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OBITUARY OF THE WAR.

WALTER ROWLAND SOUTHALL ROBERTS, M.B.,CH.B. BiRM., D.P.H. OXON.,

CAPTAIN, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain W. R. S. Roberts, who was killed whilst servingwith the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force towards the

end of September, atLuc age of 00, Wl4a

the son of the lateMr. James Roberts,of Newport, Salop.Educated at Buxton

College, he studiedmedicine at Birming-ham University,taking the Inglebyand Queen’s scholar-ships, and qualifyingM.B., Ch.B. in 1906,after which he heldseveral resident

appointments. Hethen took up publichealth work andbecame medicalofficer of the Ongarrural district and atuberculosis officer forthe county of Essex.uuo

Attached to the 3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance (T.F.),he volunteered for foreign service and was sent to the NearEast, where he met his death. He married in 1907 the onlydaughter of Mr. S. H. Cobb, of Newport, and leaves a widowand two children.

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’GEORGE LEONARD GRANT, B.A. CANTAB., M.R.C.S.,...

L.R.C.P. LOND.,CAPTAIN, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain G. L. Grant, only son of Dr. and Mrs. LeonardGrant, of New Southgate, who was killed in France onOct. llth at the age of 25, was educated at Epsom Collegeand Queens’ College, Cambridge, being a keen member ofthe O.T.C. at both. At Epsom he gained the Brand prize

and the Stone scholar-

snip, the former

testifying to theesteem in which hewas held in respectof his character andconduct. On leavingCambridge he enteredthe London Hospital,where he studied forhis medical and

surgical qualifications.He went to France inthe ranks of theLondon Scottish, buton arrival was trans-ferred to hospitalwork and given a

commission in theR.A.M.C. For somemonths he was surgeonon an ambulance train,but latterly acted as

medical officer in charge of the London Scottish. In iaccordance with the traditions of the brigade to whichthe London Scottish belong, though against the regu-lations issued for the guidance of medical officers,he devoted himself, without regard to his own safety,to the relief of the wounded on the field during thefierce action on Sept. 25th. He came providentially throughthe burden and heat of that terrible day with honourablemention and without damage, only to succumb on Oct. llthwhen he was in the act of conducting his morning sickparade. He was hit by a shell on the back of the head anddied a quarter of an hour later without recovering conscious-ness. A telegram of Royal sympathy was received by hisparents, and his commanding officer writes of him as

follows : ’’ He was a man whom we all admired and loved.

always hard-working and efficient and particularly cool andcourageous in action." A fellow officer adds : " His dressingstation was always right up where it was most wanted,and he went about his work absolutely fearlessly, and manya poor chap has got him to thank for a speedy recovery frombad wounds."

Captain Grant was a soldier at heart. While stillin the Cambridge University Officers Training Corps hetook both the A and the B certificates. On entering theLondon Hospital he joined the ranks of the London Scottish,and it was just as his regiment was leaving for Francethat he passed the final examination for his medical andsurgical qualifications. His heart’s desire was to be medicalofficer to his old regiment, and fate willed that it was to beso. The remainder of his too short life was spent in itsservice, and death came to him while he was performing hisduties.

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EDGAR FAULKS, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. LOND.,.

LIEUTENANT, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant E. Faulks, who was killed in France on

Sept. 26th at the age of 38, received his medical educationat Guy’s Hospital, where he held four resident appointmentsand was elected president of the resident staff. His chiefspeaks of his excellent work and influence for good over

others as well as ofhis tactful adminis-trative powers." Afterfurther hospital experi-ence he was appointedto the epileptic colonyat Ewell, and 11 yearsago joined the staffof the London County

(Asylum, Bexley, wherehe became seniorassistant medicalofficer. The super-intendent writes :"The psychiatricbranch of medicinehas suffered a lossof one of its youngand promising mem-bers. Dr. Faulkswas a keen observerand an excellentclinician, and gavepromise of becoming a very able administrator. His happy,optimistic, and kindly nature endeared him alike to his

patients and to the staff." When war broke out he offeredhis services and received a temporary commission as lieu-tenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in June last. Hehad been in France only about three weeks when he wasshot through the chest while attending a wounded gunner,and death was immediate. His adjutant writes of havinglost a dear friend and a good comrade, and a message ofRoyal sympathy was received by his father. A memorialservice was held at Swan-street Chapel, Loughborough.

ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE.-On Friday next,Nov. 12th, at 10 A.M., in the Town Hall, Ripon, a sessionalmeeting of the Royal Sanitary Institute will be held jointlywith the Yorkshire branch of the Society of Medical Officersof Health. The chair will be taken by Lieutenant-ColonelH. R. Kenwood, R.A.M.C., and a discussion on a RecentOutbreak of Food Poisoning at Leeds will be opened byDr. William Angus. This will be followed by a discussion,which will be opened by Mr. Arthur Smith, on the Oon-struction and Working ef the New Camp Sewage Works. Avisit will be made to the works at Fisher Green at 12.45 P.M.- Another sessional meeting will be held on Tuesday,Nov. 23rd, at the Royal Sanitary Institute, BuckinghamPalace-road, at 4.15 P.M., when Dr. Louis Parkes will opena discussion on the National and Social Aspect of theLower Birth-rate. Sir Henry Tanner, C.B., I.S.O., will

preside, and general discussion is invited. For both

meetings application for tickets should be addressed to thesecretary of the Institute ; for the first meeting applicationmay also be made to the local secretary, Dr. W. D.Jefferson.