Lawrie Hugh McGavin CBE FRCS (1868 – 31 October 1932) was a British

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. McGavin was the son of John McGavin of Calcutta. He was educated at Fettes College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the

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, he was promoted lieutenant in July 1890, but resigned his commission in October 1892 and the following year began medical training at Guy's Hospital. His first post was as assistant surgeon at the London North-Western Hospital, and he later obtained posts as a surgeon at the King George Hospital and the Endsleigh Hospital for Officers, before being appointed consulting surgeon to the

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in Greenwich and the

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. During the First World War he worked at the

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and the

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, for which he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in January 1920. He was also a member of the

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. In the 1920s he perfected the process of silver filagree gauze for the treatment of hernia and performed the operation on both Gandhi and the King of Siam. In 1892 he married the Australian Edith Mary Beauchamp.

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*Biography, '' Who Was Who'' 1868 births 1932 deaths People educated at Fettes College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) officers Alumni of King's College London British surgeons Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-med-bio-stub