Daniel Oliver Davies


Daniel Oliver Davies , also known as Dan Davies, was a British general practitioner who co-founded a health centre in Whitstable, established a GP course in Canterbury, was secretary of the East Kent Division of the British Medical Association and served with the Zambia Flying Doctor Service. In 1945, while studying medicine at Guy's Hospital, he assisted at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a voluntary medical student. The annual 'Dan Davies Competition' at the Whitstable Lifeboat Station is held in his memory.