Notable surgeon during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Strong advocate of the antiseptic surgical methods proposed by Joseph Lister and he served in conflicts such as the Boer War. An advocate and pioneer of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Perhaps the most decorated surgeon in Britain. Served as Serjeant Surgeon to Edward VII. M/O in Chief in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1901. Knight Grace in the Order of St John.
Born Belfast. Died Bath, Somerset.
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Sir William MacCormac, Bart. KCB, KCVO, MD, FRCS
Despite its appearance this memorial does not commemorate those who died in w...
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman William Charles Plant was bor...
Police Constable 4157U, Keith David Palmer. From the Police Memorial Trust: "PC Palmer, though unarmed, stopped a knife-wielding terrorist from entering the Palace of Westminster during the 2017 W...
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1920-1942. Officer in the Order of St John. Nature, No. 3806, 10 October 1942 carries Clifford's obituary. At the time of his sud...
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The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 as part of the Civil Defence Service and was superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service. After the war the AFS was reformed alongside the C...
Auxiliary Fireman - one of two men (with L. W. G. Wilson) who gave their lives at Soho Fire Station on 7th October 1940. Beyond the Flames has another photo and: "It would take two days before the...
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