Thomas Henry Sanderson-Wells (12 March 1871 – 1958) was a British surgeon. Born Thomas Henry Wells in 1871, Sanderson-Wells was educated at Bloxham School, before receiving his clinical training at Middlesex Hospital. He qualified as a

member of the Royal College of Surgeons Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (MRCS) is a postgraduate diploma for surgeons in the UK and Ireland. Obtaining this qualification allows a doctor to become a member of one of the four surgical colleges ...

and a

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in 1895. He served as a civil surgeon with the South African Field Force in 1901 during the

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, before settling in Weymouth. There he was appointed surgeon to the Princess Christian Hospital for Women and Children. Sanderson-Wells proceeded to study for his

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degree in London. During the

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, Sanderson-Wells served as an officer in the

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, also working in Gaza with the

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. He was elected into the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1918. He was awarded an

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in 1920 in recognition for his services in connection with work at military hospitals in the

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during the war. Sanderon-Wells subsequently continued to work at Weymouth District Hospital until an old injury (his leg was badly burnt during experimental x-ray research early in his career) forced him to retire in 1925 from practising surgery. He was made an honorary consulting surgeon at the hospital and went on to become its vice-president. Two prizes to his memory have been established at the

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, both of which recognise Sanderson-Wells' work in nutrition. He married Agnes Laurie in 1906 and she died in 1950. He died without children in

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in 1958. He is buried at the churchyard at

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.Somerset & Dorset Memorial Inscriptions by the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society, reference #8656

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanderson-Wells, Thomas 1871 births 1958 deaths Royal Army Medical Corps officers British Army personnel of World War I Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Bloxham School British surgeons Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Place of birth missing British Army personnel of the Second Boer War