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
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Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 (Prince of Wales's) District, 1928-1949. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
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Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched Appleby: Fireman John Victor Appleby was born on 20 June 1946 and his birth was registered in Poplar. He was the son of...
Corps Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1902. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
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District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1908-1954. Officer in the Order of St John.
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