Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006288 - Beasley, Jack Hesketh (1899 - 1978)
Title:
Beasley, Jack Hesketh (1899 - 1978)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006288
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-11-06
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Beasley, Jack Hesketh (1899 - 1978), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Beasley, Jack Hesketh
Date of Birth:
31 March 1899
Place of Birth:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death:
March 1978
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1933
BA Toronto 1921
MB 1925
MCPS Ontario 1925
Details:
Jack Hesketh Beasley was born in Toronto, Canada on 31 March 1899. He qualified in Canada and came to England, obtaining the FRCS while at the London Hospital. He practised in Blackpool as a surgeon until 1939 when he joined the RAMC and went to France as a surgical specialist with No 4 General Hospital. After the fall of France he was sent to Egypt and retired at the end of the war with the rank of Major.
Following demobilisation he entered general practice, at first in Tring and later in Thundersley, Essex. He was an avid reader and historian and also spoke several languages. His grandfather was Colonel Hesketh who was reputed to have fired the last shot in the Crimean War and whose uniform is in the museum in Toronto, Canada. He died in March 1978, aged 79.
Sources:
Information from Mrs D Hesketh Beasley
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/E006000-E006999/E006200-E006299
Media Type:
Unknown
