Dr Christopher Gareth Church

Personal Details

Dr Christopher Gareth Church RD MBBS FFARCS MRCS LRCP DA

01/02/1944 to 05/04/1989

Place of birth: Colwyn Bay

Nationality: British

CRN: 728769

Also known as: Chris

Education and qualifications

General education

St Albans School, Hertfordshire; St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School

Primary medical qualification(s)

MBBS, London, 1967

Initial Fellowship and type

FFARCS by Election

Year of Fellowship

1974

Other qualification(s)

MRCS LRCP, 1967; DA(RCP&S), 1970

Professional life and career

Postgraduate career

Pre-registration house posts in Redhill were followed by a short-service commission in the Royal Navy (he was a cadet as a student). After a period of general duties in the West Indies he started to train as an anaesthetist in UK Naval Hospitals. Rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commonder he served as a specialist in Gibralter before leaving the Navy in 1973. He was then registrar in Southampton and senior registrar in Leeds before being appointed consultant in Bradford in 1977. He was about to become departmental chair when his Lymphoma presented and he died in 1989.

Professional interests and activities

Pre-registration house posts in Redhill, he took a short-service commission in the Royal Navy having been a cadet as an undergraduate. After a period of general duties in the West Indies he started to train as an anaesthetist in UK Naval Hospitals. Rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commonder he served as a specialist in Gibralter before leaving the Navy in 1973. He was then registrar in Southampton and senior registrar in Leeds before being appointed consultant in Bradford in 1977. He was about to become departmental chair when his Lymphoma presented and he died in 1989.

Other biographical information

Married to Vicki, a Bart’s nurse, they had three children (Nicholas, Katherine & Peter) and were at the forefront of hospital and departmental social activities. He was a talented musician and other interests included being an active member of (and medical officer to) the Keighley & Worth Steam Railway and fell walking.

Author and sources

Author: Dr Robert Palmer and Prof Tony Wildsmith

Sources and any other comments: Obituary. Proc Hist Anaes Soc 1990; 7: 53 | Boulton Form