Former general practitioner Croydon (b Dungarvan, Ireland, 1918; q St Mary's Hospital 1952; MBE, MRCOG), d 20 February 2002.
Denis was a sporting prodigy. As an amateur footballer he was capped for Ireland nine times and represented Great Britain at soccer in the 1948 Olympic Games in London. In 1939 he volunteered for the Royal Navy and became a lieutenant of a motor torpedo boat. Later captured by the Germans, he escaped, cutting through the wire, and, disguised as a Dutch worker, reached the Baltic at Lübeck. Then stowing away on a collier, he safely reached Sweden. His retirement was unfulfilled, owing to Alzheimer's coupled with Parkinson's disease. Denis was a staunch Catholic and for years was medical officer to the Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust on its annual trip to Lourdes. He leaves a wife, Anne; six children; and 15 grandchildren.
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