Stratford, Ernest Pipkin
Lieutenant Ernest Stratford, R.A.M.C. , Died at Bourne End on April 20th, aged 38, from septicaemia following wounds received by the bursting of a shell at Neuve Chapelle. He was educated at Marlborough, at Emmanuel and Downing Colleges, Cambridge and at St. Thomas's and St. Mary's Hospitals. He took the diploma of M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. Lond. in 1908, and afterwards acted as resident medical officer to the West Ham Hospital for diseases of the Nervous System. He then settled at Wokingham Berkshire. He had previously served in the South Africa War, in Bethune's Mounted Infantry, in which he attained the rank of Captain, but was invalided home after the relief of Ladysmith. He took a temporary commission as lieutenant in the R.A.M.C. on September 16th 1914 and after serving for 3 months as a surgeon at Netley Hospital and Bournemouth, went to the front in February, attached to No. 8 British Field Ambulance in the Labour Division of the Indian Expeditionary Force. After being wounded on March 17th he was for a short time in hospital at Dieppe, from which he was invalided home. He leaves a widow, but no children. British Medical Journal 29 July 1916
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Stratford |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Ernest Pipkin |
| Previous education | Marlborough; Emmanuel and Downing Colleges, Cambridge |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1897 |
| Dept / course | Conjoint Diploma |
| Qualifications | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1908 |
| Military unit | R.A.M.C. |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 21 April 1915 |
| Age at death | 38 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Place of death | Neuve Chapelle |
| Cause of death | Died of wounds |
| Burial place | Wokingham (All Saints) Churchyard |
| Commemoration(s) | Downing College, Cambridge Roll of Honour; St. Thomas's Roll of Honour |
| Notes | On April 20th, at Bourne End, of blood poisoning from a wound received while on active service as surgeon near Neuve Chapelle, Lieut. Ernest Stratford, R.A.M.C., L.R.C.P., husband of Lorna Stratford, of Wellington College Station, Berks, and only son of Samuel J. Pipkin, of 94, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, in his 39th year. St Thomas's Hospital Gazette, May 1915 |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |