Herbert Gallagher
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Herbert William Gallagher FRCS (1917–2007) was a Northern Irish medical professional, politician and World War II Royal Army Medical Corps officer.
He attended Methodist College, Belfast[1] and Queen's University Belfast, where he studied medicine, matriculating in 1939. At the onset of World War II he volunteered for the British Army's Medical Corps.[2]
In 1940, he was travelling from Northern Ireland to England when the ship struck a mine outside Liverpool. Using his medical skills he tended to the casualties. His war service took him to Egypt and India. He married a nursing sister from the same unit. After being demobbed he trained as a surgeon at Belfast City Hospital. After the National Health Service was created, he became a Consultant at Banbridge and Newtownards Hospitals.[3]
Affiliations[edit]
- Founder, Ulster Surgical Club
- President, Ulster Medical Society
- Fellow, Royal Academy of Medicine (Ireland)
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland)
Retirement/death[edit]
He retired in 1977, aged 60. He became an Alliance Party councillor and a founding member of Comber Probus Club, which he attended till shortly before his death from throat cancer. He was a widower at the time of his death in 2007.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Logan, Hume. "Herbert William Gallagher (1917–2007)". Queen's University of Belfast. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ BBC archive of World War II experiences, mentioning Gallagher by name
- ^ Biodata for Herbert Gallagher
- ^ Biodata, ibid.
- 1917 births
- 2007 deaths
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- People educated at Methodist College Belfast
- Deaths from cancer in Northern Ireland
- Deaths from esophageal cancer in the United Kingdom
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Surgeons from Northern Ireland
- Medical doctors from Belfast
- Medical doctors from County Down
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- 20th-century politicians from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century surgeons
- Military personnel from Belfast
- Military doctors from Northern Ireland