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Dr William Delano Walker personal diaries

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A loose leaf diary detailing WD Walker's daily life including study, medical duties, travel and personal routine. This item covers locations around Catterick and London (United Kingdom) and environs.

Photographs include:

  • 23 museum specimens in pathology post at Brompton Chest Hospital 8 May 1938

  • S/Ldr Brown and family at Hinchley Wood 6 June 1938



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • Dr Brock, Dr Shattock 1 April 1938

  • Park Hospital, Hither Green, Dr Banks, Dr McCartney 2 April 1938

  • Park Hospital, Dr Banks, Dr Layton, Win Alexander's wedding to Len Underdown 3 April 1938

  • Chrissie's knee, Dr Atkins, Davies Colley 4 April 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Ogilvie, Dr Doherty, Dr Atkins, Davies Colley, Mollie, zoo, Dr Patey, Dr King, Dr Muir, Dr Cokkinnis, Dr Levi 5 April 1938

  • Dr Brock, Dr Atkins, Dr Potter 6 April 1938

  • WD Walker, xrays of teeth, Dr Stamm, Davies Colley, Dr Hughes, Down's Bros Instrument Manufacturers warehouse, Hey Groves 7 April 1938

  • Mr Messenger, Dr Worth, Dr Atkins, Dr Ogilvie, Dr Potter, Mollie, 8 April 1938

  • British Medical Journal (BMJ), Julian Taylor, Hey Groves, S/Ldr Brown, Catterick, Dr Glynn, Cecil Joll, Crohn's Disease 9 April 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Glynn, S/Ldr Brown 10 April 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Atkins, Davies Colley, Royal Free Hospital, Dr Joll, S/Ldr Brown, Miss Vaux, Crohn's, Royal Society of Medicine, Col Cowell, air raid precautions 11 April 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Ogilvie, Dr Doherty, Dr Atkins, Davies Colley, Mr Bird, WD Walker xrays of teeth 12 April 1938

  • Dr Brock, Dr Atkins, Down Bros, Mr Drew, S/Ldr Brown, 13 April 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Potter, Mollie, air raid precautions, The Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), Miss Vaux, S/Ldr Brown 14 April 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Mollie, piano, Oxted, Osmond Alexander, James Alexander, Violet Alexander 15 April 1938

  • Jean Edwards (nee Urquhart), Harry Edwards, G3AP, Mollie Edwards 16 April 1938

  • James Alexander, air raid precautions, Hugh Manson-Bahr, Sir Aldo Castellani, Dr Walker, Mr Walker senior, Sir Patrick Manson, S/Ldr Brown, Dr Glynn 17 April 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Cedric Edwards, Jean Edwards, Osmond Alexander, Elizabeth Manson-Bahr, James Alexander 18 April 1938

  • Violet Alexander, sisters Maud and Dossie, Northwood 19 April 1938

  • Dr Stamm, Davies Colley, Denis Browne, S/Ldr Brown, poison gas 21 April 1938

  • Mrs de Giers, Zona de Giers, xrays, Mr Messenger, Dr Brock, Dr Ogilvie 22 April 1938

  • Cancer Hospital, Cecil Rowntree, Dr Leadlie, Dr Shattock, Percival Cole 23 April 1938

  • Lawrence Abel, Dr Wyard, Ronald Raven, Geology Museum, Peter Pan 24 April 1938

  • Dr Atkins, Davies Colley, Gordon Taylor, ANZAC Day, St Clement Danes Church, Bradman, Group Captain Grant 25 April 1938

  • Dr Eckhoff, Dr Atkins, Davies Colley, Group Captain Grant 26 April 1938

  • Dr Atkins, Pearce Gould, Dr Murray, Dr Potter, Group Captain Grant 27 April 1938

  • Dr Stamm, Davies Colley, Denis Browne, Dr Tripp, Dr Shattock, Dr Holmes, Dr Sellars, Dr Necomb, Dr Muir 28 April 1938

  • Dr Brock, Mr Drew, Down Bros, Win Alexander married Len Underdown today 29 April 1938

  • Charles Laughton, "Ruggles of Ruggles Gap," Gary Cooper, Franchot Tane, "Bengal Lancer," Raymond Graham 30 April 1938

  • Denis Browne 1 May 1938

  • Dr Atkins, Fragilitas Ossium, Davies Colley, Queen Mary's Hospital for Limbless, Mr Hallam 2 May 1938

  • Dr Atkins, Dr Brock, Davies Colley 3 May 1938

  • Dr Brock, Dr Atkins, Dr Cecil Wakeley, S/Ldr Brown 4 May 1938

  • Dr Stamm, Davies Colley, Dr Hughes, Meyrick Thomas, Dr Nissen 5 May 1938

  • Dr Brock 6 May 1938

  • Brompton Chest Hospital, Dr Fenton, Dr Young, Dr Brook, Ronald Raven, Mrs Blackall 7 May 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Hoyle, Dr Brock, Fred Hodgkiss, Len Douglas, Stan Wilson, Bill Brown, Dick Watson 8 May 1938

  • Dr Potter, Group Captain Grant 9 May 1938

  • Dr Currie, WD Walker xrays, Group Captain Grant 10 May 1938

  • Gordon Taylor, Royal Society of Medicine, Dr Potter 11 May 1938

  • sixth attempt Royal College of Surgeons examination 12 May 1938

  • Dr Wakeley, Pearce Gould, Julian Smith, Polytechnic Cinema, "Grey Owl's pictures of bears"',"'Lloyds of England," Freddy Bartholomew, Madeleine Carrol, Tyrone Power 13 May 1938

  • WD Walker teeth, Wing Commander King 14 May 1938

  • S/Ldr Brown, Hinchley Wood, refrigerator 15 May 1938

  • Dr Shattock, Lawrence Abel, Mollie, 16 May 1938

  • Dr Norbury, Dr Mullally, Davis Colley, Abbotsford Hotel, failed RCS examinations 17 May 1938

  • Catterick, Dr Woodsend, Wing Commander King, Mr Messenger, WD Walker xray teeth, Mrs Broadwith, Mollie, Anne Mayer, Burladingen 18 May 1938

  • Sonny 19 May 1938

  • Guys Hospital, Mr Messenger, Protector of Aborigines, Mrs Bennett, Mt Margaret Mission 20 May 1938

  • WD Walker teeth extracted 21 May 1938

  • "Cosi van Tutte," zoo, humming birds, Mr Tann, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 22 May 1938

  • Royal College of Surgeon's (RCS) museum, Sonny and Kitty 23 May 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Borghys, WD Walker xray teeth, HSW, Mr Horton, Miss Willis, Aunty Lizzie, Empire Day 24 May 1938

  • Hinchley Wood, S/Ldr Brown, Frigidaire 25 May 1938

  • Abbotsford Hotel, WD Walker extracting own teeth in hotel room, Dr Kerley, Victor Lack, S/Ldr Brown, Mrs Blackall, Mrs Watt, Pomfre Kilner, Freda Coates 26 May 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Mr Messenger, WD Walker teeth extraction, Mrs Kirby 27 May 1938

  • Empire Cinema, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracey, "Test Pilot," Miss Willis 28 May 1938

  • Sonny, Kitty, Mrs Smaggasgale, zoo, Prof. Whittle 29 May 1938

  • Guys Hospital, Dr Borghys, Miss Goldana, Chrissie, Mrs Kirby, Sir Thomas Inskip 30 May 1938

  • Dr Balow, Dr Borghys, Dr MacRae, poison gas, Dr Potter, RCS Museum 31 May 1938

  • Mollie, RCS Museum, Prof. Heidenreich, Pekin University, Sinanthropus skulls 1 June 1938

  • Federation of Women's Institutes, Albert Hall, Mrs Watt, Miss Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain, Dr Barker, Guys, Mollie, Dr MacRae, British Medical Association (BMA), polison gas 2 June 1938

  • Guys Hospital, Mr Loder, Mr Messenger, WD Walker teeth extraction, xray, Prof. Haldane, spSpain 3 June 1938

  • barometer, postcards of civil aeroplanes 4 June 1938

  • Abbotsford Hotel, Kew Gardens, 5 June 1938

  • swans, Japan, spSpain, Hinchley Wood, S/Ldr Brown, Victor Lack 6 June 1938

  • ACWW, Lady McCaan, Guys Hospital, Dr Borghys, WD Walker teeth xrays, Dr Balow, Mr Freedman, Haymarket, Shirley Temple, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," 7 June 1938

  • RCS Museum, Mr Freedman, poison gas 8 June 1938

  • Dr Barber, Dr Balow, Dr Borghys, Prof. Best, Prof. Brailsford Robertson, "Insulin in 1922 Adelaide," Mr Wheeler, Mrs Drage, Mrs Dorothy Flower, Mrs Watt, poison gas, Col MacKenzie 9 June 1938. This item is restricted.

  • Guys Hospital, WD Walker teeth extraction 10 June 1938

  • Tusaud's Cinema, "Good Morning Boys,'"Will Hay, Mollie, vice chairman of the ACWW 11 June 1938

  • P/O Fairs 12 June 1938

  • cricket scores, McCabe, Guys Hospital, Dr Balow, Mr Freedman 13 June 1938

  • Mr Scandrett, McCabe, Bradman, Brown 133, Sir John Fraser, Mr Freedman 14 June 1938

  • Dr Balow, Dr Borghys, WD Walker teeth extractions, Mr Freedman, poison gas 15 June 1938

  • Dr Borghys, Dr Balow, Mr Messenger, Mr Freedman 16 June 1938

  • Guys Hospital, Dr Borghys, Mr Messenger, Dr Potter, Mr Giles, Hardy and Hardy 17 June 1938

  • Cancer Hospital, Prof Woodburn Morrison, Dr Smithers, Dr Flood 18 June 1938

  • Cancer Hospital, Prof Woodburn Morrison, Sir William MacEwen, Roentgen, Mrs McBride, Cumberland Hotel 19 June 1938

  • Guys Hospital, WD Walker teeth extraction, Dr Borghy, Mr Freedman 20 June 1938

  • Stonehenge, Hardy and Hardy, Mr Carran, Dr Balow 21 June 1938

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/4/20/7
Date Range01 April, 1938  -  21 June, 1938
Quantity 1cm,    
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, Diaries
Series AA357/04