Levick, Percy
Captain Percy Levick, R.A.M.C., was accidentally killed in France recently, owing to his horse slipping and falling, and throwing him beneath a motor lorry. He was educated at King's College Hospital and at Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1895, and M.B. and B.C. in 1896. After filling the posts of house surgeon and of clinical aural assistant at King's College Hospital, he went into practice at Guildford, where he was honorary medical officer of the Royal Surrey County Hospital. He had served as medical examiner of recruits at Guildford prior to taking a temporary commission in the R.A.M.C. British Medical Journal March 30th 1918
Biographical
Surname(s) | Levick |
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First name(s) | Percy |
Date of birth | 1873 |
Place of birth | West Ham District |
Previous education | Jesus College, Cambridge |
College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
Dept / course | Medicine |
Qualifications | B.A. 1895; M.B. and B.C. in 1896 |
Military unit | Royal Army Medical Corps, 4th Div. Ammunition Col. |
War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
Date of death | 15 March 1918 |
Rank at death | Captain |
Cause of death | Accident |
Burial place | Anzin-St. Aubin British Cemetery |
Commemoration(s) | King's College Chapel; Vestibule King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill; Jesus College, Cambridge |
Notes | King's College/Hospital: Distribution of Prizes: Mr. Percy Levick took the surgery and pathological anatomy prizes and was awarded a certificate of distinction for hygiene. British Medical Journal 9 Oct. 1897 |
Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves; British Medical Journal |