Educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, Edinburgh University, and King's College, London, he was a demonstrator in anatomy at Edinburgh University and held resident posts at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, the Royal Free Hospital, London and St Peter's Hospital for Stone, where he was elected to the consultant staff in 1923, and later became surgeon to the genito-urinary department, Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End. He was a senior fellow of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. From 1915 to 1918 he served as a captain in the RAMC attached to the 2nd battalion, the Grenadier Guards. He was decorated with the MC and was thrice mentioned in dispatches. He practised at 41 Harley Street, and lived at 100 Outram Road, Croydon. He died on 14 August 1964. Publication: Ectopic vaginal ureter (jointly). *Brit J Surg* 1943.