Daniel Oliver Davies
Daniel Oliver Davies FRCGP (15 October 1920 – 2 March 1977), also known as Dan Davies, was a British general practitioner who co-founded a health centre in Whitstable, established a general practitioner course in Canterbury, was secretary of the East Kent Division of the British Medical Association and served with the Zambia Flying Doctor Service. In 1945, while studying medicine at Guy's Hospital, he assisted at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a voluntary medical student.[2][3]
The annual 'Dan Davies Competition' at the Whitstable Lifeboat Station is held in his memory.[4]
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- ^ "The Relief of Belsen Concentration Camp". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Bergen-Belsen Relief Effort Personnel Names". www.bergenbelsen.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Obituary; D. O. Davies". British Medical Journal. 1 (6070): 1222–1223. 7 May 1977. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 1606865.
- ^ Lifeboat, Whitstable (26 June 2017). "Whitstable lifeboat crews in test of seamanship and first aid skills". Whitstable Lifeboat Station. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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