Harold Andreas 'Pip' Priestland died peacefully in Nobles Hospital, Douglas, Isle of Man on 22 February 2017 aged 95 years. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, son and daughter-in-law, Colin and Linda, and grandchildren, Abigail and Elizabeth.

'Pip' was born on 3 June 1921 in Liverpool. After secondary education at Prescott Grammar, he studied at Liverpool University from 1939, graduating with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1945. Following house jobs he joined the Royal Army Dental Corps as a Captain serving in the UK and in Germany at the British Military Hospital Hamburg. Following military service he returned to Liverpool, training as an oral surgeon at Broadgreen Hospital. He was appointed Consultant in Oral Surgery in 1956 and served as a full-time NHS Consultant until 1980 in a number of hospitals in the Liverpool region. He moved to the Isle of Man and was appointed as Consultant at Nobles Hospital, Douglas from 1981 until 1986, when he retired.

A funeral was held at the crematorium, Douglas, Isle of Man on Thursday 2 March 2017 with family present.