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remembrance ni QUB Services Club Centenary Roll of Honour World War 1 Medics N - S Included in this section of the roll are the names and record summaries of John Alexander Sinton VC and William Brooke Purdon who attained the rank of Major-General and was later appointed as the first Agent in London of the Northern Ireland Government. An Irish rugby international he was President of London Irish RFC. Academics like Sir David Semple and Sir Thomas Sinclair brought their considerable professional skills to army medical services. Sir Thomas who conducted the autopsy on the famous German air-ace ‘The Red Baron’, was the first President of QUB Services Club N NAPIER, William RASC. Captain. 1914-16. Mentioned in despatches. RAMC 1918-19. WW2 RAMC. Major. Campbell College. M.B., B.Ch. 1918. FRCSI, 1921. Played for Ulster XV v. Leinster, 1914. Leinster and Munster, 1921. Born 22/02/1894, Son of Alexander and Hester Napier, Ballybranagh House, Downpatrick. Husband to Page !1 Katherine Margaret Napier. Died 03/01/1945. Ballee Church of Ireland Churchyard. O O’FLAHERTY, Patrick Edward War physician Mater Infirmium, Belfast. St. Malachy’s College. QUB 1891, MB 1900. MO to Constabulary and Prisons. Born 1871. Son of Daniel O’ Flaherty, Duncairn Gds, Belfast. Died 14/10/1935, Carlisle Terrace. O’NEILL, Henry Theodore RAMC. Captain. Campbell College. QUB BSc 1913, MB 1918. In France from 11/09/1918. 229 F Ambl and 15 Suffolk Yeomanry. Born 188. Son of Harry O/ Neill MD, College Sq East, Belfast O’NEILL, John Stevenson IMS. Major. MC. MiD twice. QUB MB 1904, BS, MD 1925, FRCS Edin 1924. Commissioned IMS 01/02/1905. MC 26/06/1916. Served Ops in Arbor Country 1911- 12. Served in Europe from 26/09/1914. Born 1877 P PAISLEY, William SAMC. Major. Dungannon Royal School. QCB MB 1900, BS BCh BAO. Captain RAMC. Served in German SW Africa and E Africa. Born 1875. Son of James Paisley, Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone. Died c1965. PARR, John Frederick Fitzgerald RAMC. Major. RBAI. QCB. Commissioned in 1900 in Tower Hamlets Vol Regt (later 4th Btn London Regiment) and reached rank of Major. Served with RAMC from Sept 1914, I/c hospital Malta and subsequently in various TA Depots in London. Born 1852, Castleblaney, Son of Rev John Parr, Corlea Presbyterian Church, Co Monaghan. Husband to Martha Parr. Died 10/11/1924, aged 72 Page !2 PATTERSON, William Samuel RAMC. Captain. Bangor Inter School. QCB MD 1886. Born 1864, Mountpottinger. Son of Hugh and Essy Patterson, Belmont, Belfast. Died 22/06/1928, Balmoral Cemetery PATTON, Graham RAMC. Captain. Campbell College. RCSI LRCPI 1908, QUB DPH 1921. Served with MEF from 10/04/1015. Born 1879. Son of Rev. Alex Paton, DD, Downshire Rd, Bangor. Died Feb 1945 PEARSON, Charles Broderick RAMC. Captain. RUI QUB MD 1878. In Gallipoli from 19/10/1915. 40 F Ambulance. Born c1884. Son of Charles, Professor of Surgery, MD, and Christine Pearson PEDLOW, Robert RNVR. Surgeon Sub Lieutenant. RBAI. Served as Surgeon Probationer. QUB MB 1923, BCh DPH 1927. Born 1898, Co. Armagh. Son of Thomas (GP) and Maud Pedlow, Market St., Lurgan. First Lurgan - PCI RH +PHILLIPS, Thomas McCann RAMC. Captain. MiD. Died 04/11/1914 from wounds received in battle. Age 24. Although only sent to the front on 3rd October 1914, Captain Phillips had seen some very heavy fighting since he went out, being continuously in the firing line. He had been mentioned in despatches. Letters from Major E. C. Hayes, officer commanding 21st Field Ambulance, and Lieut.Colonel J. G. M'Naught, officer in charge of No. 4 Clearing Hospital, gave particulars. He was attached to Major Hayes' ambulance, and had a dressing station established in a cottage near to the firing line. This cottage came under shell fire on the morning of the 3rd November, and Captain Phillips and Lieutenant Richardson who were in occupation had to leave it, but no sooner had they done so than they were both struck by a shell, which killed Richardson and mortally wounded Capt Phillips. In addition the same shell wounded about fifteen other men of the R.A.M.C. Captain Phillips was then brought to an hospital in Ypres, and seemed well and cheery considering the nature of his wounds but the next day, as the hospital in Ypres was being shelled, he had to be removed with others to a clearing hospital at Popperinghe, about seven miles away, where he was placed under the care of Colonel M'Naught but at this time he was unconscious Page !3 and only survived a very short time. His remains were buried in the local cemetery at Popperinghe, and the spot is marked by a wooden cross. Major Hayes, in writing of his death, states that it was a great loss in the unit on account of his reliability and efficiency. Captain Phillips was a son of the late Rev. J. G. and Mrs. Anne Phillips, of Damascus, in which city he was born. The family later lived in Ahoghill. He received his early education in Trent College, Nottingham, and later in Campbell College, where he played in the famous School Cup team of 1897-98. He graduated from Queen's College, Belfast in 1905, and shortly after received his commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps, taking first place in the examination. Captain Phillips was home on leave from India, and on the outbreak of war was posted to Victoria Barracks, Belfast.Poperinge Communal Cemetery. PICKEN, Samuel Ernest RAMC. Captain. MiD. QUB, MB. Lieutenant RAMC, Nov 1914. Captain, Nov 1915. MiD 29/05/1917. Born 1890. Son of Anna Craig Picken, Antrim Rd., Duncairn, Belfast PIRRIE, Robert Reid 26th Btn, Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish). Captain. Also served with RAMC. QUB, TCD and Durham Univ. Born 1894 Belfast. Husband to Grace. Died 23/03/1936 POSTON, HENRY RN. Surgeon Sub Lieutenant. RBAI. Served as Surgeon Probationer. Served in HMS Linnet, a destroyer in North Sea 1915. Studied medicine at Dublin and Belfast. Graduated QUB, MB 1919. Moved subsequently to Manchester, taking up orthopaedic surgery, becoming a staff member at Ancoats Hospital. He was a consulting surgeon at Altrincham General Hospital, Oldham Infirmary and Wood's Hospital, Glossop. He had previously been a consulting orthopaedic surgeon at Grangethorpe Hospital, Manchester. He was a member of Manchester Medical Society. POWELL, Samuel Arthur IDF. Lt Colonel. OBE. QCC, QCB and TCD. MB RUI 1887. BCh MAO MD 1924. Served 1914 - 18 in command of Byculla Officers’ Hospital. Post-war Consulting physician for Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Pensions. Born 1864, Bandon, Page !4 Co Cork. Son of Rev John Powell (Methodist), Kinnaird Terr., Belfast. Died 28/08/1926, Sutton PURDON, William Brooke RAMC. Major-General. CB, OBE, DSO, MC. MiD. President of the QUB Services Club in 1948. Born in Belfast 28/11/1881. Educated at RBAI, MCB and Queen’s College graduating in medicine in 1906. In 1913 he completed a Doctorate of Public Health, and it was through his specialisation in hygiene that he made his name after the war. He had two distinctive careers. The first as a distinguished officer in the RAMC and the second as a representative of the Government of Northern Ireland in London. In 1907 he joined the RAMC. Lieutenant RAMC Jan 1907, Colonel Aug 1916, Major General March 1938. Served in India 1908 - 13, BEF France and Belgium 1914 - 19. He was awarded a Military Cross 18/02/1915. and a DSO 01/01/1917. He was also mentioned in despatches three times. From 1930 to 1934 he was Assistant Director of the Hygiene at the War Office and from 1934 to 1935 he was Deputy Director Medical Services British Troops in Egypt. He became the Professor of Hygiene at the Royal Army Medical College, and later the Commandant and Director of Studies. During the Second World War he was also the Medical Superintendent of Queen Mary’s Hospital at Roehampton. He was Honorary Surgeon to the King from 1938 to 1941, and from 1940-41 the Deputy Director of Medical Services, Western Command. After retiring from the Army in 1946 he accepted the post of Northern Ireland Government Agent in London. Purdon first played rugby union as a schoolboy, before playing for the Queen’s College team. It was while representing Queen's that he was selected for the Ireland national team, playing all three games in the 1906 Home Nations Championship. His first match, played away to England, saw him score a try in a 16-6 victory. Although part of the losing Ireland team against Scotland in February, his final game home to Wales saw a win which gave Ireland the Championship title. The Wales game, which Ireland won 11-6, saw the Irish team finish with just 13 men on the pitch, after Ernie Cadell broke his leg and Purdon was forced to withdraw with torn knee ligaments. As well as Queen's, Purdon also played for North of Ireland and Collegians and was selected for the Army rugby team. He was the President of London Irish from 1949 until his death in 1950. Born 1864, Bandon, Co Cork. Page !5 PURSE, George Raphael Buick RAMC. Lieutenant. MC. Coleraine AI. QUB MB 1914, BCh BAO MCh 1920, FRCS Edin 1923. House Surgeon RVH. RAMC 1915 - 19, attached 8th RIR, RIF, 110 F Amb and 48 CCS. President of the Ulster Medical Society. Born 1891, Ballyclare. Son of James Purse. Died 29/06/1950 S SCOTT, George RAMC. Lt Colonel. CMG. MC. QCB 1889. MB 1896. MC 01/01/1917. CMG 04/06/1917.