Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004166 - Gilroy, Paul Knighton (1885 - 1931)
Title:
Gilroy, Paul Knighton (1885 - 1931)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004166
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-06-27
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Gilroy, Paul Knighton (1885 - 1931), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Gilroy, Paul Knighton
Date of Birth:
7 June 1885
Date of Death:
22 October 1931
Place of Death:
Bombay
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MC 1918
MRCS 13 May 1909
FRCS 9 December 1920
LRCP 1909
BA Cambridge 1906
MS BCh 1910
MD 1914
Details:
Born 7 June 1885, and educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, from which he graduated BA after being placed in the third class of the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1906. He then proceeded to St George's Hospital, and was gazetted lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service on the Bombay list 20 January 1910, became captain on 20 January 1913, major 29 July 1921, and lieutenant-colonel 29 July 1929. During the war of 1914-18 he served in Iraq 1915-18, and was mentioned in despatches on 15 June 1916 and 12 March 1918. For his services he was decorated with the Military Cross. He died on 22 October 1931 at 10 Rocky Hill Flats, Bombay, after a long illness.
Sources:
Crawford's *Roll of the Indian Medical Service*, Bombay list, No 524
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004100-E004199
Media Type:
Unknown
