Consultant physician Scunthorpe and Grimsby hospitals 1948-78 (b Edinburgh 1914; q Edinburgh 1936; DL, MD, FRCP Ed), d 25 October 2004.
Figure 1.
At the outbreak of the second world war Derek Millar volunteered for the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was a prisoner of war for two years and led a mass escape from a camp in northern Italy, receiving the military MBE for his achievement. He worked as sole physician at Scunthorpe War Memorial Hospital, with sessions at Grimsby Hospital. He established a specialised medical unit in that time with 80 beds, and he encouraged postgraduate education. He leaves a wife, Isobel; two children; and six grandchildren.
Supplementary Material
Longer versions of these obituaries are available on bmj.com
Associated Data
This section collects any data citations, data availability statements, or supplementary materials included in this article.
