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The early pioneers of maxillofacial and plastic surgery, and mask makers, and their patients
The early pioneers of maxillofacial and plastic surgery, and mask makers, and their patients
This community commemorates those who pioneered the development of maxillofactial surgery in WW1 using their medical and dentistry skills to treat injuries to the jaw, face and throat. It also remembers those who pioneered reconstructive facial surgery, for example skin grafts to help pilots with facial burns. It also includes sculptors and others whose masks helped those with facial injuries. Also remembered are their patients
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Born 1894
British Army 2825 Serjeant London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps
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Born 1881
Died 1926
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Captain Major Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Matthew William Baillie Oliver -
Born 1879
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Frederick Lessore -
Born 1897
Royal Navy Z/2324 Able Seaman RNVR Wales - HMS MALAYA
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Born 1897
Died 1958
Canadian Expeditionary Force 730694 Private 111th (South Waterloo) Overseas Battalion
More about Albert Klaassen -
Born 1871
Died 1926
British Army 1711 Private Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Francis Derwent Wood -
Born 1862
Died 1937
British Army Surgeon French Red Cross
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Henry Tonks -
Born 1880
Died 1968
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force 372-4-142 Acting Major Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Ernest Fulton Risdon -
Born 1895
Died 1974
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant (Observer) Royal Flying Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force 302345 Canadian Field Artillery
More about Norman Eric Wallace -
Born 1886
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about John Campbell Calhoun -
Born 1889
British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
More about William Kelsey Fry -
Born 1879
Died 1974
British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Varaztad Hovannes Kazanjian -
Born 1890
Died 1954
Australian Imperial Force 6108
More about Gordon John Wallace -
Born 1882
Died 1960
British Army Surgeon French Red Cross
British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Harold Delf Gillies -
Born 1887
Died 1977
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Carl William Waldron -
Born 1892
Died 1918
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
More about Henry Ralph Lumley -
Born 1883
Died 1951
Canadian Expeditionary Force 237811 Private
More about Frederick William Sloan -
Born 1890
Canadian Expeditionary Force 527951 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Frederick Coates -
Born 1897
Canadian Expeditionary Force 443552 Private 54th Battalion
More about Ewald Otto Gaube -
Born 1897
Died 1970
British Army 9628 Corporal Machine Gun Corps
British Army 10704 Corporal South Wales Borderers
More about William Joseph Handrahan