Dr David Dewhirst (St Mary’s Hospital Medical School 1943)

Provided by Ann Lewis

After working in general practice for 20 years, in 1977 David Dewhirst went to Saudi Arabia for eight years to work as a Medical Officer for an American company. On his return, until his untimely death which was the result of a non-fault car accident, he lived in Winchelsea, East Sussex, and was still a very active, youthful 86-year-old.