Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Scartho (Or Scarthoe) (St. Giles) Churchyard | ||
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 21A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | Medicinae Baccalaureus Medicinae Doctorem et Chirurgiae Magistrum | ||
Family :
Born at Woolston, Southampton. Son of Edward and Caroline Westlake; husband of Sybil M. W. Westlake, of 306, Hainton Avenue, Grimsby.Education & Career :
lgernon was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and at the Edinburgh and Manchester Universities, graduating M.B., C.M. in 1884.
For some years after he held several local appointments - as house-surgeon of Hertford General Infirmary; as resident medical officer of the District Hospital, Great Grimsby; and as medical superintendent of the Grimsby Corporation Small-pox Hospital, - he then settled in a large general practice at Great Grimsby. For 20 years he served the Grimsby and District Hospital as surgeon and just before his resignation was made a consulting officer.
He had also been surgeon to the Grimsby borough police and honorary physician to the Grimsby District Nursing Home, as well as the Grimsby Church Schools. He had also been Vice-President of the East Yorkshire and North Lincoln Branch of the British Medical Association.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
On 25th May he was taken suddenly ill with severe pain over the heart, and he died of angina pectoris at his residence soon after arriving home. Algernon�s colleagues spoke of him as a careful and painstaking operator, a man of sound judgment, and ever willing to give all the assistance in is power, and as a practitioner held the best traditions of the profession. He was the third son of Edward and Caroline Westlake of Woolston, Southampton; and the husband of Sybil M W Westlake of 306 Hainton Avenue, Grimsby.
Detail :
British Medical Journal 8th June 1918. Major Algernon Westlake, R.A.M.C.(T.F.), died at Grimsby on May 25th, aged 59. He was educated at the universities of Edinburgh, where he graduated M.B. and C.M. in 1884, and Manchester, after which he filled the posts successively of house-surgeon of Hertford General Infirmary, resident medical officer of the District Hospital, Great Grimsby, and medical superintendent of the Grimsby Corporation Small-pox Hospital. He then went into practice at Grimsby, also holding the appointments of honorary surgeon to the Grimsbv and District Hospital and to the Grimsby Church Sclhools, lhonorary physician to the Grimsby Nursing Institute, medical officer to the borough. police and to the Grimsby Workhouse, and public vaccinator to No. 2 District of Grimsby Union. He had been Vice-President of the East Yorks and North Lincoln Branch of the British Medical Association. He held a commission, dated October 14th, 1908, as Major R.A.M.C.(T.F.) in the 4th Northern (Lincoln) General Hospital."
Also noted in the Edinburgh Medical Journal Dated July 1918. "Died on service on 25th May, Major Algernon Westlake, R.A.M.C. (T.F.). Major Westlake graduated M.B., C.M. at Edinburgh University in 1884."
Probate WESTLAKE Algernon of Brockenhurst Hainton-avenue Grimsby Lincolnshire died 25 May 1918 Probate London 5 September to Sybil Mary Williams Westlake widow and Harold Thomas Kearsey solicitor. Effects £6238 6s. 3d.
See also: RAMC in the Great War
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Saint Albans No. 1294 E.C. | Lincolnshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
16th January 1889 | 20th February 1889 | 20th March 1889 |
He was a Past Master and held Provincial Rank - Past Provincial Grand Warden (Lincs).
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley