Fitzmaurice, Alexander Lindsay
We regret to announce the death of A. L. Fitzmaurice which took place in Somaliland.
Born on April 18th, 1885 he was educated at Belvedere School, Hayward's Heath, and matriculated into London University in June 1903. He entered Guy's in October of the same year and passed the Final Conjoint in 1909. He held various house appointments, being A.H.S. to Mr. Fagge from January to June, 1910, and H.P. to Dr. Shaw from July to December. As a resident he gained much appreciation as an Anæsthetist, and his popularity with his colleagues was such that he became Vice-President of the Residents.
In February, 1911, he went to the Bagthorpe Infirmary, Nottingham where he remained for about eighteenth months. He next held an appointment at the South Eastern Hospital, New Cross, from August, 1912 till early in 1914. He took the M.B., B.S. degree in May 1913. After a course at the London Tropical School of Medicine he joined the Colonial Medical Service, and left England for Berbera, British Somaliland, on April 30th last. The date and circumstances of his death are not yet known; the last letter received was written from Burao, where he had been attending to Indian troops wounded in the recent fighting in the Somaliland Protectorate. He was then in the best of health and spirits. He always used to say that the happiest years of his life were spent at Guy’s. Now he is gone! But the memory of “Fitz” will live for many years in the hearts of those who knew him and were privileged to work with him.
“ ‘Tis not the whole of life to live
Nor all of death to die.”
W. E. T. Guy.s Hospital Gazette and Guy's Hospital Reports Vol LXX, War Memorial Number
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Fitzmaurice |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Alexander Lindsay |
| Date of birth | 18 April 1885 |
| Family details | Son of Dr and Mrs R. Fitzmaurice of Littlehampton |
| Previous education | Belvedere School (Mr. Gregory), Haywards Heath |
| College | Guy's Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1903-1911 |
| Dept / course | M.B. Lond. |
| Qualifications | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1909; M.B., B.S., May 1913 |
| Military unit | Colonial Medical Service |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Campaigns | British Somaliland |
| Date of death | 1914 |
| Age at death | 28 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Cause of death | Disease |
| Commemoration(s) | Guy's Hospital Memorial |
| Notes | Not on Commonwealth War Graves Commission or Soldiers died in the Great War |
| Sources | Guy's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives |