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Group photo of London Medical students who went to Belsen
This is a list of London medical students who assisted at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after its liberation at the end of the Second World War . There were 96 in total.[1] [2] Most of the students were in their penultimate year of medical education and were recruited from nine medical schools in London.[3] [4]
Guy's Hospital [ ]
Guy's Hospital medical students who went to Belsen. From left to right: D. Davies, D. Strange, J. S. Jones, D. Rahilly, D. Westbury, M. E. Davys, D. S. Hurwood, D. H. Forsdick, J. V. Kilby, J. E. Mandel, J. L. Hayward and J. A. Turner.
[5]
King's College Hospital [ ]
Name
Birth/death
Comments
reference
Michael James Forth
[11]
James Learmonth Gowans
7 May 1924 – 1 April 2020
Later specialized in immunology and became professor of experimental pathology at Oxford. He also pursued a research career at the Medical Research Council and showed that lymphocytes play an important role in transplant rejection .
[19]
Alan John Kenny
[11]
Norman Lees
In September 1948 he married Pamela Fawcus and joined a general practice (with Dr Rhoades Buckton) in Wymondham, Norfolk, in 1950.
[11] [20]
[11]
Thomas Pimblett
Contracted typhus at Belsen which delayed his medical training by a year.
[21]
John Towers
Became a RMO at the Royal West Sussex Hospital in 1946, followed by a psychiatrist at Graylingwell in 1950, where he completed his thesis on temporal lobe epilepsy and mental illness, and was then appointed consultant psychiatrist in 1955. He developed a scheme for community care of the elderly and promoted co-ordination with social services.
[11] [22] [23]
Gwyn Williams
[11]
Sidney Clifford Brookfield Yorke
1922-2007
Became a psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital and later took over from Anna Freud at the Hampstead Clinic.
[24] [25]
Middlesex Hospital [ ]
Colonel E.E. Vella reported that there were eight students from Middlesex Hospital :[26]
Name
Birth/death
Comments
reference
Gordon Dutton
Became a psychiatrist.
[11] [27]
Philip David Alexander Kent
[11]
Humphrey Bohun Kidd
His journal is held at the National Archives.
[11] [28]
John Goff Kilner
Became a general practitioner in Epsom.
[29]
Gerald Raperport
His account of his experience at Belsen was published in 1945 in a hospital journal.
[30] [31] [32] [33]
Peter Watts Rowsell
[11]
David Andrew Thomas Tizard
[11]
George Gordon Walker
[11]
St Bartholomew's Hospital [ ]
In 1981, in parliament, Eldon Griffiths calculated that nine students volunteered from St Bartholomew's Hospital .[34]
Name
Birth/death
Comments
reference
David Cordley Bradford
1922 - 2002
Became a general practitioner and founded the first purpose built surgery in Gloucestershire.
[35]
Leslie William Clarke
[11]
[36] [37]
Andrew Ernest Dossetor
Died 5 December 2013
Due to typhus, his return home from Belsen was delayed. He later became a general practitioner and his case was once discussed in the House of Commons .
[38] [39]
[40]
Edward Deryk Marsh
[11] [41]
[11] [42]
Laurence Geoffrey Rowland Wand
(1924-23 November 2012)
Also known as Laurie. After the war was colonel in the Territorial Army. Retired from general practice in 1990.
[11] [43] [44]
St Mary's Hospital [ ]
Students from St Mary's Hospital Medical School included:
St Thomas' Hospital [ ]
Twelve students went from St Thomas' Medical School .[52] included:
Name
Birth/death
Comments
reference
Edmond Arthur Douglas Boyd (Eddie Boyd)
[11]
Alan David Rowan MacAuslan
1921 - 25 May 2018
In 2005, at the age of 83, his story was reported in the BBC News .
[52] [53] [54]
Upon return in 1946, with John Stephenson, wrote a paper on treating starvation with protein hydrolysate. He later became a general practitioner.
[11] [55] [56]
Keith Maxwell Fergusson
[11]
1924 - 2015
Became a consultant anaesthetist at Southampton.
[11] [57]
Alex Paton
2 March 1924 – 12 September 2015
Became a gastroenterologist , writer and postgraduate dean for North-West London hospitals . He specialised in alcohol misuse and became the first chairman of the medical committee of Alcohol Concern . His book, ABC of Alcohol , went through four editions
[11] [58]
John Anthony Reynolds
[11]
John Stephenson
Upon return in 1946, with Coigley, wrote a paper on treating starvation with protein hydrolysate.
[11] [55]
Peter Barr Taylor
Previously P. B. Taylor, he later appears in the Medical Register as Peter Barr-Taylor. In 1973 he was promoted from flight lieutenant to squadron leader.
[11] [59] [60]
Became a British Army physician.
[11] [61] [62]
Claude Dempster
1924 - 6 March 2001
Became a pathologist at the .
[63] [64]
Ian Whimster
3 September 1923 – 18 January 1979
Gained international recognition for his study of comparative anatomy and experiments with reptiles, particularly observing their colour patterns in relation to their nerve supply. He defined keratoacanthoma , the distinction between pemphigus and pemphigoid and made descriptions of melanocytes and malignant melanoma . He died in a road traffic accident at the age of 55.
[11] [26] [65]
The London Hospital [ ]
One account states there were twelve students from the London Hospital .[66]
University College London [ ]
Those from UCL Medical School [78] included:
Name
Birth/death
Comments
reference
Brian William Barras
[11]
Paul Walter Clements
[11]
Thomas Crisp
[79]
Richard Kingsley Jones
[11]
John Henry Raphael
[11]
[11]
Douglas Ivor Roberts
[11]
Geoffrey Basil Rooke
[11] [80]
Roger Sheridan
[81]
Roger Silverberg
Also known as Morris Roger Silverberg.
[11]
Became a consultant to the Bath Orthopaedic Hospital and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases.
[11] [26] [82] [83]
Westminster Hospital [ ]
Group of Westminster hospital students who worked at Belsen. Hargrave is second from the right. The other students are G. Woodwark, D. Wells, R. Barton, E. Trimmer, R.E. Citrine, K.C. Easton, A.D. Moore, J.R.E. Jenkins, D.P. Bowles and L.K. Garstin
Westminster Hospital Medical School's tercentenary booklet states that they sent eleven students,[84]
See also [ ]
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