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Eric James Strachan

Former general practitioner Cheshire (b Huntly, Aberdeenshire, 1912; q Aberdeen 1934), died peacefully in his sleep on 29 January 2002. 
 
He was medical officer for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in southern Persia from 1939 to 1940, when he returned to England to enlist. His wartime career was varied and fruitful and he rose to become commanding officer of 159 Field Ambulance in Austria and Greece with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He worked in general practice in Cheshire from 1946 until 1977, continuing part time until 1982. Last year he was diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease. In January 2002 tumours were discovered and finally a lung infection developed into bronchial pneumonia. He leaves a wife, Phyllis; and a son.