Stainton, Phillip Geoffrey
Philip Geoffrey Stainton, M.R.C.S, Surg.-Lieutenant, Royal Navy. Surgeon- Lieutenant Stainton who was killed in a motor accident on March 24th while on active service near Cape Town, qualified in 1933. After spending a year as medical resident at Ramsgate General Hospital he went for another year as assistant to Dr. S. S. Randall in a general practice at Boston, Lincs. He next returned to London for more hospital appointments and then joined the Royal Navy, in which he saw three years service before his untimely death. He was 31 years old. Guy’ s Obituaries
Two young naval medical officers were killed in a motor accident near Capetown on March 24th. . … … . Surgeon Lieutenant Philip Geoffrey Stainton, R.N., was the elder son of Mr. Philip Stainton of Blackheath. He took the M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1933, and entered the Royal Navy on January 8, 1936. He was 31 years old. British Medical Journal 20 April 1940.
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Stainton |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Phillip Geoffrey |
| Date of birth | 18 April 1908 |
| Place of birth | Lewisham Registration District |
| Family details | Elder son of Mr. Philip Stainton of Blackheath |
| Previous education | Eltham College |
| College | Guy's Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1925 - 1933 |
| Dept / course | London M.B. |
| Qualifications | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1933 |
| Military unit | Royal Navy |
| Date enlisted | 08-Jan-36 |
| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
| Date of death | 24 March 1940 |
| Age at death | 31 |
| Rank at death | Surgeon Lieutenant |
| Place of death | near Cape Town |
| Cause of death | Motor accident |
| Burial place | Simons Town (Dick Valley) Cemetery, Naval Allotment |
| Commemoration(s) | Guy’ s Memorial: University of London O.T.C. Roll of the Fallen |
| Notes | Philip Geoffrey Stainton Surgeon Lieutenant Royal Navy. Guy’ s Hospital. Killed in motor accident at Cape Town, 1940. |
| Sources | Guy’ s Hospital Medical School Records, King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal; University of London O.T.C. |