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A Second World War G.M. group of five awarded to House Surgeon Mostapha Kamill, Clayponds Emergency Hospital, later Surgeon Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Mostapha Kamill) minor official correction to naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, minor edge bruising, good very fine and better (5) £1600-1800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick.

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G.M. London Gazette 11 March 1941. ‘Mustapha Kamill, House Surgeon, Clayponds Emergency Hospital’ ‘ A time bomb penetrated the roof of the Diphtheria Block at the Clayponds Hospital, coming to rest among debris on the floor of the bathroom, without exploding. Dr Logan and Dr Kamill, who had experienced the results of previous bombings on the hospital, arranged for the evacuation of the patients. They carried out their duties with coolness and courage, regardless of any danger to themselves, and prevented the possibility of great damage being done to the hospital buildings and to the houses of people adjoining. There is no doubt that by their initiative and devotion to duty, Drs. Logan and Kamill saved many lives’.

Dr Daniel Crawford Logan, M.B., Ch.B., Assistant Medical Officer of Health and Resident Medical Officer at Clayponds Hospital was also awarded the George Medal for this action. Clayponds Emergency Hospital was situated on Occupation Lane, Little Ealing, Middlesex.

Mostapha Kamill, gained the M.R.C.S. England and L.R.C.P. London 1940 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Serving as a House Surgeon at Clayponds Hospital at the time of the ‘London Blitz’, he was awarded the G.M. for removing patients from the vicinity of an unexploded bomb. During 1943-47 he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. Post-war he was Clinical Assistant at the Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital and Divisional Surgeon, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade. For the recipient’s miniature medals, see lot 718.