STUDENT OF MEDICINE Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery   MAY Benjamin (1870 – 1892) Benjamin May, a medical student at the Newcastle Infirmary, was only 22 years of age when he drowned in the River Tyne at Elswick on the 12th of November, 1892, bless him. Benjamin is recorded in the […]

PHYSICIAN, PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, EXPERT ON INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery Thomas Oliver was born at St. Quivox in Ayrshire, the second son of James Oliver. The young Thomas went to Ayr Academy for his schooling and Glasgow University for his medical training. Having graduated as […]

PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, NEWCASTLE INFIRMARY Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery. Frederick Page was born in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, the only son of Dr. Frederick Page, who was the surgeon to the Portsmouth, Portsea and Gosport Hospital, and Ann Matilda Bloss. Frederick had three sisters, Ellen, Elizabeth and Ada. Professor Page’s obituary in […]

HONORARY SURGEON, RVI Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery. Alfred Parkin was born in Wrekenton. Educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, he studied medicine at the Durham University College of Medicine, qualifying in 1901 with first class honours. After studying in Berlin and Vienna, he obtained the M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1902, […]

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery