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. 2003 May 24;326(7399):1149.

Richard Michael (“Mike”) Burton

Reg Britt, Tom Burton
PMCID: PMC514074

Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Hillingdon and Ealing Hospitals 1968-88 (b Staffordshire 1926; q Sheffield 1954; MD, CStJ, TD), died from heart failure and renal failure on 31 March 2003.

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Michael spent a brief period as a “Bevan boy” working in coalmines before joining the Royal Air Force. He trained as a bomber pilot and did an engineering degree at Durham University with the RAF. Michael started medical training in Sheffield in 1948 and on qualifying won a scholarship to work in Albany, New York state. He gained postgraduate degrees at Cambridge in anatomy and physiology. A member of the Territorial Army, he eventually commanded 257(S) General Hospital, and was St John Ambulance area surgeon for London. He leaves a second wife, Toni; three children; and seven grandchildren.

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