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Ashurst
On 29 May, Jack Ashurst, MRPharmS, of 29 Crab Tree Lane, Atherton, Manchester
M46 0AG. Mr Ashurst registered in 1949.
Burman On 22 June, Robert
Joseph Burman, MRPharmS, of “Willow Cottage”, 28 Repton Road, Willington,
Derby. Mr Burman registered in 1962.
Cobham On 6 June, Desmond
Elrick Cobham, MRPharmS, of 37 Blandford Close, Nailsea, Bristol BS19
2QQ. Mr Cobham registered in 1942.
Cowen On 1 March, Dennis
Mark Cowen, MRPharmS, of 7 Oakdene Way, Leeds LS17 8XR. Mr Cowen registered
in 1954.
Crossley On 11 May,
Alan Crossley, MRPharmS, of 56 West End, Church Street, Gildersome, Leeds.
Mr Crossley registered in 1989.
Hacking On 3 May, Michael
Denis Hacking, MRPharmS, of Epworth, St George Road, Abergele, Clwyd LL22
7HB. Mr Hacking registered in 1972.
Williams On 24 April,
Frederick Herbert Williams, MRPharmS, of 15 Preston Road, Standish, Wigan,
Lancashire WN6 0HR. Mr Williams registered in 1938.
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Tribute
Storrar
In a tribute to the late James Watt Storrar (PJ, 16 June, p811),
VICTOR HAMMOND writes: Jim Storrar enlisted in the Royal Army Medical
Corps in 1940 and soon joined a number of fellow pharmacists serving with
3 Company RAMC in Liverpool, then supplying medical trooping staff to
the many ships sailing from the United Kingdom. Altogether he sailed on
11 different ships on 19 voyages, some of which took him right round the
world. Many voyages involved a long and perilous journey to India via
Cape Town or Durban, subject to unexpected attacks from U-boats or from
the air. Later, in 1943, such voyages were shorter through the Mediterranean
but with greater danger from the air.
A letter he wrote to me in December 1994 shows that he used his expertise to good effect. His great interest was in taking smears and preparing microscope slides. Malaria, venereal disease and tuberculosis were run of the mill. He became proficient in this and found it rewarding work that passed many an evening when there was little else to do. He added that occasionally the ship’s adjutant asked the “medics” to help out on some duty or other, but on the whole they were left to their own devices.
On Jim’s last voyage on “trooping duty”, early in 1946, he sailed on HMT Strathnaver from Southampton to Bombay via Port Said, returning by the same route.
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