During the First World War, he served as an officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Gallipoli campaign, the Near East and France.[1]
Following the war, he worked at St. Mary's Hospital, where he was appointed consultant surgeon in 1921. He was honorary gynaecologist at Manchester Northern Hospital, and after the creation of the National Health Service, became consultant gynaecologist for United Manchester Hospitals. He lectured in obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Manchester, wrote a history of St. Mary's Hospital,[5] and was a member of Manchester Medical Society.[2] He served as president of the North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society.[3]
He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
In his personal life, he was interested in history, in particular the study of ancient buildings.[4] He was married and had two children.[4]
His papers are held in the archives of the Manchester University Library. [3]
