Dr Charles Bennett Holland
Personal Details
Dr Charles Bennett Holland
06/05/1911 to 29/11/1985
Place of birth: Congleton, Cheshire, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 723885
| General education | School/University |
|---|---|
| Primary medical qualification(s) | MB ChB, Victoria University of Manchester, 1936 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1953 |
| Other qualification(s) | DA (RCP&S), 1950 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation he was surgical house officer at Manchester Royal Infirmary followed by assistant medical officer at Withington Hospital, Manchester. Then he became a ship’s doctor for the Blue Funnel Line, visiting Malaya, Japan and China. He returned to England at the outbreak of WW2 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) as a Surg. Lt. For exceptional bravery on HMS Onslow at the battle of the Barents Sea (31 December 1942) he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC). After serving in three ships he was allocated shore posts, and in 1945 he was posted to the Royal Naval Hospital at Trincomalee in Ceylon, completing his service as Temp. Surg. Lt.-Cdr. On demobilisation he worked as an anaesthetic registrar at Withington Hospital, followed by senior registrar at the Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London. In 1950 he was appointed the first full time Consultant Anaesthetist to the Ipswich and East Suffolk group of hospitals, where he remained until his retirement in 1975.
Professional interests and activities
Holland was a member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland, and of the British Medical Association. He was fully committed to the Department of Anaesthetics in Ipswich, building it up to a comprehensive service, staffed entirely by specialist anaesthetists.
Other biographical information
He married Dulcie Noel Freeman Corbett (known as Noel), who served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service, in 1944 and they had a son and a daughter. He enjoyed his garden and died aged 74 years, survived by his family.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Obituary. British Medical Journal 1986; 292: 634. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] www.ancestry.co.uk