Hall-Tomkin, Dr Harry
- Hall-Tomkin, Dr Harry, OBE, TD (b.c.1900-d.c.1978)
- Date:
- 1943-1957
- Reference:
- GC/276
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
1 typescript diary and 2 scrap books compiled by Hall-Tomkin relating to his work as a senior medical officer with the Allied Expeditionary Force in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, June 1944-August 1945, including photographs, postcards, Allied notices, captured German documents and newspaper cuttings, and a description of Belsen concentration camp. Also papers relating to his invention, the Exeter Nursing Aid for invalid patients, 1957-1959
Publication/Creation
1943-1957
Physical description
1 box Paper, photographs
Acquisition note
This collection was given to the library at Wellcome Collection in October 1997 by the Royal College of General Practitioners, along with GP/31-34, 36, 38-40, 42, 43, 45-49, GC/61, GC/257. The RCGP had received it in 1979 from Mrs Hall-Tomkin, Dr Hall-Tomkin's widow
Biographical note
Honours and qualifications
1964 OBE
1928 Graduated from University College and University Hospital
1929 MB BS (honours)
Career
1931-retirement general practice in Exeter
1939-1945 Served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the RAMC
Hall-Tomkin invented two devices, designed to make nursing easier. These were: the Exeter Nursing Aid and the Exeter Commode
1977 Died
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 732