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Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was born in Swansea on 26th August 1910, the elder son of Morgan and Beryl Williams. The family was strongly medical – Dr Morgan Williams was a GP in Morriston and...view moreBernard Williams was born in Swansea on 26th August 1910, the elder son of Morgan and Beryl Williams. The family was strongly medical – Dr Morgan Williams was a GP in Morriston and Beryl’s brother Howell was a surgeon at Swansea General Hospital. Bernard was educated at Marlborough College, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, qualifying in Medicine in 1932.
Trained as a surgeon and, anticipating the outbreak of war, Bernard joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1939. He met Rosalind in Cairo, and they were married in 1943. After the war they settled in Portsmouth, where Bernard practised general surgery until his retirement in 1975 when they moved to Hayling Island. They had four children: Tim, John, Peter and Jane.
Bernard died in 2001 at the age of 91, and Rosalind died four years later at the age of 93.view less