RAMC: Royal Army Medical Corps WW1

RAMC profile of:

Oscar Gladstone MAGINNESS M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

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Rank:	t.Lt

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Attached To:	"C" Bty. 51st Bde. Royal Field Artillery

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Outcome:	Died of wounds

Date Died:	15/12/1915
Age Died:	26

Where Buried and/or Commemorated:	Belgium - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Remy Siding

Awards:	MiD

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Oscar received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, entering as a student in 1908. He obtained the diplomas M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1913. After qualifying he went into practice in H.M. Dockyard at Pembroke Dock. He obtained a commission as Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C. and was attached as medical officer to the Royal Field Artillery. He entered the war in France on 12th May 1915. Oscar was the son of Edmund John, C.B.E., M.V.O. and Jane Maginess of Craneswater Avenue, Southsea, Hants.


Additional Information:	Date Added: Wednesday 15 January, 2014

Oscar's final resting place. [Photograph courtesy of David Sloan]