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
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General education |
St Albans School, Hertfordshire; St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MBBS, London, 1967 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1974 |
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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