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Press release announcing the award of the Royal Society of Medicine's Gold Award, July 1945, 1945-07-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHI/2/5/1
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From Reference Division, with a note to Ministry Officials, for Overseas use only. With useful biographical overview of Brigadier Sir Lionel Whitby's academic and military career, including the quote from the Society's President (Gordon Gordon-Taylor, who himself gave the life-saving transfusion to Whitby in 1918 when he lost his leg) describing Whitby as "The greatest vampire the world has known".

Dates: 1945-07-18
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Generally open.