Hiley, Richard Farrar
Temporary Lieutenant Richard Farrar Hiley, I.M.S., died at Saidapur, Coorg, on March 20th 1917. He was educated at Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1884, and at St. Thomas's Hospital, and took the diplomas of L.S.A. in 1888, M.R.C.S. in 1900, and L.M.S.S.A. in 1909. After serving as medical officer of Desaguedel Valle de Mexico, and of the Pyrites Company, Newfoundland, he became medical officer of the Planters' Medical Fund in South Coorg, Southern India. He left this post to take a temporary commission as lieutenant in the I.M.S. on January 27th, 1916, and after completing a year's service, during which he served in Mesopotamia, he resigned in bad health on January 27th, 1917, and returned to Coorg, where he died less than two months later. British Medical Journal 6 Oct. 1917
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Hiley |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Richard Farrar |
| Date of birth | 1861 |
| Place of birth | Thorp Arch, York |
| Family details | Son of Richard (Schoolmaster) and Isabella Hiley of Thorp Arch, York |
| Previous education | Cambridge |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1884-1900 |
| Qualifications | B.A. Cantab. 1884; L.S.A. 1888; M.R.C.S.1900; L.M.S.S.A.1909 |
| Military unit | Indian Medical Service |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 1 March 1917 |
| Rank at death | Lieutenant |
| Cause of death | Died on service |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |