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BENJAMIN GARSIDE GRADWELL
M.B.Cantab., D.P.M.
Dr. B. G. Gradwell, consultant psychiatrist to the
Home Office and honorary clinical assistant at West-
minster Hospital, London, died on April 6 at the age of 44.
He was educated at Repton and Queen’s College, Cam-
bridge, graduating M.B. in 1953, and completed his medical
training at Westminster Hospital. After holding house-
appointments at St. Stephen’s Hospital, Fulham, he served
as a ship’s surgeon with the Booth and Shaw Saville Lines
before taking up psychiatric practice. He took the D.P.M.
in 1959 and held appointments in various hospitals in the
South West Metropolitan region and at Westminster
Hospital. Recently he had been a visiting psychotherapist at Wandsworth Prison and H.M. Borstal at Rochester.
Ben was an extrovert, with a lively personality. He had
a wide circle of friends. At Cambridge he had been active
in the re-formation of the Footlights Review after the
1939-45 war; as a Yorkshireman he enjoyed cricket, and
after his first voyages he always retained his love of the sea,
making frequent trips as a ship’s surgeon when other
duties permitted. He will be remembered and sadly missed
by his friends and patients alike for his unfailing kindness
and amiable good humour.
He is survived by his wife.
J. S. W. |
