Surgeon Rear Admiral Sir WILLIAM IRELAND De COURCY WHEELER
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Bacchante
Date of Death
Died 11 September 1943
Age 64 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of William Ireland De Courcy Wheeler, Past President of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Frances Victoria Wheeler; husband of the Hon. Lady Wheeler (nee Shaw), of Foxrock. M.D., B.CH., B.A.O., F.R.C.S.I., F.A.C.S. (Hon.), M.Ch.(Hon.) University of Egypt. Past President of the R.C.S.I. Author of several publications on Medicine and Surgery. Twice mentioned in Despatches in the 1914-1918 War.
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