Born in London on 1 February 1872, son of Edmund William Dorrell, Edmund Arthur Dorrell was educated at University College, Bristol and St Bartholomew's Hospital; he qualified MRCS LRCP in 1894, DPH in 1896 and FRCS in 1909. Dorrell served in the South African War as a Captain in the Imperial Yeomanry and was awarded the Queen's and King's medals. During the 1914-18 war he served as a Major in the Royal Field Artillery in France and Salonica and was twice mentioned in dispatches. He was awarded the Serbian Order Kara George 4th class with Swords. On returning to civilian life Dorrell held various posts including those of assistant ophthalmic surgeon to the Prince of Wales General Hospital, ophthalmic surgeon to the Eastern Dispensary and Ophthalmic surgeon to the Royal Merchant Navy School. Finally he was appointed consulting surgeon to the Royal Eye Hospital and consulting ophthalmic surgeon to the Royal Berkshire Hospital. He was a member of the Ophthalmological Society and Reading Pathological Society. Dorrell contributed a number of papers to the *Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society*, the *Ophthalmoscope* and the *British Medical Journal*. He married Marion Hester Archer, daughter of John Archer. After retirement Dorrell lived at 76 Bryanston Court, Wl, and he died on 23 June 1959 at the age of 87.