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词条 Godfrey Milton-Thompson
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Military service

  3. Later life

  4. Personal life

  5. References

  6. External links

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|04|25|df=yes}}
|birth_place= Cheshire
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|09|23|1930|4|25|df=yes}}
|death_place= Cornwall
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|allegiance={{UK}}
|serviceyears= 1955–95
|rank= Vice Admiral
|branch= {{Navy|United Kingdom}}
|commands= SG (1985-90)
|unit=Royal Navy Medical Service
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|awards= KBE (1988)
KStJ (1989)
|laterwork= St John Hospitaller
|religion= Christian (Church of England)
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Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Godfrey James Milton-Thompson, KBE (25 April 1930 – 23 September 2012) was a senior Royal Navy officer. From 1988 to 1990, he was Surgeon-General, senior medical officer of the British Armed Forces.

Early life

Milton-Thompson was the younger son of the Revd James Milton-Thompson, a Church of England priest on the Wirral, Cheshire. He was educated at Eastbourne College before going to read Medicine at Queens' College, Cambridge (MA)[1] and further medical study at St Thomas' Hospital (MB, BChir). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1974.

Military service

Milton-Thompson joined the Royal Navy in 1955, in which he saw 35 years active service. He was Surgeon General in the Ministry of Defence from 1988 to 1990.[2] He was a Queen's Honorary Physician (QHP) from 1982 until 1990. From 1990 until 1995 he became Honorary Colonel of 211 (Wessex) Field Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers).

Later life

Milton-Thompson served as Hospitaller of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem and Chairman of the St John Fellowship.

Personal life

Milton-Thompson married Noreen Fitzmaurice, the daughter of Sir Desmond Fitzmaurice CIE,[3] in 1952. They had three daughters.

References

1. ^www.queens.cam.ac.uk {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20121222232157/http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/alumni/donors-to-queens/donors-to-queens-college-1997-2011 |date=2012-12-22 }}
2. ^{{cite news|last=Keleny|first=Anne|title=Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Godfrey Milton-Thompson: Influential naval physician|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/surgeon-viceadmiral-sir-godfrey-miltonthompson-influential-naval-physician-8218918.html|accessdate=23 October 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=20 October 2012}}
3. ^Sir Godfrey Milton-Thompson at www.thePeerage.com

External links

  • Entry on the Burke's Peerage website
  • [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9639317/Surgeon-Vice-Admiral-Sir-Godfrey-Milton-Thompson.html www.telegraph.co.uk]
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