Rouse, James Edward Colleton
Major James Edward Colleton Rouse lost his life on active service in the Middle East last month. He received his medical education at St. George's Hospital, where he won the Brackenbury Prize in Surgery, and qualified M,R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1925. Two years later he took the M.B., B.S. of the University of London and in 1936 obtained the D.A. of the Royal Colleges. He had held the posts of house-surgeon, house-physician, and resident anaesthetist at St. George's before settling in practice at Worthing, where he was honorary anaesthetist to the local hospital as well as to Hove General Hospital. He was also honorary medical officer to the Royal Surrey County Hospital Convalescent Home at Worthing and an honorary anaesthetist to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine 'and a member of the Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society. He leaves a widow. British Medical Journal 14 June 1941
Major James Edward Colleton Rouse, R.A.M.C. a well-known Worthing doctor, has been killed in action in the Middle East. His last letter home to his wife said that he would shortly be in the thick of it, “ but I shall come through it right,” he added confidently.
He joined the R.A.M.C. at the outbreak of war and was sent out to France with the B.E.F.. He escaped last June through Cherbourg. Early in January this year he was drafted to Egypt.
Before the war he was in practice at Worthing for 14 years. He took the practice over from his father, the late Dr. Algernon Rouse. His grandfather was a famous surgeon at St. George’ s Hospital in London. He attended Brighton and King’ s College before entering the hospital.
Worthing Gazette 28 May 1941
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Rouse |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | James Edward Colleton |
| Date of birth | 18 August 1902 |
| Place of birth | East Preston Registration District |
| Family details | Son of Algernon Edward & Florence Edith Rouse of Worthing. Husband of Nancy Maria Louise Rouse |
| Previous education | Brighton College; St. George’ s Hospital |
| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1920-1923 |
| Dept / course | Faculty of Medicine |
| Qualifications | M.B., B.S. |
| Military unit | R.A.M.C. |
| Date enlisted | Outbreak of war |
| Service number | 87504 |
| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
| Date of death | 18-May-41 |
| Age at death | 38 |
| Rank at death | Major |
| Place of death | Middle East |
| Burial place | Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete |
| Commemoration(s) | King’ s College Chapel |
| Sources | King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal; Worthing Gazette |