Richard Battle

Lt. Col. Richard John Vulliamy BattleMBE,FRCS,LRCP,MChCantab,MACantab,BACantab, 1970Gillies Gold Medal.(21 January 1907 – 26 May 1982) was an Englishplastic surgeon.

Early life

The son ofWilliam Henry Battleand Anna Marguerite (née Vulliamy). Battle was educated atGresham's School,Norfolk,andTrinity College, Cambridge.His father's family (Battle) were farmers in Potterhanworth and owners of a pharmaceutical chemist business in Lincolnshire.

Career

Following service as a militaryplastic surgeonduring theSecond World Warfor which he was awarded the MBE, Battle was appointed as Consultant Plastic Surgeon to St Thomas Hospital, London, the Westminster Hospital, London, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital(Hackney), London, which he served until his retirement from the NHS in 1972. He also had a small private practice in London. He was Honorary Consultant in Plastic Surgery to theBritish Armyfrom 1955 to 1971 and President of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons for 1952 and again for 1967.

Military service

Before 1939, he was a member of theTerritorial Armyand served the War of 1939–1945 in theRAMC.France, 1939–40, Italy, 1943–46. Commanded No. 1 Maxillo Facial Unit and 98 General Hospital. Promoted Major, 1940, and Lieutenant-Colonel, 1945.

Publications

• Plastic Surgery(1964)
• Many contributions on plastic surgery to scientific periodicals

Professional qualifications

• 1928: Bachelor of Arts (Cantab.)
• 1931:MRCSandLRCP
• 1935:MCh(Cantab.)
• 1933:FRCS
• 1935:MA(Cantab.)

Honours

• 1945:Member of the Order of the British Empire
• 1970:Gillies Gold Medal

Family

Battle's father was the surgeon William Henry Battle. His father's family (Battle) were farmers in Potterhanworth and owners of a pharmaceutical chemist business in Lincolnshire. In 1941, Battle married Jessie Margaret King, and they had three sons.

See also

• William Henry Battle

References

• Battle, Richard John VulliamyinWho Was Who 1897–2006,fromBattle, Richard John Vulliamy(accessed 22 August 2007)