Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001863 - Todd, John Valentine (1912 - 2004)
Title:
Todd, John Valentine (1912 - 2004)
Author:
Tina Craig
Identifier:
RCS: E001863
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-01-13
2013-08-13
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Todd, John Valentine (1912 - 2004), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Todd, John Valentine
Date of Birth:
1912
Date of Death:
30 September 2004
Place of Death:
Petersfield
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
TD
DL
MRCS and FRCS 1947
MCh Orth Liverpool 1938
MB BS Durham 1935
LRCP 1947
Details:
John Valentine Todd was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Newcastle Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. He was born in either 1912 or 1913 and studied medicine at Durham University, qualifying MB BS in 1935 and proceeded to Liverpool to specialise in orthopaedics. He was consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Tynemouth Infirmary before his appointments in Newcastle and also consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Ministry of Pensions.
He served as a volunteer in the RAMC and, in 1967, was made Honorary Colonel of 201st (Northern) Field Hospital, RAMC (Volunteers). He was a Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association and a member of the BMA. He died on 30 September 2004, aged 91, in Petersfield Hospital after a short illness, survived by his son, David and daughter, Jane and grandchildren Charlie, Lucia and Georgia.
Sources:
*Land forces of Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth* at www.regiments.org/regimentsuk/vols-tavr/corps/rams201.htm - accessed on 14 July 2005
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/E001000-E001999/E001800-E001899
Media Type:
Unknown
