William Bryan Hubbard

Bill was born in Croydon on April 17th 1912 and was educated at Whitgift and qualified from Guys Hospital Dental School in 1935. He died on November 28th 1999 at the Murdoch Hospice in Perth, Western Australia. After graduating he took several assistantships to gain experience prior to setting up in practice in Blackheath with a part-time appointment at a local hospital.

On the outbreak of war he took a short service commission with the RADC and after a period in Caterham at the Guards Depot was drafted overseas and saw service in India from 1940 to 1946, being posted to Bareilly, Armadnagar and Lahore, managing to travel extensively during his leaves. He attained the temporary rank of major in 1946 and was offered a permanent commission.

In 1950 he went with the British Expeditionary Force to Korea as the Senior Dental Officer with the 26th Field Ambulance to 29 Brigade and then to Kure, Japan.

Subsequently he served at the RADC Depot and Training Establishment and together with Brigadier Taylor started the training of dental hygienists.

In 1955 as Lieut Colonel he was posted as ADDs to Malaya Command, first to Kuala Lumpur and after Medeka (Malaysian independence) to Seremban, travelling all over including Penang. Fifteen years later, when holidaying in Australia, he was welcomed with open arms at the E and O hotel by the same staff who had worked in the hotel all those years previously. Whilst stationed in Malaya he acquired an interest in dental technology and clinical prosthetics.

On returning to the UK in 1958 he did post graduate study at the Eastman Dental Hospital and was appointed as Clinical Advisor in Dental Prosthetics to the Army and C.O. of No 1 Dental Laboratory, Aldershot.

He was promoted to colonel in 1962 and secured voluntary retirement in 1964 to take up the appointment as Head of the Prosthetic Department at the Perth Dental Hospital, where he remained until retirement in 1976.

Photography was one great hobby of Bill's, as well as silver work and wood work both large and small — he was a wonderful 'do it yourselfer'.

Bill is sadly missed by his wife Josephine.

J.H.

Derrick Worthington Torkington

Derrick Worthington Torkington died peacefully in hospital on 15th January 2000 aged 78, after a long illness which was very bravely and patiently borne.

Derrick was a gentleman in every sense of the word, well respected and liked by all who knew him. He will be greatly missed by his family, his patients, and his many friends both in and out of the profession.

He is survived by his widow Betty, whom he married in 1944, and his son, Andrew, born in 1955.

Derrick was born in 1921 in Edmunton London. He moved to Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire when he was five years old. He was educated at King Edward School St. Annes and the Liverpool University school of Dentistry from 1938 until he qualified in 1943.

A short period as a house surgeon was followed by Derrick joining the R.A.F. and serving in the dental branch. He was based firstly in the U.K., and then towards the end of the war he was posted to Singapore, where he remained some time after hostilities ceased.

On demobilization Derrick started a practice in St. Annes which was very successful. He was extremely popular with his patients and loved his work, never considering early retirement.

He took a great interest in the British Dental Association. and was for a time Chairman of the Fylde section, and was elected president of the North Western branch of the BDA in 1955–1956.

Derrick was a keen sailor, and owned a succession of yachts on Lake Windermere.

Perhaps his dearest hobby was golf. He was a keen member of Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club for 49 years, during which time he served diligently on the council, and as Captain in 1980.

He retired at 65, and enjoyed his retirement, filling his time with golf, gardening, holidays and cruises.

J. R. C.