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Auction: 22003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 281

Four: Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander G. F. B. Page, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (Surg. G. F. B. Page. M.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. G. F. B. Page. R.N.); Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, small edge nick to the second, good very fine, together with his Haslar Hospital Medal, silver (Surgeon George Foster Braithwaite Page M.B. Admiralty Medal. October. 1913.), in its case of issue, this last with small correction to surname (Lot)

George Foster Braithwaite Page was born on 1 December 1889 and was educated at Magdalen School Oxford before entering the Medical School at Edinburgh, where he graduated as M.B. B.S. with Honours in 1912. He had gained the following prize medals as a student: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Materia Medica 1910-11; Materia Medica 3rd Prize 1910-11; Practical Materia Medica 1909; Practical Chemistry 1907-08; Practical Pathology 1910; Materia Medica & Therapeutics Third Prize 1910-11, all with the University of Edinburgh School of Medicine.

He joined the Royal Navy and took the Haslar Medal in 1913. He joined his first ship Teal, a shallow draught river steamer at Woosung in China in early 1914 serving aboard her until he was appointed to Himalaya, an armed merchant cruiser in April 1915. He served only eight months in Himalaya before joining Vivid late in 1915, he then soon found himself in France with No.5 Wing, Royal Naval Air Service, as their appointed Surgeon based at Dunkirk. After service with No.5 Wing he joined Vivid once more for two weeks before joining Centaur on the 27 December 1917 as an Acting Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander. He retired in this rank in 1922.

Returned to Edinburgh, Page undertook further study obtaining an M.D. with Commendation in 1922, the thesis was 'Lead poisoning with particular reference to renal and vascular symptoms'. The following year he took the Diploma of Public Health whilst working as Deputy Medical Officer of Health in Roxburgh.

In 1930 he went to Exeter as Deputy Medical Officer of Health and three years later became Medical Officer of Health which was based at 5 Southernhay West, Exeter. His keen interest in tuberculosis, then still a common disease is reflected in his papers on its treatment published in The Lancet, being awarded the 1937 Coronation Medal.

Doctor Page took early retirement in 1950 and died in 1966; sold together with his bronze prize Medals as mentioned above, four in cases of issue and eight further prize Medals from Edinburgh University to his father Dr David Page.

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£950

Starting price
£520