Being the son of the manager of Shrewsbury gasworks nearly led him into a career in engineering; his one time ambition was to be a locomotive design engineer.

George Alfred Elliott LDS died peacefully at his home on 18th June 2003 after a short illness. George was born in Shrewsbury in 1910 Being the son of the manager of Shrewsbury gasworks nearly led him into a career in engineering; his one time ambition was to be a locomotive design engineer.

But in 1928 his manual creativity led him to train as a dental mechanic. His flair for doing things with his hands led him to commence studies at Birmingham Dental School in 1931 Whilst there he won the James Youngson Memorial Prize in Dental Prosthetics and the Bronze Medal for Conservative Dentistry. George qualified in 1935 and entered general practice in Shrewsbury. During the war years he served in the School Dental Service in Breconshire in particular treating large numbers of evacuee children.

At the end of hostilities he established a practice in Teignmouth Devon. A well-earned retirement commenced in 1971, which allowed him to devote more time to his favourite pastimes, model engineering and fishing. Although this obituary is very brief, he was a modest man and would prefer it that way. He is sadly missed by his wife Freda, daughter Judith and son Clive who is himself in dental practice in Winchester.