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, a National
Institute of Health Research Fellow in the Division of Cardiology at the Children’s
Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio, and Registrar (Cardiology) at the Brompton Hospital,
London. He was a member of the British Cardiac Society, and a Captain in the
R.A.M.C. (mentioned in dispatches).
HUGO JOSEPH LIEBESCHUETZ (1929-1994). M.A., B.M., B.Ch.
(Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.)
Hugo Joseph Liebeschuetz (1929-1994) [Epsom College 1943-1948] was the
son of Hans Liebeschuetz, of Liverpool University. He received his medical education
at Wadham College, University of Oxford, and University College Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Paediatrician for the Southend Health District. He was
previously Paediatric Registrar at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond
Street, the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea, and Southampton Children’s
Hospital.
GORDON SAMUEL BAYLISS (born 1929). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.).
Gordon Samuel Bayliss (born 1929) [Epsom College 1941-1947] was the son
of B. H. Bayliss, engineer, of Epsom. He received his medical education at
Magdalene College, Cambridge, and the Westminster Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Neurophysiologist, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at the
Whittington Hospital, London, and Hill End Hospital, St Albans. He was previously
Senior Registrar in the Department of Applied Electro-Physiology at the National
Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, and Maida Vale Hospital, London, as
well as Assistant Physician at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. For a short time he was
Officer in Charge of the Medical Reception Station, Gillingham, and Medical Officer
for the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.
JOHN VERNON FARMAN (born 1929). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
John Vernon Farman (born 1929) [Epsom College 1943-1947] was the son of
Dr N. B. Farman, of Hampstead, London. He received his medical education at
University College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist (Intensive
Care) at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and Lecturer (Anaesthetics and
Intensive Care) at the University of Cambridge. He was a Council Member of the
Intensive Care Society, and a member of the Biological Engineering Society. Before
his appointment at Cambridge he was Senior Registrar at the Welsh National School
of Medicine, Cardiff, Senior Registrar at University College Hospital, Ibadan,
Nigeria, and Senior Lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He was a
member of the Association of Anaesthetists.
HUGH DOVEY (born 1929). B.A., M.B., B.Ch., M.D. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Ire), M.Ch.Orth. (Liverpool), M.L.C.M.
Hugh Dovey (born 1929) [Epsom College 1943-1947] was the son of Reginald
Dovey, company secretary, of Liverpool. He received his medical education at
Peterhouse, Cambridge University, and the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed
Surgeon and Lecturer in Orthopaedics at Copenhagen University, Denmark. He was
previously Senior Lecturer (Orthopaedics) at the University of Natal, South Africa,
and the University of Liverpool.
JOHN ARMSTRONG JEMSON (born 1929). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), L.M.C.C.
John Armstrong Jemson (born 1929) [Epsom College 1942-1947] was the son
of James Jemson, F.R.C.S., of Beckenham, Kent, and brother of James David Jemson
[Epsom College 1946-1950]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital,
where he won the Surgical Prize in the final examinations. He was appointed
Consultant Surgeon for the Lewisham Hospital Group. He was previously Medical
Superintendent at St Charles Hospital, Ladbroke Grove, London, and Deputy Medical
Superintendent at St Alfege’s Hospital, Greenwich. He later emigrated to Canada and
was appointed Medical Officer of Health for South Cypress and Strathcona
Municipalities, Manitoba.
JOHN MICHAEL HENRY PEARSON (born 1929). B.A., D.M., B.Ch.
(Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
John Henry Michael Pearson (born 1929) [Epsom College 1942-1947. Claude
Calthrop Prize] was the son of Dr H. W. Pearson, of Reigate, Surrey, and brother of
Hugh Pearson [Epsom College 1945-1949]. He received his medical education at
Brasenose College, University of Oxford, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was the
Director of the Medical Research Council Leprosy Project, at Addis Ababa Leprosy
Hospital, Ethiopia. His previous appointments included Research Medical Officer at
Sungei Buloh Leprosarium, Selangor, Malaysia, and Physician in Charge of the
Dhoolpet Leprosy Centre, Hyderabad, India. He was a member of the World Health
Organisation Expert Advisory Panel on Leprosy, and previously Research Officer at
the National Leprosy Control Centre, Selangor, Malaysia. He was a member of the
Scientific Staff, Medical Research Council.
PHILIP ALAN BARKER (born 1929). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Psych., D.C.H. (Eng.).
Philip Alan Barker (born 1929) [Epsom College 1943-1948] was the son of Dr
Alan Barker, of Whitstable, Kent, and brother of Jeremy Johnston Barker [Epsom
College 1949-1954]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and
was appointed Consultant Child Psychiatrist for the Birmingham Child Guidance
Service, Consultant Child Psychiatrist at the University of Birmingham, and Lecturer
and Postgraduate Clinical Tutor in Child Psychiatry, University of Birmingham. He
was previously Consultant Child Psychiatrist for the Dundee Area, and Senior
Registrar (Child Psychiatry) for the Newcastle Hospital Group. He was a member of
the Association of Child Psychologists and Psychiatrists.
MICHAEL BROKE HEYWOOD-WADDINGTON (born 1929). M.A.,
M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Michael Broke Heywood-Waddington (born 1929) [Epsom College 1942-1947.
prefect. Cricket XI. Ralph Gooding Botany, Smith-Pearse Natural History and Propert
Prizes] was the son of Dr W. B. Heywood-Waddington, of Littlehampton, Sussex. He
was a Scholar of St John’s College, Cambridge, and completed his medical training at
the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic and Traumatic
Surgeon at the Chelmsford and St Helena Hospital Groups, Essex. Before this
appointment he was Senior Orthopaedic Registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Stanmore. He was a member of the British Orthopaedic Association.
ALAN FRANCIS WILLIAM MARSHALL POOLER (1929-2009).
M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.C.P.S. (South Africa).
Alan Francis William Marshall Pooler (1929-2009) [Epsom College 19421948. Ann du Bois Prize] was the son of Dr A. F. R. Pooler, of Alfreton, Derbyshire.
He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital and was appointed
Consultant Physician and Geriatrician at Basingstoke District Hospital, Hampshire.
He was previously Senior Registrar (Geriatric Medicine) for the Southampton
University Group Hospitals, Registrar at the King Edward VII Hospital, Durban,
South Africa, and Registrar for the Allergy Clinics at the Wright-Fleming Institute of
Microbiology, St Mary’s Hospital.
MARTIN BERTRAM WATTS (born 1929). M.B.E., M.B., B.S.,
M.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.T.M. & H. (Eng.), D.C.H. (Eng.),
D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Martin Bertram Watts (born 1929) [Epsom College 1943-1947] was the son of
Captain A. B. Watts, R.N., and brother of John Christopher David Watts [Epsom
College 1934-1936], and Lieutenant Alan Bernard Ralph Watts, R.N. [Epsom College
1934-1935]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and
was appointed Consultant (Geriatric Medicine) for the West Roding Health District,
Essex. He was previously Senior Medical Specialist at the Sarawak General Hospital,
Kuching, Malaysia. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene.
JOHN ANDREW BUSHMAN (1930-2011). L.M.S.S.A., F.F.A.R.C.S.
John Andrew Bushman (1930-2011) [Epsom College 1944-1948] was the son
of G. N. Bushman, M.C., T.D., veterinary surgeon, of Whetstone, Middlesex. He
received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Honorary
Consultant at the Royal London, St Andrew’s and Newham Hospitals. He was also
Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist at St Peter’s Hospital, Acting Director of Research
in the Department of Anaesthetics at the Royal College of Surgeons, and an Examiner
(Anaesthetics) for the Royal College of Surgeons. He was a member of the
Anaesthetic Research Society, a member of the Council of the Biological Engineering
Society, and an Anaesthetic Research Fellow at the Royal National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Stanmore. He was also a Fellow of the Institute of Measurement and
Control, and previously a Senior Anaesthetic Registrar and Lecturer at the University
of Birmingham, a Government Medical Officer at Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia,
and Anaesthetist at the Harare African Hospital, Southern Rhodesia. He was the
Editor of ‘Medical and Biological Engineering.’ During National Service he Served
in the R.A.M.C.
RICHARD ALAN CARTER (born 1930). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.
Richard Alan Carter (born 1930) [Epsom College 1942-1948. Harvey, Propert
and Biology Prizes] was the son of Dr E. E. Carter, of Redhill, Surrey. He was an
Exhibitioner of Clare College, Cambridge, and completed his medical training at St
Thomas’s Hospital, where he won Hospital Prizes for Medicine and Pathology. He
was appointed Consultant Pathologist at the Hollymore, Marston Green, Rubery Hill,
and East Birmingham Hospitals. He was previously Senior Registrar (Anaesthetics) at
the East Birmingham Hospitals, and Assistant Pathologist at Cambridge University.
He was a member of the Association of Clinical Pathologists and Clinical
Biochemists.
JOHN GARETH MARSHALL WILLIAMS (1930-2010). M.B., Ch.B.
(Liverpool), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.H (Eng.), M.F.C.M.
John Gareth Marshall Williams (1930-2010) [Epsom College 1945-1949] was
the son of Dr W. E. Williams of Penmachno, Bettws-y-Coed, North Wales. He
received his medical education at Liverpool University and was appointed Senior
Clinical Medical Officer, Clwyd Health Authority, Wales. He was previously Medical
Officer of Health for Llangollen U.D. and Wrexham and Ceiriog R.Ds.
ANTHONY RODWELL WISDOM (born 1930). M.B., B.S. (Lond.).
Anthony Rodwell Wisdom (born 1930) [Epsom College 1945-1948] was the
son of G. E. C. Wisdom, of Caterham, Surrey. He received his medical education at St
Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Venereologist at Orsett, Grays,
Oldchurch, Newham and Whipps Cross Hospitals, Romford, Essex. He was
previously Senior Registrar in the Venereology Department at St Mary’s Hospital,
London. He completed his National Service as a Surgeon Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. He
was the author of an ‘Atlas of Venereology’ (1973), and a Fellow of the Hunterian
Society.
PROFESSOR ROBERT ANDREW OSBORN (born 1930). B.Sc., M.B.,
B.S. (Lond.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P.A., F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.,
F.R.A.N-Z.C.O.G.
Robert Andrew Osborn (born 1930) [Epsom College 1944-1948. Cricket XI]
was the son of Dr G. R. Osborn, of Derby, and brother of Dr Allan Gladstone Osborn
[Epsom College 1947-1952]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist and Director of Pathology at the
Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1963-1984). From
1984 until 1991, he was Head of Anatomical Pathology at Westmead Hospital,
Sydney, and then Director of Laboratory Medicine. He was President of the Royal
College of Pathologists of Australasia (1991-1993). He was previously Senior
Registrar (Pathology) for the United Sheffield Hospitals.
WILLIAM OWEN MAVOR (born 1930). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.P. (Edin.), M.R.C.Path.
William Owen Mavor (born 1930) [Epsom College 1943-1949. prefect. Cricket
XI. Brande and Ralph Gooding Botany and Chemistry Prizes] was the son of Dr H. R.
Mavor, of Lincoln, and brother of Lieutenant Alec Peter Mavor, R.E. [Epsom College
1942-1946]. He was a Scholar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and completed his
medical training at St Thomas’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant
Haematologist at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, and Consultant
Haematologist for the Central Hampshire Health District. He was previously AngloAmerican Research Fellow at Witswatersrand University Medical School,
Johannesburg, South Africa, and Assistant Pathologist at the University of
Cambridge.
GERALD HENRY UNGAR (born 1930). M.B., Ch.B. (Liverpool),
D.Phys.Med.
Gerald Henry Ungar (born 1930) [Epsom College 1944-1948] was the son of
Dr Leo Ungar, of Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. He received his medical education at
Liverpool University, and was appointed Medical Director at the Spinal Injuries
Centre, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. He was previously Senior
Registrar at the National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital,
Buckinghamshire. He was a member of the International Medical Society of
Paraplegia, and a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F. Medical Branch (Specialist in
Physical Medicine).
MARTIN LAWSON CROSFILL (born 1930). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.).
Martin Lawson Crosfill (born 1930) [Epsom College 1944-1948] was the son of
Surgeon Commander J. W. L. Crosfill, R.N. He received his medical education at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the West
Cornwall Hospital, Penzance. He was previously Consultant Surgeon at the Lewis
Hospital, Stornoway, a Lecturer in Surgery at St Thomas’s Hospital, London, and
Senior Registrar for the Leeds Regional Hospital Board.
MAURICE GEOFFREY MILLER (born 1930). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.)
Maurice Geoffrey Miller (born 1930) [Epsom College 1942-1948] was the son
of Dr David Miller, of Manchester, and brother of Brian Miller [Epsom College 19471951]. He received his medical education at St George’s Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Physician at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia. He was Medical Director of the National Heart Foundation (Queensland
Division).
JOHN COLIN ALEXANDER MADGWICK (born 1930). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
John Colin Alexander Madgwick (born 1930) [Epsom College 1944-1949] was
the son of Dr J. R. A. Madgwick, of Epsom, and brother of Clive Sheridan Alexander
Madgwick [Epsom College 1948-1953], and Andrew Gordon Alexander Madgwick
[Epsom College 1950-1953]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to the London
Hospital, where he qualified M.B., B.S. with Honours and Distinction in Surgery. He
was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital (19671992), and won the MacFarlane Award (1997) in recognition of his surgical treatment
of patients with haemophilia. He was previously Senior Registrar in Orthopaedic
Surgery at the Royal Free Hospital, and Orthopaedic Registrar at the Hammersmith
Hospital, London. He was a Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association. He
completed his National Service with the Brigade of Gurkhas at Jalapahar, in India and
later in Nepal (1955-1957). He was the co-author of the ‘Haemophilia Handbook’
(1979).
JOHN SEDDON HOPKINS (born 1930) M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.).
John Seddon Hopkins (born 1930) [Epsom College 1944-1948] was the son of
Dr Allan Hopkins, of Christchurch, New Zealand. He received his medical education
at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Emeritus Consultant Orthopaedic
Surgeon at the Mansfield and District General Hospital, King’s Mill Hospital, Newark
General Hospital, Harlow Wood Hospital, and Berry Hill Rehabilitation Hospital. He
was previously Senior Orthopaedic Registrar for the Leeds Regional Hospital Board.
DAVID ERNEST ROBSON BATEMAN (born 1931). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Obst. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.
David Ernest Robson Bateman (born 1931) [Epsom College 1944-1950.
prefect] was the son of E. G. Bateman, bank manager, of Whetstone, Middlesex. He
received his medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and St Thomas’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist for the
Hereford Hospital Group. He was an Examiner for the Royal College of Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists, and Birmingham University, a Fellow of the Birmingham and
Midlands Obstetric and Gynaecological Society, and a Member of the Welsh
Obstetric and Gynaecological Society. He was previously Senior Registrar forthe
Welsh Hospital Board and United Cardiff Hospitals. He undertook his National
Service as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
WARWICK RANDALL DEAN (born 1931). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.M. (Eng.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G., M.R.C.Psych. (Eng.).
Warwick Randall Dean (born 1931) [Epsom College 1943-1950] was the son of
E. E. Dean, shipbroker, of Banstead, Surrey, and brother of Stafford Roderick Dean,
Operatic Singer [Epsom College 1950-1954]. He received his medical education at St
George’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at the Marshfield
Clinic, Wisconsin, U.S.A. He was a member of the American Medical Society.
PETER GEORGE TIPPING FORD (born 1931). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
D.Obst.R.C.O.G., M.R.C.G.P.
Peter George Tipping Ford (born 1931) [Epsom College 1945-1949] was the
son of Dr R. E. Ford, of Purley, Surrey, and brother of Dr John Michael Tipping Ford
[Epsom College 1950-1954]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s
Hospital. He was Secretary of the Medical Protection Society, and a member of the
Medico-Legal Society.
NICHOLAS JOHN LANE WRIGHT (born 1931). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.F.A.R.C.S.
Nicholas John Lane Wright (born 1931) [Epsom College 1944-1949. Rugby
XV] was the son of Dr A. J. Wright, of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire. He
received his medical education at University College Hospital. He was appointed an
Anaesthetist in the Netherlands.
JOHN MURRAY YOUNG (born 1931). R.N., O.St.J., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.Phil. (Oxon), M.F.O.M., M.F.C.M.
John Murray Young (born 1931) [Epsom College 1944-1950. Murray-Wilson
Prize] was the son of Dr J. B. Young, of Leeds. He received his medical education at
Merton College, University of Oxford, and St Mary’s Hospital. He was commissioned
in the Royal Navy as a Surgeon Commander, and was appointed Consultant in
Occupational Medicine. He was a member of the Physiological Society and the
Undersea Medical Society.
ROBERT ARTHUR BUGLER (born 1931). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.P.M.
(Eng.), F.R.C.Psych., M.R.C.G.P.
Robert Arthur Bugler (born 1931) [Epsom College 1945-1949] was the son of
A. R. Bugler, naval architect, of Gosport, Hampshire. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Child
Psychiatrist at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital. He was previously Consultant
Psychiatrist for the Student Health Service at Sheffield University, and Consultant
Child Psychiatrist at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
PROFESSOR BRICE MASTERMAN NORMAN PITT (born 1931).
M.D. (Lond.), D.P.H. (Eng.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.H. (Eng.).
Brice Masterman Norman Pitt (born 1931) [Epsom College 1944-1950] was the
son of N. E. Pitt, F.R.C.S., of Redhill, Surrey, and brother of Dr Peter Clive Crawford
Pitt [Epsom College 1946-1951]. He received his medical education at Guy’s
Hospital, and was appointed Professor of Psychiatric Medicine at St Mary’s and St
Charles’ Hospitals, London. He was also Consultant Psychiatrist for the City and
Hackney Hospital Authority, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea, Consultant Psychiatrist at the London Hospital, Senior Lecturer
(Psychogeriatrics) at St Bartholomew’s Medical College, and Consultant Psychiatrist
at the Churchill Clinic, the Harlow Hospital Group, and Claybury Hospital. He was
formerly a Research Assistant in Psychiatry at the London Hospital. He was the
author of ‘Psychogeriatrics’ (1982).
ALISTAIR PETER MACDONALD (born 1931). M.B., Ch.B. (Glasgow),
F.R.C.O.G., D.Obst. (Glas.).
Alistair Peter Macdonald (born 1931) [Epsom College 1945-1949] was the son
of Dr James Macdonald, of Norwich. He received his medical education at Glasgow
University, and was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist for the
West Norfolk and Wisbech Hospital Authority, and Consultant Obstetrician and
Gynaecologist at King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
GEORGE EDWIN FULFORD (born 1931). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
George Edwin Fulford (born 1931) [Epsom College 1943-1949] was the son of
Dr Edwin Fulford, of Sidcup, Kent. He received his medical education at Guy’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Princess
Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, the Western General Hospital, and the Hospital
for Sick Children, Edinburgh. He was previously Senior Registrar at the Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, London and a Lecturer at the Institute of
Orthopaedics, University of London.
DOUGLAS GEORGE ARNOTT EADIE (1931-2000). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.S. (Lond.).
Douglas George Arnott Eadie (1931-2000) [Epsom College 1944-1949. Cricket
XI] was the son of Dr H. A. Eadie, of Edinburgh. He received his medical education
at the London Hospital, where he was appointed Consultant Surgeon from 1969 to
1987. He was also Consultant Surgeon at the King Edward VII Hospital, London
(1978-1994), Consultant Surgeon to the Royal Masonic Hospital (1980-1982), and
Honorary Consultant Surgeon to Osborne House, Isle of Wight (1980). In 1962 he
was the Hugh Robertson Exchange Fellow at the Presbyterian St Luke’s Hospital,
Chicago (1962). From 1957 until 1960 he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.
(Specialist in Surgery), with the Far East Land Forces. He was Chairman of Council
and Treasurer of the Medical Protection Society (1976-1983), an Examiner in Surgery
for the Society of Apothecaries of London (1976-1980), the University of London
(1976-1984), and the Professional Linguistic Assessment Board (1992-1994). He was
a member of the Court of Bradford University (1991-1994), Master of the Worshipful
Society of Apothecaries (1990-1991), and its Representative on the General Medical
Council (1983-1988).
GRAHAM FREDERICK TINSLEY (born 1931). F.D.S. (R.C.S.),
Dip.Bact. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.
Graham Frederick Tinsley (born 1931) [Epsom College 1943-1947] was the son
of F. S. Tinsley, dentist, of Sutton, Surrey. He received his medical education at
King’s College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist and Senior
Lecturer at King’s College Hospital Medical School. Before this appointment he was
engaged in dental practice for ten years. He completed his National Service in the
R.A.F. Dental Branch.
MICHAEL JOHN RANSFORD DAWKINS (1931-1965). B.A., M.B.,
B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.D. (Cantab.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Michael John Ransford Dawkins (1931-1965) [Epsom College 1945-1949] was
the son of Dr C. J. M. Dawkins, of Hampstead, London. He received his medical
education at Jesus College, Cambridge, and University College Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Pathologist at the Hammersmith Hospital, and was previously
Research Officer at the Nuffield Institute of Medical Research, University of Oxford,
where he held the Stothert Fellowship of the Royal Society. He was formerly Senior
Lecturer (Paediatric Pathology) at the Institute of Child Health, London, and Junior
Lecturer (Pathology) at University College Hospital. He was a member of the
Pathological Society. He died after a brief illness, aged 34 years.
DAVID IFAN HUGHES-DAVIES (born 1932). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G., D.I.H. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
David Ifan Hughes-Davies (born 1932) [Epsom College 1946-1950] was the
son of Dr H. E. Hughes-Davies, of Denbigh, Clwyd. He received his medical
education at the Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at
the Royal United Hospital, Bath.
HUGH JAMES McKIM THOMAS (born 1932). M.B., B.Ch. (Wales),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Hugh James McKim Thomas (born 1932) [Epsom College 1945-1950] was the
son of Dr G. M. Thomas, of Llandaff, South Wales. He received his medical
education at Cardiff University Medical School, and was appointed Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon and Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University Hospital,
Nottingham, and Nottingham City Hospital. He was also Lecturer in Orthopaedic
Surgery at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry, Shropshire; a Fellow
of the British Orthopaedic Association, and a member of the Society of International
Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma.
JOHN TURNER WARD (born 1932). M.B., B.Ch. B.A.O. (Dublin), M.Ch.
(Belfast), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
John Turner Ward (born 1932) [Epsom College 1946-1950] was the son of R.
F. Ward, F.R.C.S., of Ipswich, Suffolk. He received his medical education at the
University of Belfast, and was appointed Consultant General Surgeon at the South
Tyrone Hospital. He was previously Senior Registrar in General Surgery at Belfast
City Hospital, and Tutor in Surgery at the University of Belfast.
PETER MILTON SCOTT (born 1932). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Peter Milton Scott (born 1932) [Epsom College 1945-1950. Rugby XV. Mrs
Major Geography Prize] was the son of F. P. Scott, engineer, of Epsom, Surrey. He
received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Cambridge Health Authority and the East
Anglian Regional Hospital Authority. He was previously Senior Registrar
(Orthopaedics) at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary.
DENIS CHRISTOPHER LANGLEY SAVAGE (born 1932). M.A.,
M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Glas.).
Denis Christopher Langley Savage (born 1932) [Epsom College 1945-1952]
was the son of Sir Alfred Savage, K.C.M.G., Governor of British Guiana. He received
his medical education at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew’s
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Paediatrician and Endocrinologist at the
Children’s Hospital, Bristol, and Clinical Lecturer in Child Health at the University of
Bristol. He was previously Senior Lecturer in the Department of Child Health at the
University of Dundee, a Fellow in Paediatric Endocrinology of the University of
California, USA, and a Research Fellow in Paediatrics at the University of New South
Wales, Sydney, Australia. He was a member of the British Paediatric Association and
the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology.
PETER ADLINGTON (born 1932). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.L.O. (Eng.).
Peter Adlington (born 1932) [Epsom College 1945-1950. Captain of Rugby
XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Basil Adlington, F.R.C.S., of Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk. He received his medical education at King’s College Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgeon for the Bournemouth and East
Dorset Hospital Group, and Poole General Hospital. He was previously Senior
Registrar in the E.N.T. Department of King’s College Hospital, and a Leverhulme
Research Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons (Eng.).
DESMOND ROSBOROUGH (born 1932). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Desmond Rosborough (born 1932) [Epsom College 1945-1951] was the son of
Dr R. J. Rosborough, of Herne Hill, Kent. He received his medical education at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the
Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital. He was previously Senior Registrar at the Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex; Senior Registrar for the
Orthopaedic and Accident Service at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and
Registrar in Orthopaedics at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and St
Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was a member of the British Orthopaedic Association.
SURGEON COMMANDER EDWIN PETER BECK (born 1932). R.N.,
M.B., Ch.B. (Bristol), Ph.D. (Bristol), M.R.Ae.S., M.F.O.M.
Edwin Peter Beck (born 1932) [Epsom College 1946-1950. Ralph Gooding
Botany Prize] was the son of Dr H. C. Beck, of Hindon, Wiltshire. He received his
medical education at Bristol University, and was appointed Medical Officer in
Charge, and Director of Research, at the Institute of Naval Medicine. He was also a
Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Royal Navy Medical Service, and a Senior
Naval Medical Officer at the R.A.F. Institute of Aviation Medicine. He was a member
of the Society of Occupational Medicine.
ROBERT PORTEOUS (born 1932). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Robert Porteous (born 1932) [Epsom College 1944-1949. Rugby XV] was the
son of Dr R. K. Porteous, of Chiswick, West London. He received his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist for
the Swindon and Cirencester Hospital Group. He was previously Anaesthetic Senior
Registrar at the Middlesex Hospital, London, and a Research Anaesthetist at Toronto
General Hospital, Canada.
CHRISTOPHER CHARLES CORY (born 1932). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.O. (Eng.).
Christopher Charles Cory (born 1932) [Epsom College 1945-1950] was the son
of Dr John Walter Edward Cory, M.D. [Epsom College 1916-1919]. He received his
medical education at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and King’s College Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon for the East Surrey Health District, and
was previously Senior Registrar at the Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, Senior
Registrar at King’s College Hospital, and First Assistant in the Department of
Ophthalmology at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle.
JOHN LAWE McCLURE (born 1932). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.P.M. (Lond.),
F.R.C.Psych.
John Lawe McClure (born 1932) [Epsom College 1945-1946] was the son of Dr
Charles Richardson McClure [Epsom College 1915-1918]. He received his medical
education at the London Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at the
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. He was previously
Senior Registrar at the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals. He was a member of
the Royal Medical Psychological Association.
ROBERT LAIRD BUCHANAN (1932-1969). B.A., B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.),
D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Robert Laird Buchanan (1932-1969) [Epsom College 1944-1950. Sealy
Physics, Ralph Gooding Chemistry, and Watts Science Prizes] was the son of Dr G.
G. Buchanan, of Newark, Nottinghamshire. He was a Scholar of Christ Church,
University of Oxford, and completed his medical training at St Bartholomew’s
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist to the Portsmouth Hospital
Group, having previously been Anaesthetic Registrar in the Nuffield Department of
Anaesthetics at Oxford. He died early, aged 37 years.
BARRY ANTHONY LINCOLN HURN (born 1932). M.D. (Lond.), M.B.,
B.S., F.R.C.Path.
Barry Anthony Lincoln Hurn (born 1932) [Epsom College 1945-1950] was the
son of Dr W. L. H. Hurn, of Norwich. He received his medical education at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Head of the Clinical Safety Surveillance
Service at the Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, where he was also
Head of the Department of Diagnostics. He was previously Lecturer in Chemical
Pathology at the Royal Free Hospital, and Demonstrator in Pathology, and Luther
Holden Research Scholar, at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was a member of the
Association of Clinical Pathologists, and the Association of Clinical Biochemists.
ROBERT CARY HICKS (born 1932). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.P.M. (Eng.).
Robert Cary Hicks (born 1932) [Epsom College 1946-1951] was the son of Dr
R. T. Hicks, of Northampton, and brother of John Brian Hicks [Epsom College 19491954]. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at the Aberfoyle Clinic, Toronto, Canada. He was
previously Senior Registrar in the Department of Psychiatry at the Royal Infirmary,
Edinburgh, and Senior Registrar (Psychiatry) at the Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia
Water. He was a member of the Royal Medico-Psychiatric Association.
PETER CLIVE CRAWFORD PITT (born 1933). T.D., M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.), D.T.M. & H.
(Eng.).
Peter Clive Crawford Pitt (born 1933) [Epsom College 1946-1951] was the son
of N. E. Pitt, F.R.C.S., of Redhill, Surrey, and brother of Brice Masterman Norman
Pitt, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1944-1950]. He received his medical education at
Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at Oldchurch Hospital, Rush
Green Hospital and the Victoria Hospital, Romford, Essex. He was previously Senior
Registrar in Surgery at Guy’s Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex.
When completing his National Service as a Major (Surgical Specialist) in the
R.A.M.C. he was posted to Nigeria (1961). He was the author of ‘Surgeon in Nepal’
(1970).
PETER JOHN WINTER (born 1933). M.A. (Cantab.), M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.F.R., F.R.C.R., D.M.R.T. (Eng.).
Peter John Winter (born 1933) [Epsom College 1946-1952. prefect. Ann du
Bois Prize] was the son of Dr Geoffrey Winter, of Banstead, Surrey. He received his
medical education at Jesus College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Radiotherapist at Guy’s Hospital, having previously been a
Research Associate in the Cardiac Department.
IVOR SEAGER SMITH (born 1933). M.A., M.B., M.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Ivor Seager Smith (born 1933) [Epsom College 1948-1952. prefect. Rugby XV.
Cricket XI. Wakley Prize] was the son of Dr R. B. S. Smith, of Lusaka, Northern
Rhodesia (Zambia). He received his medical education at Gonville and Caius College,
Cambridge, and St Mary’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Surgeon at
Lewisham Hospital, South London, and Honorary Tutor in Surgery at Guy’s Hospital.
Before this appointment he was Senior Registrar (General Surgery) at St Mary’s
Hospital. He was a Fellow of the Hunterian Society, and a Fellow of the Association
of Surgeons of Great Britain.
JOHN RICHARD CAMPION STUBBS (born 1933). M.B., B.S.
(Durham), F.F.A.R.C.S.
John Richard Campion Stubbs (born 1933) [Epsom College 1947-1952. prefect]
was the son of Dr R. L. Stubbs, of Darlington. He received his medical education at
Durham University, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at Dumfries and
Galloway Royal Infirmary.
RICHARD BERNARD HUDDY (born 1933). M.A. (Oxon.), B.M., B.Ch.
(Oxon.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Richard Bernard Huddy (born 1933) [Epsom College 1947-1952. Ralph
Gooding Botany and Smith-Pearse Natural History Prizes] was the son of Dr E. C. H.
Huddy, of Caversham, Reading. He received his medical education at Exeter College,
Oxford, and then at Guy’s Hospital, to which he won an Open Clinical Exhibition
(1956-1958). He was appointed Consultant Physician for the North Manchester
Hospital Group and Crumpsall Hospital, Manchester. He was previously Senior
Registrar (Medicine) at Manchester Royal Infirmary. He was a Fellow of the
Manchester Medical Society, and a member of the British Thoracic Society.
ROBERT BRUCE FOUNTAIN (born 1933). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P.
(Lond.).
Robert Bruce Fountain (born 1933) [Epsom College 1947-1951. Rugby XV]
was the son of T. D. S. Fountain, of Swanage, Dorset. He received his medical
education at St George’s Hospital, where he passed the M.B., B.S. Examination with
Honours in Surgery. He was appointed Consultant Dermatologist for the Lincoln
County Hospital and South Lincolnshire Area, having previously been Senior
Registrar at St John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, London.
CHRISTOPHER DULAKE (born 1933). T.D., B.A. (Cantab.), M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.Path., Dip.Bact. (Lond.).
Christopher Dulake (born 1933) [Epsom College 1944-1951] was the son of Dr
Lawrence Dulake, of Reigate, Surrey, and brother of Dr Michael Dulake [Epsom
College 1941-1946]. He received his medical education at Clare College, Cambridge,
and King’s College Hospital, where he was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal. He was
appointed Director of the Public Health Laboratory at the William Harvey Hospital,
Ashford, Kent, and Honorary Consultant Microbiologist for the South East Kent
Health Authority. He was previously Director of the Public Health Laboratory at
Dulwich, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, at King’s College Hospital, and
Consultant Bacteriologist at the Public Health Laboratory, Guildford, Surrey. He was
a member of the Pathological Society.
SURGEON COMMANDER JOHN BERTRAM (born 1933). R.N.,
M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.Ch.Orth. (Liverpool), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
John Bertram (born 1933) [Epsom College 1946-1951. head prefect. Captain of
Rugby XV. Cricket XI. Brande and Ralph Gooding Botany Prizes] was the son of Dr
D. R. F. Bertram, of Bristol. He received his medical education at the Middlesex
Hospital, and joined the Royal Naval Medical Service as a. Surgeon Commander
(Orthopaedic Surgery). He was a Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association.
ANTHONY RATTRAY ADAMSON (born 1933). M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Anthony Rattray Adamson (born 1933) [Epsom College 1945-1952] was the
son of Thomas Rattray Adamson [Epsom College 1912-1919], and brother of Richard
Hugh Rattray Adamson [Epsom College 1944-1948]. He received his medical
education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St Mary’s Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Physician for the Lancaster Health District, the Westmorland
General Hospital, and Kendal Hospital. He was previously Senior Registrar at St
Mary’s Hospital.
ANTONY BOULTON HEWITT (born 1933). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).
Antony Boulton Hewitt (born 1933) [Epsom College 1945-1951] was the son of
L. F. Hewitt, biochemist, of Cheam, Surrey. He received his medical education at
Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician for the Islington District
Health Authority; Consultant Venereologist at the Royal Northern Hospital, London,
and Consultant in Charge of the Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Islington
Health Authority. He was previously Senior Registrar at the Bernhard Baron
Laboratories, Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, Visiting Venereologist at H.M.
Prison, Holloway, and Senior Registrar (Venereology) at Charing Cross Hospital.
PROFESSOR BRIAN DEREK BIRT (born 1933). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.D. (Toronto), F.R.C.S. (Canada).
Brian Derek Birt (born 1933) [Epsom College 1946-1951] was the son of Dr C.
H. Birt, of Woolston, Southampton, and brother of Dr Alan Michael Birt [Epsom
College 1948-1953]. He received his medical education at University College
Hospital, and was appointed Emeritus Professor and Postgraduate Director in the
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the University of
Toronto, Canada (1988-1998). He was previously Senior Registrar, Ear, Nose and
Throat Surgery, at the Middlesex Hospital, and Registrar (E.N.T.) at the Royal Free
Hospital. He was the Editor of the Journal of Otolaryngology (1984-1989).
BRIAN RICHARDS (1934-2003). M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Brian Richards (1934-2003) [Epsom College 1947-1952. prefect. Rugby XV]
was the son of Dr F. A. Richards, of Cobham, Surrey, and brother of John Murray
Richards [Epsom College 1950-1953], and Martin Richards [Epsom College 19531957]. He received his medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and St
Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Surgeon and Urologist at
York District Hospital (from 1970). He set up the Yorkshire Urological Cancer
Research Group in 1973, which collaborated with the European Organisation for
Research in the Treatment of Cancer (E.O.T.R.C.) and became one of the most active
instruments for clinical trials in the UK. His talent for organisation and diplomacy led
the E.O.T.R.C. to ask him to lead the evaluation of all its clinical research groups, as
Chairman of the Breuer Committee. “Brian Richards was a nationally recognised
researcher into bladder cancer. His practical skills and formidable intellect made him
a valued colleague.”
RALPH STANLEY HICKLING (born 1934). M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
D.Obst, R.C.O.G., F.R.C.O.G.
Ralph Stanley Hickling (born 1934) [Epsom College 1946-1952. Cricket XI]
was the son of C. F. Hickling, C.M.G., of Epsom, and brother of Colin John Anderson
Hickling [Epsom College 1946-1949]. He received his medical education at St
Catherine’s College, Cambridge, and the Westminster Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Rockingham, Perth, Australia, having
previously been Registrar (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) at St David’s Hospital,
Bangor.
DAVID ROBERT FINDLAY (born 1934). M.B., Ch.B. (Aberdeen), D.T.M.
& H. (Lond.).
David Robert Findlay (born 1934) [Epsom College 1947-1951] was the son of
Dr H. D. Findlay, of Slough. He received his medical education at Aberdeen
University Medical School, and was appointed Principal Medical Officer at the
Department of Health and Social Security. He was a member of the Anglo-German
Medical Society, and previously a Lieutenant Colonel in the R.A.M.C.
MARTIN THORNTON TANNER BRYANT (born 1934). M.A., M.B.,
B.Ch. (Cantab.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G., F.F.A.R.C.S
Martin Thornton Tanner Bryant (born 1934) [Epsom College 1946-1951] was
the son of S. C. Bryant, commercial artist, of Bristol. He received his medical
education at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the London Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Anaesthetist at Hemel Hempstead General Hospital and the St Albans City
Hospital. He was previously Consultant Anaesthetist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
King’s Lynn, Norfolk, and Senior Registrar (Anaesthetics) at the Westminster and
Bournemouth Hospitals.
DAVID ALEXANDER WALK (born 1934). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P.
(Lond.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Eng.).
David Alexander Walk (born 1934) [Epsom College 1947-1952] was the son of
Dr Alexander Walk, of Coulsdon, Surrey. He received his medical education at St
George’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Child Psychiatrist at St George’s
Hospital, London. He was also Honorary Consultant Child Psychiatrist at the
Wandsworth Child Guidance Clinic, London, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at St
George’s Hospital Medical School. He was previously Consultant Child Psychiatrist
at Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey, and Senior Registrar at
the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals. He was a member of the Association of
Psychologists and Psychiatrists.
ROGER HEW GRACE (born 1934). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Roger Hew Grace (born 1934) [Epsom College 1947-1952] was the son of Dr
A. H. Grace, of Sedlescombe, East Sussex, and brother of Christopher John Grace
[Epsom College 1949-1953]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Hospital and New Cross
Hospital, Wolverhampton. He was a Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of
Surgeons (1974), and previously, Senior Registrar at St Thomas’s Hospital, and
Senior Resident Surgical Officer at St Mark’s Hospital, London.
PROFESSOR LAURENCE JOSEPH CLEIN (born 1934). B.Sc., M.B.,
B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), L.M.C.C., F.R.C.S. (Canada),
A.B.H.P.M..
Laurence Joseph Clein (born 1934) [Epsom College 1947-1952. head prefect.
MacFarlane Cup. Brande Prize] was the son of Dr Simon Clein, of Dulwich, and
brother of Dr Geoffrey Peter Clein [Epsom College 1949-1954]. He received his
medical education at the London Hospital, and was appointed Clinical Professor of
Family Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon,
Canada. He was also Medical Director of the Palliative Care Services for the Regina
Qu’Appelle Region, Regina, Saskatchewan, and previously Consultant Neurosurgeon
at the University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
WING COMMANDER ALEC FORD TREDRE (born 1934). R.A.F.,
M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Alec Ford Tredre (born 1934) [Epsom College 1946-1953] was the son of Dr R.
F. Tredre, of Harrow. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and
joined the R.A.F. serving as a Wing Commander in the R.A.F Medical Branch. He
was appointed Consultant Physician at the Joint Services Medical Rehabilitation Unit,
R.A.F. Chessington, having previously been Consultant Physician at R.A.F. Cosford.
He was a member of the British Association of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, and
of the International Rehabilitation Medical Association.
JOHN NEVILLE POWELL (born 1934). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
John Neville Powell (born 1934) [Epsom College 1948-1952. prefect. Rugby
XV. Mrs Major Geography Prize] was the son of H. J. Powell, dentist, of Putney,
South London. He received his medical education at Clare College, Cambridge, and
Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist for the Avon Area Health
Authority, and the University of Bristol. He was an Honorary Clinical Lecturer in
Anaesthesiology at Bristol University, and previously an Instructor (Anaesthetics) at
the University of Colorado Medical Centre, Denver, USA. He was a member of the
Association of Anaesthetists and of the South West Society of Anaesthetists.
TREVOR STACEY MATTHEWS (born 1934). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.).
Trevor Stacey Matthews (born 1934) [Epsom College 1948-1952. Rugby XV.
Claude Calthrop Essay Prize] was the son of Herbert Matthews, H.M. Inspector of
Taxes, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. He received his medical education at Gonville
and Caius College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmorland County
Hospital, Kendal. He was previously a Medical Research Council Clinical Research
Fellow in the Department of Immunology, Institute of Child Health, London, Clinical
Lecturer in Paediatrics at Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda, and Senior
Medical Registrar at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London.
FREDERICK WARWICK (1934-2009). M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.F.R.,
D.M.R.D. (Cantab.), D.C.H. (Eng.).
Frederick Warwick (1934-2009) [Epsom College 1948-1953] was the son of Dr
A. M. Warwick, M.C., of Chepstow, Gwent. He received his medical education at
Christ’s College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant
Radiologist at Manchester Royal Infirmary. He was previously Instructor in
Radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital, USA., Senior Registrar at Southampton
General Hospital, and Registrar (Radiology) at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
EDWARD THOMAS LINCOLN DAVIES (born 1934). B.Sc., M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Edward Thomas Lincoln Davies (born 1934) [Epsom College 1948-1952.
Rugby XV] was the son of Dr E. C. Davies, of Llandyssul, Cardiganshire. He
received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, where he passed the M.B., B.S.
Examination with Honours. He was appointed Consultant Physician and Cardiologist
for the Macclesfield Health District, of the East Cheshire NHS Trust. He was
previously a Lecturer in the Cardiology Unit of the University of Manchester and
Manchester Royal Infirmary, and a Senior Registrar (Medicine) at Manchester Royal
Infirmay. He was a Fellow of the Manchester Medical Society, and a member of the
British Cardiac Society.
HUW BEVAN JONES (born 1934). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.),
F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.P.M. (Edin.), F.R.C.Psych., D.T.M. & H. (Eng.).
Huw Bevan Jones (born 1934) [Epsom College 1948-1952] was the son of P.
W. D. Jones, patent agent, of Cardiff. He received his medical education at the
Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at St David’s
Hospital, Carmarthen, Wales. He was previously Consultant Psychiatrist for the
Dudley and Stourbridge Hospital Group, a Lecturer (Psychiatry) at the University of
Birmingham, and a Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, USA.
RALPH STANLEY HICKLING (born 1934). M.A., M.B. B.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.O.G., F.A.G.O.
Ralph Stanley Hickling (born 1934) [Epsom College 1946-1952] was the son of
C. F. Hickling, C.M.G., marine biologist, of Epsom, and brother of Colin John
Anderson Hickling [Epsom College 1946-1949]. He received his medical education at
St Catherine’s College, Cambridge, and the Westminster Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in Como, Perth, Western Australia.
RICHARD HAROLD HERNIMAN (born 1934). M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.P.H. (Univ. of California).
Richard Harold Herniman (born 1934) [Epsom College 1947-1951] was the son
of C. D. Herniman, company director, of Chichester, West Sussex. He received his
medical education at Christ’s College, Cambridge. He was employed by the World
Health Organisation at Geneva, Switzerland, and previously by the World Health
Organisation, Western Pacific Regional Office at Manila, Phillipines. He was
formerly Medical Attaché in charge of the British Colombo Plan Medical Project in
Laos.
MICHAEL ANTHONY SALMON (born 1935). M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P.
(Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.), D.C.H. (Glas.), F.R.E.S.
Michael Anthony Salmon (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1953. MacFarlane
Cup. Cunning Essay, Smith-Pearse Botany and Natural History Prizes] was the son of
Dr Harold William Salmon, M.D., F.R.C.P. [Epsom College 1920-1928], and brother
of Dr Paul Raymond Salmon, F.R.C.P. [Epsom College 1949-1954]. He was awarded
the Freer-Lucas Entrance Scholarship to the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Paediatrician at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the Manor House and Royal
Buckinghamshire Hospitals, Aylesbury. He was also Consultant Physician to the
British Migraine Association, and previously Medical Registrar at University College
Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; Senior Registrar (Developmental Medicine) at Oxford
University, and Senior Registrar at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. He was an
Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians, and the General Nursing Council. In
1959, he won First Prize in the American College of Chest Physicians International
Essay (1959) and, in 1980, he was First Prizeman of the British Migraine Association.
He was author of: ‘Developmental Defects and Syndromes’ (1978). ‘Epsom College –
The First 125 Years’ (1980). He was a member of the London Schools Athletics
Team against Paris Schools, and the University of London Athletics Team.
JOHN ANDREW SAVIN (1935-2006). M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.I.H. (Soc.Apoth.).
John Andrew Savin (1935-2006) [Epsom College 1948-1953] was the son of L.
H. Savin, F.R.C.S., and brother of Lewis Edward Savin [Epsom College 1945-1948].
He was an Exhibitioner of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, passing the B.A. examination
with First Class Honours, and completing his medical training at St Thomas’s
Hospital. He was appointed a Consultant Physician and Dermatologist at Edinburgh
Royal Infirmary, having previously been a Senior Registrar (Dermatology) at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and Senior Registrar and Clinical Tutor at St John’s Hospital for
Diseases of the Skin, London. He was an Associate Editor of the British Journal of
Dermatology, and Editor of ‘Recent Advances in Dermatology’ (1980).
PETER JAMES WITHEROW (born 1935). M.B., Ch.B. (Birmingham),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Peter James Witherow (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1953. prefect. Rugby
XV. Hodgkin Prize] was the son of Dr James Witherow, of Birmingham. He received
his medical education at Birmingham University, and was appointed Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital, Bristol Royal
Infirmary, and Winford Orthopaedic Hospital. He was also Clinical Lecturer in
Surgery at the University of Bristol, and late Senior Registrar at the Robert Jones and
Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry. He was a Fellow of the British Orthopaedic
Association, and a member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society.
PETER ALEXANDER KENNEDY (1935-1975). B.A., M.B., Ch.B.
(Cantab), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.C.H. (Glas.).
Peter Alexander Kennedy (1935-1975) [Epsom College 1948-1953] was the
son of Professor Alexander Kennedy, M.D., of Newcastle upon Tyne, and brother of
Dr Robert Ian Kennedy [Epsom College 1950-1954], and Donald Bruce Kennedy
[Epsom College 1953-1956]. He won a Major Open Scholarship to St John’s College,
Cambridge, where he took First Class Honours in the M.B., B.Ch. Examination, and
Edinburgh University. From 1966-1969 he was Medical Officer at Mbabne in
Swaziland. He was then appointed Consultant Paediatrician in the Children’s Medical
Care Unit at Enugu, Nigeria, and then Medical Specialist at Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, Nigeria. After this he joined the St Louis Mission Hospital in
Ionkwa where he contracted Lassa Fever after giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to
an African child. He died aged 40 years.
JULIAN RICHARD ALLAN (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.
(Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.F.O.M.
Julian Richard Allan (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1952] was the son of
Dr W. H. Allan, of Southsea, Hampshire, and brother of Dr Michael James Allan
[Epsom College 1947-1951]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital,
and was appointed Senior Medical Officer (Research), at the RAF Institute of
Aviation Medicine, Farnborough. He was the Head of the Environmental Services
Division, at the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough.
COLIN GIBBS BEARDWELL (born 1935). B.Sc., M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Colin Gibbs Beardwell (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1953] was the son of
F. G. Beardwell, company director, of Cheam, Surrey. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Honorary Consultant
Physician at the University Hospital, South Manchester, and Consultant Physician at
the Christie Hospital, Manchester. He was an Honorary Lecturer in Medicine at the
University of Manchester, and a Visiting Scientist at the National Institute of Arthritis
and Metabolic Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He was previously a Research
Fellow and Medical Tutor at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London.
COLONEL WILLIAM MICHAEL ROBINSON (born 1935). R.A.M.C.,
M.B., B.Ch. (Dublin), B.A.O., F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.T.M. & H. (Eng.).
William Michael Robinson (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1952] was the
son of Colonel W. A. Robinson, O.B.E., R.A.M.C., of Kingston, Surrey. He received
his medical education at Trinity College, Dublin, and was appointed Consultant
Physician at the Military Hospital, Tidworth, Hampshire. He was previously Assistant
Surgeon at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Consultant in Rheumatology and
Rehabilitation for the DSMRU at R.A.F. Headley Court, Consultant Adviser in
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, R.A.M.C., M.O.D., Senior Clinical Tutor for the
R.A.M.C., and Consultant for the Joint Service Medical Rehabilitation Unit, R.A.F.,
M.O.D., Chessington. He was a member of the British Society of Rheumatology and
Medical Disability.
PAUL MICHAEL GELPKE (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.C.H.
(Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Canada).
Paul Michael Gelpke (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1952] was the son of
Herman Gelpke, of Coulsdon, Surrey, and brother of Peter David Gelpke [Epsom
College 1936-1940]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and
was appointed Consultant Paediatrician at the Fort Royal Medical Centre, Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada. He was previously a House Physician at the Hospital for
Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.
ROGER CHRISTOPHER LALLEMAND (born 1935). M.A., M.B.
B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Roger Christopher Lallemand (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1954. Rugby
XV. Cricket XI] was the son of J. F. Lallemand, engineer, of Northern Rhodesia
(Zambia). He received his medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and
Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Emeritus Consultant Surgeon at Frimley Park and
Farnham Hospitals. He was previously Surgical Registrar at Guy’s Hospital. He was a
member of the British Association of Surgical Oncology.
RICHARD JOHN GREGORY (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.P.
(Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G., D.A. (Eng.).
Richard John Gregory (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1954] was the son of
Dr R. J. Gregory, of Luton, Bedfordshire. He received his medical education at the
Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Geriatrician at the Princess
Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey, and Medical Director of the Guernsey Chest and Heart
Unit. He was also in general practice in St Peter Port, Guernsey.
DAVID STEPHEN WRIGHT (1935-2011). O.B.E., O.St.J., M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.Sc. (Salford), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.F.C.M., F.F.O.M., D.P.H., D.I.H.
David Stephen Wright (1935-2011) [Epsom College 1949-1953. Cricket XI]
was the son of E. A. Wright, accountant, of Croydon, Surrey. He received his medical
education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Chief Medical Officer
and Consultant Physician for the British Petroleum Company, plc. (1989-1995). He
was also the Head of the British Petroleum Group Occupational Health Centre (19851991). Before this appointment he served as a Commander in the Royal Navy
(Medical Service) (1960-1985), and was Professor of Naval Occupational Medicine
(1982-1985). He was also a member of the Armed Forces Committee (1966-1988. and
Chairman, 1985-1988). From 1988 until 1991 he was Vice-Dean, and then Dean
(1991-1994) of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the British Medical
Association. From 1985 until 1988 he was a member of Council of the British
Medical Association (1985-1988). He was the author of ‘Guidance on Ethics for
Occupational Physicians’ (1999).
FRANCIS ALEXANDER STRANG (born 1935). B.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Francis Alexander Strang (born 1935) [Epsom College 1949-1953] was the son
of Dr T. F. Strang, of Stirling, He received his medical education at Jesus College,
Cambridge, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed Senior Consultant
Neurosurgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary, and Honorary Lecturer in
Neurosurgery at the University of Manchester. He was previously Senior Registrar in
the Department of Neurosurgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and
Senior Registrar (Neurosurgery) at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
IVOR PATTERSON SLEE (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
Ivor Patterson Slee (born 1935) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of
Eric Slee, artist, of Maida Vale, London. He received his medical education at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at Charing Cross
Hospital. He was previously Senior Anaesthetic Registrar at St George’s Hospital,
and Anaesthetic Registrar at St Thomas’s Hospital. He won the British Medical
Association Bronze Award for his Film ‘Intravenous Procedures’ (1976).
STUART CHARLES GALLANNAUGH (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
Stuart Charles Gallannaugh (born 1935) [Epsom College 1949-1953] was the
son of B. W. L. Gallannaugh, architect, of Forest Hill, South London. He received his
medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at
the Conquest Hospital and the Royal East Sussex Hospital, Hastings, Sussex, as well
as Surgical Director of the Horder Centre for Arthritis at Crowborough, Sussex. He
was previously Consultant Surgeon at St George’s Hospital and Redhill Hospital, and
Senior Orthopaedic Registrar at Guy’s Hospital. He was a Fellow of the British
Orthopaedic Association, and a member of the Palaeopathological Association.
GORDON EDWARD GEORGE SLADEN (born 1936). M.A., D.M.,
B.Ch. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Gordon Edward George Sladen (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954.
Propert and Gordon Sealy Physics Prizes] was the son of Dr Edward Sladen, of
Cosham, Hampshire. He was a Postmaster of Merton College, University of Oxford,
and completed his medical training at the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Lewisham Hospital. Before this
appointment he was Consultant Gastroenterologist at Guy’s hospital, Senior Lecturer
(Medicine) at Sheffield University, and Honorary Senior Lecturer (Gastroenterology)
and Consultant Physician at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was a member of the
Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland, and Co-Editor of ‘Intestinal
Absorption in Man’ (1975).
GORDON TREVOR BOWRA (born 1936). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.I.H. (Eng.), M.F.O.M.
Gordon Trevor Bowra (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of
C. J. Bowra, quantity surveyor, of Ashtead, Surrey. He received his medical education
at St George’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Employment Medical Officer for
the Health and Safety Executive. He was also Medical Officer for ICI Mond Division
at Runcorn, Cheshire, and before this he served as Medical Officer for the British
Antarctic Survey. He was awarded the Polar Medal (1971), and was the author of
“Rectal Temperature of the Husky under severe Winter Conditions in the Antarctic.”
Journal of Zoology, 1966.
JOHN CHRISTOPHER DEAN HART (born 1936). B.Sc., M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), D.O. (Eng.), M.D. (Bristol), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
John Christopher Dean Hart (born 1936) [Epsom College 1948-1954] was the
son of John Hart, optician, of Mudford, Somerset, and brother of Charles Timothy
Hart [Epsom College 1951-1954]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Bristol Eye Hospital,
and Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of Optometry at the University
of Wales. He was also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Bristol University, and
previously Senior Lecturer (Ophthalmology) and Head of Department at Bristol
University, Senior Registrar (Ophthalmology) at the National Hospital for Nervous
Disorders, Queen Square, London, and Senior Registrar (Ophthalmology) at St
Mary’s Hospital.
GEOFFREY PETER CLEIN (born 1936). M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Geoffrey Peter Clein (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1954. Smith Pearse
Botany, Ralph Gooding Chemistry, and Cunning Essay Prizes] was the son of Dr
Simon Clein, of Dulwich, and brother of Professor Laurence Joseph Clein [Epsom
College 1947-1952]. He was a Scholar of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and
completed his medical training at King’s College Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Physician at Poole General Hospital, Dorset, having previously been
Consultant Physician at St George’s Hospital, London; Lecturer in Medicine at the
University of Cambridge, and Senior Registrar at the Royal Victoria Infirmary,
Newcastle. He was Thomas Sydenham Lecturer at the Society of Apothecaries
(1987), a member of the British Society of Haematology, and a Professional Advisor
for the Health and Safety Commission Ombudsman.
DONALD BRIAN CALNE (born 1936). M.A., M.B., Ch.B. (Oxon.), D.M.,
B.Sc. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Donald Brian Calne (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1954. Propert and
Cunning Essay Prizes] was the son of J. R. Calne, of Epsom. He won an Entrance
Scholarship to St John’s College, Cambridge, and was appointed Consultant
Neurologist at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital.
He was a Wellcome Research Fellow at University College Hospital, and previously
Registrar (Neurology) at St Thomas’s Hospital.
PETER WALTER ROBERT HARRIS (1936-2007). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Peter Walter Robert Harris (1936-2007) [Epsom College 1948-1954. Rugby
XV] was the son of A. R. Harris, electrical engineer, of Cheam, Surrey, and brother of
John Kenneth Marshall Harris [Epsom College 1951-1954]. He was a Scholar of
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and completed his medical training at Guy’s
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Physician at the Bromley and Farnborough
Hospitals, Kent, having previously been Senior Registrar (Medicine) at Guy’s
Hospital.
JOHN LENDRUM (born 1936). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
John Lendrum (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954. prefect] was the son of
Dr George MacCormac Lendrum [Epsom College 1919-1923]. He received his
medical training at Clare College, Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon for the North West Region,
based at the University Hospital of Manchester, and Honorary Associate Lecturer
(Plastic Surgery), University of Manchester. Before this appointment he was
Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the University Hospital of South Manchester; Booth
Hall Children’s Hospital, Manchester; the Rochdale District Hospital Group, and
Surgical Registrar (Plastic and Jaw Surgery) at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. He was a
member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons.
RICHARD GEORGE MICHAEL LETCHER (born 1936). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), F.R.C.Path., D.C.H. (Eng.).
Richard George Michael Letcher (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was
the son of Dr H. G. Letcher, of Acton, West London. He received his medical
education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist at the
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, and the West Essex District Hospital Group. He
was previously Assistant Pathologist in the Bland-Sutton Institute of Pathology at the
Middlesex Hospital, and Senior Registrar in Pathology at the West Middlesex
Hospital, London. He was a member of the Association of Clinical Pathologists.
ROBERT ARTHUR DURANCE (born 1936). M.A., M.B., B,Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Robert Arthur Durance (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1955. prefect] was
the son of Dr J. D. Durance, of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He received his
medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He
was appointed Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation at Colchester General
Hospital, and was previously Senior Registrar (Rheumatology and Rehabilitation), at
King’s College Hospital, and Research Assistant in Rheumatology at the Hôpital
Beau-Séjour, Geneva, Switzerland.
ROBERT IAN KENNEDY (born 1936). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Edin.).
Robert Ian Kennedy (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954. prefect] was the
son of Professor Alexander Kennedy, M.D., of Newcastle upon Tyne, and brother of
Dr Peter Alexander Kennedy, F.R.C.P. [Epsom College 1948-1953]. He received his
medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge and Guy’s Hospital, and was
appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh.
ARCHIBALD ANGUS CAMPBELL (born 1936). M.A., B.M., B.Ch.
(Oxon.), M.Phil. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Oxon.).
Archibald Angus Campbell (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954. SmithPearse Botany and Carr Prizes] was the son of Dr A. J. Campbell, of Oxford. He
received his medical education at Oriel College, University of Oxford, and was
appointed Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist for the Home Office and North West
Regional Hospital Authority. Previously he was Senior Registrar at the Bethlem
Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, and a Fulbright Scholar and Research Fellow
(Psychology) at Yale University. He was also Honorary Associate Lecturer in
Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Manchester, Consultant Psychiatrist for the
NSPCC at Manchester and the Rochdale Child Protection Team. He was Chairman of
the North West Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and a Fellow of the
Manchester Medical Society.
CHENG-CHUAN LIM (born 1936). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.P.
(Lond.).
Cheng-Chuan Lim (born 1936) [Epsom College 1951-1954. Biology and
Cunning Essay Prizes] was the son of C. O. Lim, advocate and solicitor, of Penang,
Malaysia. He was an Exhibitioner of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and completed
his medical training at Guy’s Hospital, where he was a Murchison Scholar of the
Royal College of Physicians (1962). He was Head of the Department of Clinical Coordination at Roussel Uclaf, Paris, previously United Kingdom Director of Clinical
Research at Bristol Myers Corporation, and Medical Director of the Glaxo Group
Research Ltd. at Ware, Hertfordshire. He was also Assistant Director of Clinical
Research at the Squibb Medical Research Institute, New Brunswick, USA, and Head
of the Medical Development Department of Organon Laboratories at Morden, Surrey.
He was a member of the Medical Research Council Unit for Research on the
Pathology of Skin at the University of Birmingham, and a member of the Cambridge
Medical Society.
GEOFFREY HUGH ROBB (born 1936). M.B., Ch.B. (Bristol), F.R.C.P.
(Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Geoffrey Hugh Robb (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1955] was the son of
Dr W. A. Robb, of Exeter. He received his medical education at Bristol University,
and was appointed Consultant Physician at Epsom District Hospital and Ashtead
Hospital. He was also Chief Medical Officer for the Friends Provident Life Office,
Senior Medical Adviser for the National Employers Life Assurance Company, and
Deputy Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Physicians (South West Thames
Region). He was previously Senior Medical Registrar at Sheffield Royal Infirmary,
and Senior Registrar (Cardiology) at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South
Africa. He was a member of the British Diabetic Association.
CLIFFORD ELLIOT HARLEY (born 1936). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.Phys.Med., D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Clifford Elliot Harley (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of
Dr H. N. W. Harley, of Purley, Surrey, and brother of Professor Eric Hugh Harley,
F.R.C.Path., F.R.S. (South Africa) [Epsom College 1953-1956]. He received his
medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant in Orthopaedic
and Sports Medicine at the London Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine.
PROFESSOR GORDON JAMES JOHNSON (born 1936). M.D., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Canada), F.R.C.Ophth.
Gordon James Johnson (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1954] was the son of
Dr Douglas Johnson, of Cheam, Surrey, and brother of Professor Alan Godfrey
Johnson, D.Sc., F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1951-1954]. He received his medical
education at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed Professor of
Ophthalmology at the Institute of Preventive Ophthalmology, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Emeritus Rothes Professor of Preventive
Ophthalmology at University College, London. He was previously Senior Research
Associate at the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford;
Professor of Ophthalmology at the Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada;
Consultant Ophthalmologist at St Michael’s and Wellesley Hospitals, Toronto,
Canada, and Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology at the London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine. He also held a Research Fellowship at Massachusetts General
Hospital, USA, and was a member of Council of the Royal College of
Ophthalmologists, and a member of the International Geographical Ophthalmology
Society.
JOHN BRIAN HICKS (born 1936). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.
John Brian Hicks (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1954] was the son of Dr R.
T. Hicks, of Northampton, and brother of Dr Robert Cary Hicks [Epsom College
1946-1951]. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and
was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist for the North Lancashire and South
Westmorland Hospital Group.
ANDRÉ ABRAHAM EISEN (born 1936). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.D.
(Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
André Abraham Eisen (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1954] was the son of
Arnold Eisen, dealer in textiles, of Harrogate. He emigrated to Canada and was
appointed Consultant Physician in Montreal, Canada. Further details of his medical
career are not known.
RICHARD HUW PATRICK WILLIAMS (born 1936). M.B., B.Ch.
(Wales), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Richard Huw Patrick Williams (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1954] is the
son of Dr H. K. Williams of Basingstoke, Hampshire, and brother of Dr Michael John
Williams [Epsom College 1943-1948]. He received his medical education at Cardiff
University Medical School and was appointed Consultant General Surgeon to the
West Glamorgan Area Health Authority. He is a member of the British Society of
Gastroenterology, and an associate member of the British Association of Urological
surgeons. He held a Research Fellowship in the Department of Surgery at the Welsh
National School of Medicine, Cardiff, and was previously a Senior Registrar (General
surgery) for the Newcastle Area Health Authority.
PAUL LESLIE GORDON TOWNSEND (born 1937). B.Sc., M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Canada).
Paul Leslie Gordon Townsend (born 1937) [Epsom College 1951-1956] was the
son of L. G. A. Townsend, accountant, of Hampstead, London. He received his
medical education at University College Hospital, where he passed the B.Sc.
(Anatomy) Examination with First Class Honours. He was appointed Consultant
Plastic Surgeon at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. He was previously Senior Registrar
(Plastic Surgery) at Frenchay Hospital, and Registrar in Plastic Surgery at Odstock
Hospital, Salisbury.
JAMES EDWARD ARTHUR KNOWLES (born 1937). M.A., M.B.,
B.Ch. (Cantab.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.L.O. (Eng.).
James Edward Arthur Knowles (born 1937) [Epsom College 1949-1953] was
the son of C. R. Knowles, dentist, of Norwich. He received his medical education at
Magdalene College, Cambridge University, and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon at the Pilgrim Hospital, Boston,
Lincolnshire, and before that was Senior Registrar (E.N.T.) at Leeds General
Infirmary. He was previously Medical Officer at St Luke’s Hospital, Chabua, India.
JOHN ANTHONY CODEN (born 1937). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.O.G.,
D.Obst.
John Anthony Coden (born 1937) [Epsom College 1951-1955] was the son of
Dr Bernard Coden, of Seymour Place, London. He received his medical education at
the London Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at
Ludshott Manor Hospital. He was previously Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
at Charing Cross Hospital and Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex. He also served as a
Captain in the R.A.M.C. (RARO).
MICHAEL JOHN MERLIN (born 1937). M.B., Ch.B. (Leeds), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Michael John Merlin (born 1937) [Epsom College 1949-1954] was the son of P.
H. Merlin, F.R.C.S., of Skipton, North Yorkshire, and brother of Nigel Bruce Merlin
[Epsom College 1952-1956]. He received his medical education at Leeds University
Medical School, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon (Accident and Emergency)
for the Walsall Group Hospitals. He was previously Surgical Registrar at St James
Hospital, Leeds.
MICHAEL EDWARD KINGSTON (born 1937). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.T.M. & H. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.).
Michael Edward Kingston (born 1937) [Epsom College 1951-1955] was the son
of Dr A. E. Kingston, of Sutton, Surrey. He received his medical education at the
Westminster Hospital, where he passed the M.B. Examination with Honours. He was
appointed Physician for Williamson Diamonds in Mwadui, Tanzania. He was a
member of the Hertfordshire County Squash Team.
THOMAS FRANCIS LAMBERT (born 1937). M.B., B.Ch. (Edin.),
F.F.A.R.C.S., F.F.A.R.A.C.S.
Thomas Francis Lambert (born 1937) [Epsom College 1950-1955] was the son
of Dr D. P. Lambert, of Giggleswick, North Yorkshire. He received his medical
education at Edinburgh University, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the
Monash University Department of Paediatrics, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital,
Melbourne, Australia, where he was also a Lecturer in Paediatric Anaesthetics.
PHILIP JOHN KINGSTON (1937-2010). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.Path.
Philip John Kingston (1937-2010) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son Dr
F. E. Kingston, of Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, and brother of Peter Robin
Kingston, R.N. [Epsom College 1950-1954]. He received his medical education at the
Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Haematologist at the Gloucester
Royal Hospital, Gloucestershire. He was previously Senior Lecturer in Haematology
at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, and recipient of a Buswell Fellowship and
Stewart Vaughan Memorial Fellowship at Buffalo General Hospital and the State
University, New York, USA. He was a member of the British Association of Clinical
Pathologists, and a member of the British Society for Haematology.
JAMES HEDLEY VISICK (born 1937). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.F.R.,
F.R.C.R., D.M.R.D. (Eng.).
James Hedley Visick (born 1937) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of
Arthur Hedley Clarence Visick, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1909-1915]. He received
his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Radiologist at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was previously Resident
Medical Officer at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, and Senior Registrar
(Diagnostic Radiology) at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
PROFESSOR GORDON ANDREW HUNTER (born 1937). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Canada).
Gordon Andrew Hunter (born 1937) [Epsom College 1949-1955] was the son
of Dr J. W. Hunter, of Lowestoft, Suffolk, and brother of Dr Ian Anthony Hunter
[Epsom College 1945-1951]. He received his medical education at University College
Hospital, where he passed the M.B. examination with Honours, and won the Begley
Prize for Surgery in the M.R.C.S. Examination. He emigrated to Toronto in 1969, and
was appointed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Toronto University, and
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre of Toronto
University. He was previously Senior Registrar (Orthopaedics) at the University of
the West Indies, and Senior registrar (Orthopaedics) at the United Oxford Hospitals.
He was an associate member of the British Orthopaedic Association.
ANGUS ALASTAIR DONALD BLAIR (born 1937). M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Angus Alastair Donald Blair (born 1937) [Epsom College 1951-1955] was the
son of Dr Donald Alexander Sangster Blair, M.D., of Southall, Middlesex [Epsom
College 1920-1924]. He received his medical education at Clair College, Cambridge
and St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at St Luke’s
Hospital for the Clergy, London, and Medical Adviser for the Nigerian High
Commission. He was previously Medical Registrar at the Middlesex Hospital. He was
a member of the Medical Society of London.
JOHN ORMROD LEE (born 1937). M.B., Ch.B. (Manchester), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.), D.C.H. (Eng.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
John Ormrod Lee (born 1937) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of Dr J.
B. Lee, of Walkden, Lancashire, and brother of Martin Bromiley Lee [Epsom College
1952-1956]. He received his medical education at Manchester University Medical
School, and was appointed Consultant General Surgeon at Noble’s Hospital, Douglas,
Isle of Man. He was a member of the Isle of Man Medical Society, and a member of
the Liverpool Medical Institute. Previous appointments included Senior Registrar at
Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, and Honorary Lecturer in Surgery at Makerere
University, Kampala, Uganda.
JAMES MILNER ROBINSON (born 1937). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.
(Eng.).
James Milner Robinson (born 1937) [Epsom College 1950-1956] was the son
of Dr V. C. Robinson, of Acton, West London. He received his medical education at
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat
Surgeon at Gloucester Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital. He was
previously Senior Registrar (E.N.T.) at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear
Hospital, London, and Senior Registrar (E.N.T. Department) at the United Bristol
Hospitals.
JEREMY FRANK HALLPIKE (born 1937). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.D.
(Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Jeremy Frank Hallpike (born 1937) [Epsom College 1949-1954] was the son of
Dr C. S. Hallpike, of Mill Hill, London. He received his medical education at Guy’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Neurologist at the Wessex Neurological
Centre, Southampton University Hospital Group, and Basingstoke District Hospital.
He was a Senior Lecturer in Neurology at Southampton University, and previously
Lecturer in Clinical Neurology at the National Hospital for Nervous Disorders, Queen
Square, London, and Senior Registrar in the Department of Neurology at St George’s
Hospital. He was a member of the British Neuropathological Society and the
Association of British Neurologists.
DAVID PHILIP MARTIN HOWELLS (born 1937). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.),
David Philip Martin Howells (born 1937) [Epsom College 1949-1955. Cricket
XI] was the son of Dr I. P. G. Howells, of Swansea. He received his medical
education at St Mary’s Hospital, where he won the Cheadle Gold Medal. He was
appointed Consultant Physician for the Burton-on-Trent Group Hospitals, having been
Senior Registrar (Medicine) and Senior Tutor at the University Hospital of Wales,
Cardiff. He was previously a Member of the Scientific Staff at the Medical Research
Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia, and Director of Medical Education for the
Armed Forces Hospitals in the Southern Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He
was a member of the British Diabetic Association. He was a member of the Gambia
Cricket XI.
TIMOTHY McCALLUM COLTART (born 1938). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), Ph.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.), F.R.C.O.G.
Timothy McCallum Coltart (born 1938) [Epsom College 1951-1955] was the
son of G. M. Coltart, solicitor, of Lindfield, Sussex. He received his medical
education at Christ’s College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Guy’s Hospital, and
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital,
and the Chelsea Hospital for Women, London. He was previously Director of the
Obstetric and Gynaecological Department at Guy’s Hospital, and Resident Medical
Officer at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospitals. He was a member of the BlairBell Research Society, and a member of the Sussex County Golf Team (1960-1962).
RAMESH CHANDRE KUMAR (born 1938). M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.),
M.Phil. (Lond.), Ph.D. (Lond.), M.D. (Cantab.), M.R.C.Psych.
Ramesh Chandre Kumar (born 1938) [Epsom College 1952-1957. Rugby XV]
was the son of A. N. Kumar, income tax commissioner, of Bandra, Bombay
(Mumbai). He received his medical education at Cambridge University. He was
Honorary Senior Registrar at the Maudsley Hospital, London, Lecturer at the Institute
of Psychiatry, University of London, and Beit Memorial Fellow, in the Department of
Pharmacology at University College Hospital.
DAVID JOHN ALLAN (born 1938). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.Sc. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.
David John Allan (born 1938) [Epsom College 1952-1956] was the son of Dr
W. H. Allan, of Southsea, Hampshire, and brother of Dr Michael James Allan [Epsom
College 1947-1951]. He received his medical education at Clare College, Cambridge
and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Chemical Pathologist for the
Harefield and Mount Vernon Hospital Group, Northwood, and was previously Senior
Registrar (Chemical Pathology) at St Mary’s Hospital and the Area Laboratory,
Epsom, Surrey. He was a member of the Association of Clinical Biochemists.
PAUL SAVILLE MONKS (born 1938). M.A., B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.),
F.F.A.R.C.S.
Paul Saville Monks (born 1938) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of Dr
K. W. Monks, of St Annes on Sea, Lancashire. He received his medical education at
St John’s College, Oxford University and St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed
Consultant Anaesthetist at the London Hospital. He was previously Senior Registrar
(Anaesthetics) at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, and Anaesthetic
Registrar at St Thomas’s Hospital.
ALASDAIR GRANT GILCHRIST (born 1938). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Alasdair Grant Gilchrist (born 1938) [Epsom College 1952-1955] was the son
of Dr W. N. Gilchrist, of Barnes, South London. He received his medical education at
Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgeon at the
Westminster Hospital and the Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. He was
previously Senior Registrar at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital.
COLIN DAVID SIMS (born 1938). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S.
(Edin.), F.R.C.O.G.
Colin David Sims (born 1938) [Epsom College 1950-1955. Rugby XV. Brande
and Smith-Pearse Botany Prizes] was the son of Dr John Sims, of Lowton, Greater
Manchester, and brother of John Brian Sims [Epsom College 1946-1953]. He
received his medical education at Jesus College, Cambridge and the Westminster
Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Queen
Charlotte’s Hospital and the Chelsea Hospital for Women, London. He was also
Consultant Gynaecologist at Charing Cross and the Westminster Hospital.
DEREK GEORGE DOUGLAS WIGHT (born 1939). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.Path.
Derek George Douglas Wight (born 1939) [Epsom College 1951-1954] was the
son of Dr G. D. Wight, of Dudley, West Midlands. He received his medical education
at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and St Thomas’s Hospital. He was
appointed Consultant Pathologist at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and
Associate Lecturer in Pathology at the University of Cambridge. He was a Fellow and
Director of Studies in Pathology and Clinical Medicine at St John’s College,
Cambridge, and East Anglian Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Pathologists.
He was previously Lecturer in Pathology at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School and
St George’s Hospital Medical School. He was a member of the Pathological Society,
and a member of the British Society of Gastroenterology. He was the author of an
‘Atlas of Liver Pathology’ (1982).
ANDREW EWING ADAM (born 1939). M.A. (Oxon.), M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
F.R.C.Path.
Andrew Ewing Adam (born 1939) [Epsom College 1952-1956] was the son of
Dr R. E. Adam, of Torquay. He received his medical education at Merton College,
University of Oxford, and the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed Consultant
Pathologist at Musgrove Park Hospital, and the Somerset Hospital, Taunton. Before
this appointment he was Consultant Pathologist at the R.A.F. Institute of Pathology
and Tropical Medicine, based at Princess Mary’s Hospital, R.A.F. Halton,
Buckinghamshire. He was a member of the International Academy of Pathology and
the Association of Clinical Pathologists.
JOHN DENIS HARDY (born 1939). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. Eng.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
John Denis Hardy (born 1939) [Epsom College 1951-1957] was the son of Dr
W. I. Hardy, of Belfast. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Paediatrician at the Princess Alexandra
Hospital, Harlow, Essex. He was formerly a Leukaemia Research Fellow at the
Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. He emigrated to the Middle East as
Chief of Paediatrics in Khamis, Saudi Arabia, and later as Chief of Medical Services,
in Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia.
MELVIN CALVERLEY JENNINGS (1939-2006). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Melvin Calverley Jennings (1939-2006) [Epsom College 1952-1956. Rugby
XV] was the son of C. M. Jennings, F.R.C.S., of Cheam, Surrey, and brother of Nigel
Calverley Jennings [Epsom college 1949-1954]. He received his medical training at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon and Urologist for the
East Surrey Health District at Redhill and Crawley Hospitals. He was previously
Senior Registrar (Urology) at St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth. He was a member of
the British Association of Urological Surgeons. He was Captain of the United
Hospital’s Rugby XV, and Captain of the Harlequins Rugby XV.
ANTHONY THOMAS (born 1939). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(Eng.), D.M.R.D. (Eng.), F.F.R., D.Obst.R.C.O.G.
Anthony Thomas (born 1939) [Epsom College 1952-1957] was the son of Dr J.
E. Thomas, of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, and brother of John Andrew Thomas
[Epsom College 1953-1956]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital,
where he passed the M.B., B.S. Examination with Honours. He was appointed
Consultant Radiologist for the Norwich Health District, and was previously Senior
Registrar (Radiology) at St Mary’s Hospital and the National Hospital for Nervous
Diseases, Queen Square, London.
EUAN JAMES GAVIN MILROY (born 1939). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Euan James Gavin Milroy (born 1939) [Epsom College 1952-1957] was the son
of Gavin William Milroy, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1917-1921]. He received his
medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon
(Urology) at the Middlesex Hospital. He was Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute
of Urology, London, and a member of the British Association of Urologists.
Previously he was Senior Registrar (Urology) at St Mary’s Hospital, Senior Registrar
at the University Hospital of West Indies, Jamaica, and a Research Fellow in the
Department of Urology of the University of Rochester, New York, USA.
MICHAEL ROBERT KLABER (born 1939). M.A., M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), A.M.Q.
Michael Robert Klaber (born 1939) [Epsom College 1952-1957] was the son of
Dr Robert Klaber, of Maida Vale, London. He received his medical education at
Queen’s College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed
Consultant Dermatologist at Chelmsford and Basildon Hospitals, Essex. He was an
Honorary Consultant Dermatologist at the London Hospital, and previously Senior
Registrar (Dermatology) at the London Hospital, and Registrar in Dermatology at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was a member of the British Association of
Dermatologists.
HENRY JOHN LOUIS GRIFFITHS (born 1939). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.M.R.D. (Eng.).
Henry John Louis Griffiths (born 1939) [Epsom College 1951-1954] was the
son of Dr L. L. Griffiths, of Maidstone, Kent. He received his medical education at
Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Instructor in Radiology at the Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital, Boston, USA. He was previously Registrar in the Department of Radiology
at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London.
PETER JOHN RICHARDSON (born 1939). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.D.
(Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Peter John Richardson (born 1939) [Epsom College 1953-1957] was the son of
Dr J. D. Richardson, of Grantham, Lincolnshire. He received his medical education at
King’s College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Cardiologist at King’s
College Hospital. He was previously Senior Lecturer (Cardiology), and Honorary
Consultant Physician at King’s College Hospital; Senior Registrar (Cardiology), at
King’s College Hospital, and Medical Registrar at the Royal Free Hospital. He was a
Fellow of the Council (Clinical Cardiology) of the American Heart Association, and a
member of the British Cardiac Society. He was Chairman of Council of the
Cardiomyopathies International Society, and President (Cardiology) of the
International Medical Club.
CHARLES TIMOTHY HART (born 1939). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.O.
(Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Charles Timothy Hart (born 1939) [Epsom College 1951-1955] was the son of
John Hart, optician, of Mudford, Somerset, and brother of John Christopher Dean
Hart, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1948-1954]. He received his medical education at the
Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ophthalmologist at Cheltenham
General Hospital. He was previously Lecturer (Ophthalmology) at the University of
Sheffield. He was a member of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom.
WILLIAM GEOFFREY HOGAN PESKETT (born 1939). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G., F.F.A.R.C.S.
William Geoffrey Hogan Peskett (born 1939) [Epsom College 1953-1957] was
the son of Dr Geoffrey Lewis Peskett [Epsom College 1913-1918]. He received his
medical education at the London Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist
at Auckland Hospital, and the National Women’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand,
and Specialist Anaesthetist for the Auckland Hospital Board. He was previously
Anaesthetic Registrar at the London Hospital.
MALCOLM THOMAS DUFF MILLER (born 1939). M.B., B.S. (Lond.),
D.P.M. (Eng.), F.R.C.Psych.
Malcolm Thomas Duff-Miller (born 1939) [Epsom College 1952-1957] was the
son of Dr T. D. Miller, of Fulham, London, and brother of Ian Robert Duff Miller
[Epsom College 1942-1945]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s
Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist for the West London Healthcare,
NHS Trust (St Bernard’s Hospital, Southall), and Clinical Tutor (Psychiatry) in the
University of London. He was previously Senior Registrar (Psychiatry) at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and Registrar (Psychiatry) at the Middlesex Hospital and Friern
Hospital, Barnet.
ANTHONY PATRICK JOSEPH HENRY (born 1939). M.B., B.S.
(Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Anthony Patrick Joseph Henry (born 1939) [Epsom College 1951-1957] was
the son of Dr P. J. Henry, of Nottingham. He received his medical education at St
Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Emeritus Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and Bretby Orthopaedic Hospital. He was a Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Nuffield Hospital, Derby, a Lecturer (Anatomy) at the
Derby School of Occupational Therapy, and an Examiner (Surgery) for the College of
Occupational Therapy, London. He was formerly Senior Registrar (Orthopaedics) at
Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital, Mansfield; Lecturer (Anatomy) at the University
of Alberta, Canada; and Registrar (Surgery) at the King Edward VII Hospital,
Durban, South Africa. In 1976 he was awarded the Malkin Travelling Scholarship in
Orthopaedics. He was a Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association, President of
the Naughton-Dunn Club (Midland Orthopaedics) (1976), President of the British
Orthopaedic Foot Surgery Society (1998), and a member of the Derby Medical
Society.
PHILIP JAMES HILTON (born 1939). M.A., M.D. B.Ch. (Cantab.),
F.R.C.P. (Lond.).
Philip James Hilton (born 1939) [Epsom College 1953-1957] was the son of Dr
James Hilton, of Fareham, Hampshire. He received his medical education at Christ’s
College, Cambridge and St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant
Physician and Director of the Renal Research Laboratory and the Intensive Care Unit
for the Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
ROBERT JAMES TATE (born 1939). M.D. (Lond.), B.S., M.R.C.S,
L.R.C.P. (Eng.), B.D.S. (Lond.), F.D.S.(R.C.S).
Robert James Tate (born 1939) [Epsom College 1952-1956] was the son of R.
A. Tate, dentist, of Chiswick. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital,
and was appointed Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon for the Ipswich and
West Suffolk Hospitals. He was previously Lecturer in Oral Surgery at University
College Hospital, and Senior Registrar (Oral Surgery) for the Westminster Group
Hospitals. He was a member of the British Association of Oral Surgeons.
JOHN RICHARD ROBERTSON (born 1939). B.Sc., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.),
F.R.C.Psych., M.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.P.M. (Eng.).
John Richard Robertson (born 1939) [Epsom College 1953-1957] was the son
of Commander R. J. Robertson, D.S.C., R.N. He received his medical education at
Edinburgh University, passing the B.Sc. Examination with Honours. He was
appointed Consultant Psychiatrist for the West London Healthcare Trust, based at
Horton Hospital, Epsom, and was Regional Adviser in Psychiatry for the North West
Thames Region (West). He was Sub-Dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and
organiser of the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School Psychiatric Training Course.
He was previously a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Staff Command
Medical Officer to the 2nd in Command, West Fleet.