John Holford

John Morley Holford CB, OBE (10 January 1909 – 4 November 1997) was a medical officer in the Royal Navy.

Life

Born the son of the reverend William James Holford and Amy Finnemore Lello, Holford was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He then went on to St George’s Hospital Medical School where he qualified in 1933. He joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon-lieutenant in April 1935. He became second medical officer in HMS Valiant on the Mediterranean Station before becoming flotilla medical officer in HMS Grenville in December 1936 and then being posted to HMS Ganges in 1938. He joined HMS Nelson in April 1940, initially as medical officer and then as principal medical officer. He became a medical specialist at RNH Plymouth in March 1942 and maintained an interest in the use of mass miniature radiography in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest. He was appointed medical specialist at RNH Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, in 1944.

He won the South African Chess Championship in 1946 and was awarded the King Haakon VII liberty medal in August 1947 for his services during the war. He became an assistant to the medical director general (naval) in 1948. He became principal medical officer of the submarine base HMS Dolphin and flotilla medical officer to the flag officer (submarines) in 1957 before being appointed as senior specialist in charge of the medicine section at RN Hospital Haslar later that year. He became assistant to the medical director general (naval) again in 1960 and then medical adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and medical officer in charge of RNH Haslar in 1963.

Holford

Coordinates: 51°09′50″N 3°12′31″W / 51.1638°N 3.2085°W / 51.1638; -3.2085

Holford is a village and civil parish in West Somerset within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and about 10 miles (16 km) west of Bridgwater and 6 miles (10 km) east of Williton. The village has a population of 392. The village is on the Quantock Greenway and Coleridge Way footpaths. The parish includes the village of Dodington.

The River Holford which runs through the village flows to the sea at Kilve.

History

The parish of Holford was part of the Whitley Hundred. Holford Glen was once the site of a Huguenot silk factory.

The tannery was built by James Hayman, in the 16th century and is now a hotel. The waterwheel which powered the tannery is still present.

Alfoxton House (now Alfoxton Park Hotel) was built as an 18th-century country house and occupied by poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, between July 1797 and June 1798, during the time of their friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Holford (disambiguation)

Holford is a village in Somerset, England.

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Holford (surname)

Holford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: