Daniel Oliver Davies (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
The British Medical Association (BMA) is a registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association's headquar ...
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.
The annual 'Dan Davies Competition' at the
Whitstable Lifeboat Station is held in his memory.
See also
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List of London medical students who assisted at Belsen
This is a list of London medical students who assisted at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after its liberation at the end of the Second World War. There were 96 in total. Most of the students were in their penultimate year of medical education a ...
References
20th-century British medical doctors
London medical students who assisted at Belsen
1945 in medicine
1977 deaths
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