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Asset Name:
E005508 - Woods, Samuel Henry (1878 - 1962)
Title:
Woods, Samuel Henry (1878 - 1962)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005508
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-23
Description:
Obituary for Woods, Samuel Henry (1878 - 1962), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Woods, Samuel Henry
Date of Birth:
1878
Place of Birth:
Kilkeel, County Down
Date of Death:
22 September 1962
Place of Death:
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
OBE 1918

MRCS and FRCS 14 June 1923

BA TCD 1899

MB BCh BAO 1899

MD 1903

MAO 1931
Details:
Born at Kilkeel, Co Down he received his medical education at Trinity College and the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, the London Hospital, Guy's Hospital and Vienna. Entering the regular Naval Medical Service he reached the rank of Surgeon-Captain and acted as a surgeon at various times at RN Hospitals at Haslar, Malta and Plymouth. He also served afloat in HMS *Hood* and HMS *Endymion*, and in HMS *Skipjack* a fishery protection vessel off the Irish coast. He was created OBE for his services in the first world war. After retirement he served for nearly ten years as a ship's surgeon in the merchant navy, lived for a time in Kent, and then practised at Portstewart, Co Derry, moving in 1944 to Clontarf, Dublin, where he died on 22 September 1962, and was buried at sea off Northern Ireland with naval honours.
Sources:
*The Times* 24 September 1962

*Brit med J* 1962, 2, 1335
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005500-E005599
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