Major-General Joseph Porter Crowdy FRIPH (19 November 1923 – 28 June 2009) was a British soldier and military doctor, and Commandant of the

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. He was an Honorary Physician to H. M. the Queen, 1981–1984.

Background and education

The son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Crowdy, by his marriage to Kate Porter, Joseph Porter Crowdy was educated at

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(1933–1942), and the

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(1942–1947). He took the degrees of MB and BCh in 1947, a Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene in 1956, and finally in 1957 Diplomas in Public Health and in Industrial Health.Major-General Joe Crowdy
(obituary) in ''

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'' dated 2 July 2009

Career

Crowdy was a house surgeon at the

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from 1947 to 1948, before joining the

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in 1949. He served in North Africa (1952–1955), then in

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(1960–1962), and in 1963 was appointed as Head of Applied Physiology at the Army Personnel Research Establishment, where he remained until in 1973 he became Professor of Army Health at the

. He was next Senior Medical Officer, Land Forces

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(1976–1978), then Director of Army Preventative (Medicine 1978–1981) before his final posting as Commandant of the

(1985–1988).''Who's Who 2003'' (A. & C. Black, London, 2003), pp. 500–01

Publications

*Editor, ''Royal Army Medical Corps Journal'', 1978–1983

Family

In 1948, Crowdy married Beryl Elisabeth Sapsford (died 1997); they had four daughters.

Honours and appointments

*Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, 1974 *Member, Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 1981 *Fellow, Royal Institute of Public Health, 1982 *Honorary Physician to the Queen, 1981–1984 *Companion of the

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, 1984

References

Joseph Porter Crowdy bio at Royal Army Medical Corps website
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