What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Gertrude Toland MD FRCS 1901-1985 lived and practised at Clyde House. Surgeon at Buckland Hospital. Saved many lives from Dunkirk Evacuation & Battle of Britain Recorded plaque organisation: Dover Society.
Dr Gertrude Toland was a pioneering female surgeon and the first woman to be admitted as a Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1927; she notably saved numerous lives during the Dunkirk evacuation and the Battle of Britain.
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