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The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7332 p66-67
15 January 2005


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Obituaries & tributes

May Manson Anderson Edward Peter Green Michael David Smith
Samer Battikhi Prados John Brentnall Grundy George Ernest Staples
George Raymond Battye Leslie Elgar John Guy Christine Joy Stevens
Edward Brian Best Martin Lumsden Hilson Ross Storer
Stephen Alvin Carrivick Christopher John McLoughlin Rosemary Lilian Taylor
David Clayman Bhavna Suresh Modi John Nicholas Walker
Dorothy Cottle Rajendraprasad Kantibhai Patel  
Louis Scott Cruickshank Edward Melville Philip TRIBUTES
Evelyn Yolande Earles George Nelson Quayle David Clayman
Ian Buchan Fallow Allen William Smeddles John Brentnall Grundy
Thomas Marshall George Kathleen Smith John Nicholas Walker

Anderson On 30 November 2004, May Manson Anderson, of Flat 11, Overnewton Square, 60 Lumsden Street, Glasgow G3 8RH. Mrs Anderson registered in 1942 and retired from the register in 1999.

Battikhi Prados On 26 November 2004, Samer Battikhi Prados, MRPharmS, of 66 Abberley Close, Redditch, Worcestershire B98 8QZ. Mr Battikhi Prados registered in 2004.

Battye On 10 December 2004, George Raymond Battye, FRPharmS, of 63c Chartfield Avenue, Putney, London SW15 6HN. Mr Battye registered in 1938. He graduated from Bradford College in 1937, after which he worked in Manchester for the Co-op. In 1940 he volunteered for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served for six years. He was drafted to India and Burma where he served for the whole six years. He was awarded an MBE and was mentioned in dispatches twice.

After the war he bought a pharmacy in London, which he owned for 23 years. Following this he joined the prison service and became a pharmacist at Wormwood Scrubs, ultimately becoming head pharmacist at the Home Office. He retired at the age of 65 years. After retiring he helped the Priory Nursing Home in Roehampton to become a hospital and was appointed its head pharmacist.

Best On 22 November 2004, Edward Brian Best, of 5 Elbe Court, Beechboro 6063, Australia. Mr Best registered in 1939 and retired from the register in 1999.

Carrivick On 2 December 2004, Stephen Alvin Carrivick, MRPharmS, of 14 Stock Park Court, St Lawrence Gardens, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 5YF. Mr Carrivick registered in 1938. During the 1939–45 war he spent some years in the Royal Air Force, including time as a gunner on Sunderland aircraft over the Far Eastern oceans. He then practised in community pharmacy for over 50 years.

Clayman On 30 November 2004, David Clayman, MRPharmS, of 121 The Avenue, Alwoodley, Leeds LS17 7PB. Mr Clayman registered in 1963 (see Tribute).

Cottle On 22 October 2004, Dorothy Cottle, of 15 Station Road, Maghull, Liverpool L31 3DA. Mrs Cottle registered in 1940 and retired from the register in 2000.

Cruickshank On 15 November 2004, Louis Scott Cruickshank, FRPharmS, of Myrtlebank, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Inverness IV2 3UU. Mr Cruickshank registered in 1938. After service in the Indian army in the 1939–45 war, Mr Cruickshank joined May & Baker in Bombay in 1945. He served as a director on three of the company’s associates in Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was the first chief executive of May & Baker’s joint venture with the government of Pakistan in the early 1960s, and was personally responsible for negotiations which led to the formation of May & Baker Pakistan Ltd in 1977. Mr Cruickshank was designated a fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society in 1971. He is a former member of the council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Pakistan and a former external examiner and honorary lecturer in pharmaceutics, Punjab university. He was awarded an OBE in the 1979 New Year’s honours list for services to British communities in Pakistan.

Earles On 9 August 2004, Evelyn Yolande Earles, née Britcher, of 43 Oakways, Eltham, London SE9 2PD. Mrs Earles registered in 1951 and retired from the register in 1988.

Fallow On 9 November 2004, Ian Buchan Fallow, MRPharmS, of 10 Pilton Walk, Westerhope, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE5 4PQ. Mr Fallow registered in 1962 and worked throughout the north-east in many pharmacies.

George On 4 December 2004, Thomas Marshall George, MRPharmS, of 55 Partickhill Road, Glasgow G11 5AB. Mr George registered in 1965.

Green On 8 December 2004, Edward Peter Green, MRPharmS, of 11 Russett Road, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7YS. Mr Green registered in 1969.

Grundy On 3 November 2004, John Brentnall Grundy, of Alresford, Hampshire. Mr Grundy registered in 1935 and retired from the register in 1975 (see Tribute).

Guy On 22 November 2004, Leslie Elgar John Guy, of 5 Wheatears Drive, West Wellow, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 6RA. Mr Guy registered in 1935 and retired from the register in 2002.

Lumsden On 14 October 2004, Martin Lumsden, MRPharmS, of 3 Briarwood Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4DQ. Mr Lumsden registered in 1975.

McLoughlin Recently, Christopher John McLoughlin, MRPharmS, of PO Box 2587, 2132 Saxonwold, South Africa. Mr McLoughlin registered in 1968.

Modi Recently, Bhavna Suresh Modi, MRPharmS, of 7 Gillhurst Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 8QS. Mrs Modi registered in 1975.

Patel On 22 November 2004, Rajendraprasad Kantibhai Patel, MRPharmS, of 70 Pretoria Road, Streatham, London SW16 6RN. Mr Patel registered in 1978.

Philip On 25 October 2004, Edward Melville Philip, MRPharmS, of 1 Brunton Way, Bill Quay, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear NE10 0TH. Mr Philip registered in 1967.

Quayle On 28 November 2004, George Nelson Quayle, MRPharmS, of 19 Penrhyn Park, Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos on Sea, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd LL28 4PL. Mr Quayle registered in 1940.

Smeddles On 26 December 2004, Allen William Smeddles, MRPharmS, of 82 Ocean Road, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 3DB. Mr Smeddles registered in 1932.

Smith On 19 June 2004, Kathleen Smith, FRPharmS, of 3 Mellor Court, Longridge, Preston PR3 3SD. Mrs Smith registered in 1952.

Smith On 13 December 2004, Michael David Smith, MRPharmS, of 11 Marina Avenue, Fulwell, Sunderland SR6 9AL. Mr Smith registered in 1960.

Staples On 11 November 2004, George Ernest Staples, MRPharmS, of 20 Harrowby Drive, Newcastle, Staffordshire ST5 3JE. Mr Staples registered in 1939.

Stevens On 18 December 2004, Christine Joy Stevens, MRPharmS, of 11 St Hughs Road, Buckden, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 5UB. Mrs Stevens registered in 1966.

Storer On 24 November 2004, Hilson Ross Storer, MRPharmS, of 26 Newton Avenue, North Shields NE30 3ND. Mr Storer registered in 1938.

Taylor On 21 August 2004, Rosemary Lilian Taylor, MRPharmS, of 21 Bath Road, Wells, Somerset BA5 3HP. Mrs Taylor registered in 1991.

Walker On 11 November 2004, John Nicholas Walker, MRPharmS, of Cairn Ryan, Chapel Brae, Braemar, Ballater, Aberdeenshire AB35 5YT. Mr Walker registered in 1978 (see Tribute).

Tribute

Clayman In a tribute to the late David Clayman, MURRAY WINER writes:

David Clayman, who has died suddenly, was in practice for many years as a proprietor pharmacist in north Leeds. In addition to his pharmaceutical career he was a renowned all-round sportsman and had had trials for Yorkshire rugby and cricket teams. Off the field he was a judo black belt and later became a qualified referee in this sport. This skill was usefully mated with pharmacy when he disarmed a would-be assailant while on late night chemist rota.

In a sedentary and less vigorous sport he was a bridge player of county standards and was as forthcoming in his valued advice in this sphere as he was in his professional environment. He had a lifetime interest in youth activity development and held many executive offices, including chairman, and was an honorary life president of the S. H. Lyons Trust.

The minister delivering the eulogy at his funeral said: “His vision encompassed the bigger picture and the miniature detail.” His many friends would find it difficult to improve on a tribute of such distinction.

I send my sympathy to, and share my grief with, his wife Carole, brother John, children Estelle and Russell and his four grandchildren.


Grundy In a tribute to the late John Brentnall Grundy, ROBIN GOOD writes:

Initially Jack Grundy worked in the hospital service then, following the 1939–45 war, he joined Eli Lilly & Co. After a period in sales he worked in Leeds before transferring to the company’s head office in Basingstoke, where he was employed until retirement.

Jack was a man of high principle and good humour. He was renowned for his interest in music and his fine bass baritone voice was much welcomed by the choirs and congregations of the Methodist churches where he worshipped and served with devotion over many years.


Walker In a tribute to the late John Nicholas Walker, R. I. FELIX writes:

John Nicholas Walker, “Nick” to his family and friends, died unexpectedly at home on 11 November at the age of 50. My sympathies go to his widow Sue and their children Alistair and Catriona.

Nick registered as a pharmacist in 1978 after studying at what is now Liverpool John Moores University. He had a successful career in the hospital service and in technical and managerial posts in the pharmaceutical industry in and around Liverpool.

In their leisure time, Nick and Sue enjoyed the outdoor life. They walked and climbed in Europe, in Africa, in Nepal and in North and South America, as well as in their beloved Scotland.

Since they owned a house near Braemar, and because of their love of Scotland, Nick decided to become a community pharmacist with a prestigious small pharmacy chain near Braemar.

A quiet, serious, industrious and conscientious man whose personality endeared him to his many friends, one can be sure that these characteristics were evident to the community in which he lived. His customers in the pharmacy would have appreciated these features. His death is a great loss to his family, and I extend my sympathies to them.

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