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The following information was supplied by the school in 2024: 'Born Kington [in 1889]. Maltsters and seed merchants, The Square, father John, mother Jane. 1911 census, Richard is not in Kington, but is a medical student in lodgings in Lewisham. Trained at Guy's Hospital, graduated 1912. Noted by LHS Dec 1914 as doctor serving at the front. France from 22/8/14, Lieutenant RAMC and KR Rifle Corps. Gazetted 1/6/18 for distinguished service in the field. Commissioned Gordon Highlanders and 1917 awarded MC. Returned to RAMC as captain, 1/6/18. Served in France and Italy (with Italian Expeditionary Force). Not discharged until March 1919. Wounded. Very distinguished career after the war, Macintosh Professor of Experimental Pathology and Cancer Research and Chester Beatty Research Institute, Fulham, London. He died in 1971.'