Cardiff branch presentation marks member's 70 years on the Register
Deryck Howell (second right) presents his book to the President,
while Welsh Executive chairman Peter Jones holds the decanter presented
to Mr Howell by Terry Turner (left) |
A presentation took place during the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's annual general meeting in Wales to mark the achievement of 70 years on the Register by a member of the Cardiff and the Vale branch, Deryck Howell.
Mr Howell, a past chairman of the branch and a life vice-president of
the Cardiff and District Pharmacists Association, was presented with
an engraved decanter by Terry Turner, also a past branch chairman and
life vice-president of the association.
In return, Mr Howell presented the Society’s President, Hemant
Patel, with a signed copy of his book, ‘Target
Mussolini’,
for the Society’s library. The book describes some of his expoits
during a distinguished army career. Mr Howell was half of a two-man team
from the “Ghost Regiment”, who were ordered to infiltrate
German-held territory disguised as peasants and embark on a marathon
trek to Milan, where Mussolini was known to be in residence, along with
the contents of the Italian Treasury.
Mr Howell qualified as a pharmacist from the Welsh School of Pharmacy
in 1936 and worked in his father’s Cardiff pharmacy before joining
the army. Later, he and his brother Brian, now deceased, opened five
pharmacies in South Wales with additional wholesaling and manufacturing
activity. His two sons now run the family business.
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