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Sea-Girt Citadel, Surgeon Goes to War in Shetland : Daniel Lamont : WWI Scotland
Sea-Girt Citadel, Surgeon Goes to War in Shetland : Daniel Lamont : WWI Scotland
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Sea-Girt Citadel;
Surgeon Goes to War in Shetland
By Daniel Lamont
Published by The Shetland Times, 1973. First Edition. Scarce. Hardback with dust jacket. 130 pages. Illustrated with a few b&w illustrations.
A good clean copy throughout in a good unclipped dust jacket. No names or writing to the book. Overall a good copy.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book vividly tells the story, in part, of the man who served Shetland as Consultant Surgeon in Hitler's War and after As a medical student he joined the Forces at the age of seventeen in World War I and as fighting infantryman, then N.C.O. and finally commissioned officer, he miraculously survived many of the major battles of that mud-endured holocaust; not however without grievous wounds. Resuming his studies after the 1918 Armistice he eventually emerged into lucrative consulting surgical practice. But through the years of peace he foresaw the inevitable and prepared himself by Territorial service in the Royal Army Medical Corps. When the call came he volunteered once more but his outlook now had developed from his early training as a combatant
to that of a healer; "to help those who have suffered as have I.' This dedication brought him to Shetland in 1939 to fulfil his destiny and subsequently to be honoured by his King for the service he gave to the islands and to the fighting men of many races.
At war's end the call of the islands which he had come to love, was too strong for him and when he was offered the interim-held post on a permanent basis, and despite strong overtures to return south, he resigned all his previous hospital appointments which had granted him temporary leave for the national emergency only. Nowadays he lives happily in England with his Shetland-born wife and, although considerably less mobile than of yore, he still helps his colleagues by his advice and writings which, in certain fields, have brought him international acclaim.
The story is told with characteristic dry whimsical humour.
Surgeon Goes to War in Shetland
By Daniel Lamont
Published by The Shetland Times, 1973. First Edition. Scarce. Hardback with dust jacket. 130 pages. Illustrated with a few b&w illustrations.
A good clean copy throughout in a good unclipped dust jacket. No names or writing to the book. Overall a good copy.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book vividly tells the story, in part, of the man who served Shetland as Consultant Surgeon in Hitler's War and after As a medical student he joined the Forces at the age of seventeen in World War I and as fighting infantryman, then N.C.O. and finally commissioned officer, he miraculously survived many of the major battles of that mud-endured holocaust; not however without grievous wounds. Resuming his studies after the 1918 Armistice he eventually emerged into lucrative consulting surgical practice. But through the years of peace he foresaw the inevitable and prepared himself by Territorial service in the Royal Army Medical Corps. When the call came he volunteered once more but his outlook now had developed from his early training as a combatant
to that of a healer; "to help those who have suffered as have I.' This dedication brought him to Shetland in 1939 to fulfil his destiny and subsequently to be honoured by his King for the service he gave to the islands and to the fighting men of many races.
At war's end the call of the islands which he had come to love, was too strong for him and when he was offered the interim-held post on a permanent basis, and despite strong overtures to return south, he resigned all his previous hospital appointments which had granted him temporary leave for the national emergency only. Nowadays he lives happily in England with his Shetland-born wife and, although considerably less mobile than of yore, he still helps his colleagues by his advice and writings which, in certain fields, have brought him international acclaim.
The story is told with characteristic dry whimsical humour.
(Scottish Islands shelf)
