Dr./Maj. George Stoker

Educated at Rathmines School and the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin

Honor of the Medjidie (4th Class). L.R.C.S.I. 1876; M.R.C.P.I. and M.R.C.S. England, 1882; J.P. for County Kerry; Hon. Assoc. of Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Vice-Pres. (formerly Pres.) British Laryngological Assoc.: Fellow of Med. Soc. of London; Member of Pathological and Clinical Socs.; Physician to London Throat Hospital; Hon. Medical Officer of Actors’ Benevolent Fund. Formerly Surgeon to Hospital for Diseases of the Throat (Golden Square)

Major George Stoker was Surgeon in the Imperial Ottoman Army, and Medical Officer to the Bulgarian Relief Fund 1877. During the Turko-Russian War 1876-8 he acted as Chef de L’Ambulance du Croissant Rouge and as Stafford House Commr. during Zulu War 1870-80 (medal). Initiated and organised Civil Hospital in S. Africa 1899-1900; and served as Second Surgeon Irish Hospital (Despatches, medal with three clasps, C.M.G.)