On the 14th of October I was lucky enough to be invited to the Royal College of Surgeons - Huntarian Museum for the launch of War, Art and Surgery galley and book showing 70+ Henry Tonks drawings of WW1 injuries which were treated under Harold Gillies and more modern drawings which Julia Midgley had done of injuries suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan . The event was attended by surgeons and consultants from around Europe, Dr Bamji who compiled the Gillies Archive and helped me discover my Great Grandfathers Archive there and family members of Gillies patients. It was a wonderful, yet emotion evening which really drove home the important work that Gillies did for the patients and modern surgery, but also the sacrifice these young men made.
