Epsom college 1855-1899: general practitioners, medical officers of health, some dental surgeons, and military doctors

Francis Thompson (1878-1944) [Epsom College 1891-1895] was the son of Francis Thompson, tea broker, of Stoke Newington, North London. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, and went into general practice at Sunbury-on-Thames, where he served also as Surgeon for the Sunbury Dispensary, and Divisional Surgeon for the Metropolitan Police. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in France, Salonika and Italy.

Arthur Hallowes (1878-1907) [Epsom College 1892-1896. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr A. H. B. Hallowes, of Maidstone, Kent. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Maidstone, Kent. He died in 1907 aged 29 years.

Edward Arthur Smith (born 1878) [Epsom College 1893-1895] was the son of Dr J. E. Smith, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He received his medical education at Liverpool Medical School. He originally went into general practice at Southport, Cheshire, where he was also Assistant Surgeon for the South Dispensary at Liverpool; but he later joined the Colonial Medical Service and was employed at the District Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States.

Charles Andrew Lawrence (born 1878) [Epsom College 1892-1897. Rugby XV. Cricket XI. MacFarlane Cup] was the son of Dr James Lawrence, of Darlington, County Durham. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and then went into general practice at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in India, Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Arnold Morris (born 1878) [Epsom College 1892-1896] was the son of Dr Joseph Morris, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He received his medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He went into general practice at Leamington Spa, where he was also Medical Officer for Leamington Hospital, and the Leamington and Warwick Union. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C.

Gordon Herbert Hackney (1878-c. 1927) [Epsom College 1890-1895] was the son of Dr A. H. Hackney, of Hawkhurst, Kent, brother of Harold Reginald Hackney [Epsom College 1890-1895], and father of Kenneth John Gordon Hackney [Epsom College 1919-1924]. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and went into general practice at Edgbaston, Birmingham, where he served also as a Clinical Assistant at the Birmingham Hospitals.

Alfred Oswald Hooper (1878-1915) [Epsom College 1893-1895. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr Alfred Hooper, of Burton-on-Trent. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and joined the Royal Navy in 1904 as a Staff Surgeon, but was killed during the First World War when the cruiser H.M.S. ‘Natal’ was sunk (1915). He was 37 years old.

George Archibald Bosson (born 1878) [Epsom College 1892-1897. prefect. Jenks Memorial Scholarship] was the son of Dr George Bosson, of Alford, Lincolnshire. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and went into general practice at Alford, Lincolnshire, where he was also Medical Officer for Alford U.D.C. He served as a J.P. for Lindsey.

William Tudor Webb (1878-1928) [Epsom College 1892-1896. prefect. Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr W. H. Webb, of Kingsbridge, Devon, and brother of Henry Tudor Webb [Epsom College 1893-1896]. He received his medical education at Bristol University, and went into general practice at Kingsbridge, where he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Kingsbridge U.D.C., and Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Kingsbridge District Union.

Austin Lewis Badcock (1878-1953) [Epsom College 1893-1896] was the son of Dr L. C. Badcock, of Brighton, Sussex, brother of Leslie Herbert Badcock [Epsom College 1895-1897], Gerald Sydney Badcock [Epsom College 1896-1900], and father of John Michael Benton [Epsom College 1935-1940]. He received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital, and went into general practice at Hove, Sussex. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1914-1918).

Lorton Alexander Wilson (1879-1958) [Epsom College 1893-1896] was the son of Dr J. F. Wilson, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. He was a Scholar of Owen’s College, Manchester (Manchester University Medical School), and then went into general practice at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. attached to the 4^th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Rifles and served in France. He was Secretary of the Furness Division of the British Medical Association from 1921-1946, and President in 1931-1932. In 1931, he was President of the North Lancashire and Westmorland Branch. Lorton Alexander Wilson was the brother of Lord Moran, personal physician to Winston Churchill. He was also a Founder Member of the Irish Genealogical Research Society.

Henry Jeaffreson Brewer (1879-1947) [Epsom College 1890-1898. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr A. H. Brewer, of Dalston, North East London, and brother of Dr Alexander Hampton Brewer [Epsom College 1887-1893], Frederick Stanley Brewer [Epsom College 1894-1894]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to St Mary’s Hospital, and later entered general practice at Tonbridge, Kent. Sometime after this he joined a practice in the City of London. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1914-1918). He was a member of the Middlesex County Rugby XV.

Gerald Nunn (born 1879) [Epsom College 1891-1897. Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr George Richard Nunn [Epsom College 1857-1860], and father of Lieutenant John Richard Danford Nunn, R.N. [Epsom College 1939-1942]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital. During the First World War he served as a Surgeon Captain in the Royal Navy, in France, the North Sea and Northern Russia. He was later promoted to Surgeon Commander.

John Henry Napper (1879-1906) [Epsom College 1891-1898. prefect. Captain of Rugby XV. Captain of Cricket XI] was the son of Dr Albert Arthur Napper [Epsom College 1855-1861], and brother of Ernest Winkworth Napper [Epsom College 1891-1895]. He received his medical education at King’s College Hospital. He died at Cranleigh, Surrey, in 1906, aged 27 years. Further details not found.

Henry Vernon Swindale (1879-1935) [Epsom College 1893-1895] was the son of Dr J. P. Swindale, of Bracknell, Berkshire, and brother of Dr John Aston Swindale, M.D. [Epsom College 1890-1892]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and went into general practice at Hyde Park, London. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C (1914-1918).

Francis Hamilton Cooke (1879-1939) [Epsom College 1894-1896] was the son of Dr George Cooke, of Jamaica, and father of George Grattan Cooke [Epsom College 1925-1930]. He received his medical education at Trinity College, Dublin, and went into general practice at Hounslow, Middlesex. He was at one time a Medical Officer for the West African Medical Services in the Gold Coast (Ghana).

Arthur Reginald Wade (1879-1952) [Epsom College 1892-1895] was the son of Dr Reginald Wade, of Highbridge, Somerset, and father of Michael Edward Wade [Epsom College 1939-1942]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Highbridge, where he was Medical Officer of Health. During the First World War he served as a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C.

Robert Peploe Cartwright (1879-1948) [Epsom College 1893-1896. prefect] was the son of Dr J. P. Cartwright, of Oswestry, Shropshire. He received his medical education at Glasgow University, and went into general practice at Oswestry, where he was also Public Vaccinator for the Oswestry and Llanyblodwell District of the Oswestry Union. He was also Surgeon to the Oswestry Cottage Hospital, and Medical Officer for Oswestry Parish and Workhouse.

Alwyn Wharton (1879-1932) [Epsom College 1891-1896] was the son of Dr Joseph Wharton, of Oldham, Lancashire, and brother of Dr Edgar Wharton [Epsom College 1891-1899]. He received his medical education at Owen’s College (Manchester University), and went into general practice at Oldham, Lancashire.

William Hardy Fleetwood (1879-1926) [Epsom College 1892-1898. Entrance Scholarship. prefect. Rugby XV. Jenks Memorial Scholarship] was the son of Dr W. J. Fleetwood, of Aintree, Liverpool. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, and went into general practice at Hadleigh, Suffolk. During the First World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1914-1918), as D.A.D.M.S. of the British Salonika Army, and was twice mentioned in dispatches.

Charles Newton Sears (1879-1944) [Epsom College 1893-1893] was the son of J. T. Sears, painter, of Peckham Grove, South London. He was an Entrance Scholar to St Thomas’s Hospital, where he won the Sir William Tite, Treasurer’s, and Peacock Scholarships. He passed the M.B. Examination with First Class Honours and, in the M.D. (London) Examination, was awarded the Gold Medal. He went into general practice at Lee, South London.

Frederick Evelyn Woolner Meadows (1879-1918) [Epsom College 1895-1896] was the son of Dr G. F. W. Meadows, of Otley, Suffolk, and brother of Colonel Sydney Manvers Woolner, D.S.O. [Epsom College 1888-1893], and Philip Pierrepont Woolner Meadows [Epsom College 1891-1895]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, where he won the Freeman and Broderip Scholarships. He went into general practice at Otley, near Ipswich, Suffolk, where he was Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Woodbridge District of the Woodbridge Union.

John Ernest Hodson (born 1880) [Epsom College 1892-1899] was the son of William Hodson, farmer, of Tadworth, Surrey, and brother of Frederick William Hodson [Epsom College 1892-1897]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Nottingham.

Charles Henry Burton Thompson (1880-1937) [Epsom College 1895-1899. prefect. Rugby XV. Jenks Memorial Scholarship] was the son of Dr Henry Thompson, of Hull. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital. He then joined the Colonial Medical Service, and was appointed Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer at Suva, and Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Fiji. During First World War he served as a Captain in Egypt and Palestine. In 1937, he died after falling from his horse, in Suva, Fiji.

Charles Lindsay Eyles (1880-1937) [Epsom College 1892-1893] was the son of Dr C. H. Eyles, of British Honduras. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and went into general practice at Byers Green, Co. Durham, where he was Medical Officer to the Bishop Auckland Union. Sometime later he joined the Colonial Medical Service and worked as a Medical Officer in British Honduras.

Edgecumbe Wentworth Armstrong Moore (1880-1940) [Epsom College 1894-1898. Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr E. W. Moore, of Chiswick, West London, and brother of Dr Edward Bertram Leslie Moore [Epsom College 1888-1892]. He received his medical education at Liverpool University, and went into general practice at Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. During the First World War he served as a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C. (1914-1918).

Hugh George William Beckett (1880-1945) [Epsom College 1895-1899. Captain of Rugby XV] was the son of Dr F. M. Beckett, of Ely, Cambridgeshire, and brother of Dr Francis Henry Mears Allden Beckett [Epsom College 1891-1895]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Prees, Shropshire, where he was Medical Officer of Health for Wem District and the Whitnall Union, Shropshire, as well as Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for Prees, Shropshire.

Charles Murchison Bernays (1880-1920) [Epsom College 1891-1898. Entrance Scholarship. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr H. L. Bernays, of Old Charlton, Kent. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Shirley, Warwickshire (1906-1914). During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. and was mentioned in Field Marshal Haig’s dispatches. He was later invalided out with tuberculosis and died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Dover. He was 40 years old.

Leonard Herbert Henry Boys (1880-1972) [Epsom College 1895-1899. head prefect. Rugby XV. Cricket XI. Elocution Prize] was the son of Dr A. H. Boys, of St Albans, Hertfordshire. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to the Middlesex Hospital, and then went into general practice at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, where he remained for 50 years. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in France and Italy.

Kenelm Digby Bell (born 1880) [Epsom College 1895-1898] was the son of Dr G. C. Bell, of West Dulwich, South London. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and entered the Royal Navy as a Surgeon Commander. He was later promoted to Surgeon Captain. After leaving the Royal Navy he was appointed Medical Officer of Health and Public Vaccinator for Prees, Shropshire, and Medical Officer of Health for the Wem District and Whitnall Union, Shropshire.

John Galloway (1880-1922) [Epsom College 1894-1897] was the son of Dr Walter Galloway, of Gateshead-upon-Tyne. He received his medical education at Durham University, and went into general practice at Gateshead. He later emigrated to South Africa and entered general practice at Port Elizabeth, where he was the Medical Officer of Health.

Philip Reginald Humphry (1880-1938) [Epsom College 1894-1898] was the son of Dr Reginald Humphry, of Wisborough Green, Sussex. He received his medical education at St George’s Hospital, and went into general practice in South London. He was sometime Assistant Surgeon at Graylingwell War Memorial Hospital, and before that an Honorary Assistant Anaesthetist at Portsmouth Eye and Ear Hospital.

Walter Henry Skardon Burney (born 1881) [Epsom College 1894-1897. Watts Science Prize] was the son of Dr W. C. S. Burney, of Kendal, Cumbria. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and entered the R.A.M.C. with the rank of Major. During the First World War he was mentioned in dispatches and promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. He eventually left the Army and went into general practice at Greenwich, Kent, where he was Medical Officer for the Greenwich Union Infirmary.

William David Thomas (1881-1910) [Epsom College 1896-1897. prefect. Hodgkin and Wakley Prizes] was the son of Evan Thomas, innkeeper, of Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. After medical qualification he served as a Surgeon for the P. & O. Steam Ship Co. He emigrated later to Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia where he entered general practice.

William Rex Collingridge (1881-1929) [Epsom College 1893-1899] was the son of Dr William Collingridge, of St John’s, South East London. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Somercotes, Lincolnshire, where he was Medical Officer of Health for Mablethorpe U.D.C. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1914-1918).

Edgar Wharton (born 1881) [Epsom College 1891-1896. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr Joseph Wharton, of Oldham, Lancashire, and brother of Alwyn Wharton [Epsom College 1891-1896]. He received his medical education at Owen’s College (Manchester University), and went into general practice at Oldham, Lancashire.

Cyril John Robey Hoffmeister (born 1881) [Epsom College 1893-1899] was the son of Dr John Bates Hoffmeister, and brother of Brigadier Herbert Arthur Reginald Hoffmeister, O.B.E., M.C. [Epsom College 1893-1898]. He received his medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital. He then went into general practice at Cowes, Isle of Wight. During the First World War served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C., in East Africa and at Salonika (1914-1918).

Lionel Hethorn Booth (1881-1933) [Epsom College 1894-1900. prefect. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr Lionel Booth, of Accrington. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to Charing Cross Hospital, and went into general practice at Durham. The Epsom College Registers (1855-1924; 1855-1954) state that he was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal and the thanks of Parliament for acts of bravery. During the First World War he served in as a Captain in the East African Expeditionary Force. After the war he joined the West African Medical Service and was employed in Lagos, Nigeria.

Harold Clapham (1881-1933) [Epsom College 1893-1899] was the son of Dr Laurence Clapham, of Thorney, Cambridgeshire, and brother of Martin Vernon Clapham [Epsom College 1891-1896]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to St Mary’s Hospital, and was then appointed Assistant Physician at Peterborough Infirmary, Medical Officer of Health for Peterborough R.D.C., and Public Vaccinator for the Peterborough Union.

William John Gibson (1881-1952) [Epsom College 1895-1899. prefect. Rugby XV. Cricket XI. MacFarlane Cup – twice] was the son of Dr G. F. Gibson, of Totnes, Devon, and father of Dr John Hammond Gibson [Epsom College 1926-1930]. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, and went into general practice at Totnes, Devon, and later at Birmingham. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in France, Belgium and Italy. He played for Middlesex County Rugby XV, and was the Inter-hospitals 100 yards, Hurdles and Long Jump Champion (23 ft. 2 ins.).

Reginald Herman Tribe (1881-1945) [Epsom College 1893-1898. Ann Hood Exhibition] was the son of Dr H. T. B. Tribe, of Chatham, Kent, and brother of Maurice Bedingfield Tribe [Epsom College 1896-1903]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to University College Hospital, and went into general practice at Newark-on-Trent, Lincolnshire. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. attached to the 15^th Hussars, and was mentioned in dispatches twice. In the Second World War he was killed as a result of enemy action (1945).

Jonathan Grogono (born 1881) [Epsom College 1893-1900. prefect. Captain of Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr W. A. Grogono, of Stratford, Essex, brother of Walter Grogono [Epsom College 1899-1903], and father of Dr Basil John Steele Grogono, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1936-1939], and Dr Geoffrey Russell Steele Grogono [Epsom College 1936-1939]. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, and went into general practice at Haverhill, Suffolk. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in Mesopotamia. Jonathan Grogono was Captain of the victorious London Hospital XV that won the Hospitals Cup. He was a member of the Eastern Counties XV.

Archibald Alfred Sutcliff (1881-1915) [Epsom College 1895-1900. prefect. Brande Prize] was the son of Dr Edward Sutcliff, of Great Torrington, Devon, and brother of Dr Edward Harvey Sutcliff [Epsom College 1886-1891]. He was a Scholar of St Thomas’s Hospital. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. and died as a prisoner of war at Wittenberg, Germany, on the 12^th of March, 1915. He was 34 years old.

Cecil Colmer (born 1881) [Epsom College 1895-1898] was the son of Dr P. S. H. Colmer, of Yeovil, Somerset, brother of Dr Robert Jacob Colmer [Epsom College 1879-1882], and Dr Ptolemy Augustus Colmer [Epsom College 1880-1885]. He was a Scholar of the London Hospital, and after qualification went into general practice at Exeter, Devon, where he was Medical Officer for the Post Office at Exeter, and Medical Officer for the Deaf and Dumb Institute, Exeter. During the First World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Atlantic Convoys (1917-1918).

Hugh Lancelot Sells (born 1881) [Epsom College 1895-1899] was the son of Dr C. J. Sells, of Guildford, Surrey, and brother of Archibald Jenner Sells [Epsom College 1896-1897]. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University. During the First World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1914-1918), and after the war was appointed Deputy Medical Officer for the East Indian Railways at Bihar. He later returned to England to take up general practice at Hayling Island, Hampshire.