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General First nameRoy Fearon
LastnameBaird
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1872-03-16
Place of birthCongleton, Cheshire, England
Date of death1945-04-08
Place of deathNorfolk Island, Australia


About

Roy Baird studied medicine at Cambridge University, England, and later worked as a government/army medical officer in various countries.

From Alumni cantabrigienses:

BAIRD, ROY–Admitted at Caius College, October 1, 1889. Son of James Thompson Wilson, M.D. (and Frances Hall Fearon), of Congleton, Cheshire. Born there March 16, 1872. School, Macclesfield Grammar. Matriculated Michaelmas 1889; B.A. 1892. At Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1897. Entered the Indian Medical Service, 1898; Captain, 1901; Major, 1909; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1917; Colonel, 1927; retired, 1929. Served in China, 1900; in Tibet, 1903-4; in action at Niani and round Gyantse. Served in the Great War, 1914; in Egypt, 1915; at Gallipoli, 1915; in East Africa, 1916; Iraq, 1917. (Sources: Venn, II. 505; Indian Medical Service; Medical Directory, 1938.)

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Archive statistics Career1896 - 1910
Tournament wins0
Matches8
Match wins3


Tournaments Surrey Championships - 1910 Shropshire Championships - 1910 Teignmouth and Shaldon - 1910 Middlesex Championships - 1910 Blackheath - 1896