CAPT. ALEXANDER STANGER SEABROOKE, R.A.M.C. DIED OF PARA-TYPHOID FEVER ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT AMARA, MESOPOTAMIA, JULY 1ST, 1916. AGED 31. At the School 1898—1903 (Judde House). Capt. Alec. Seabrooke, B.A., M.B., B.C. Cantab., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., Eng.. was the second son of Mr. and Mis. Jonathan Seabrooke, of The Elms, Grays, Essex. His elder brother, Frank Gordon Seabrooke (J.H. 1896—1900; Sc. VI. & Ho. Prae., 1900) received a commission in the R.F.C. (S.R.) on July 31st, 1916, and becoming Lieutenant R.A.F., served as a Technical Officer and as Transport Officer till January, 1919. The third and youngest son, Geoffrey Stanford Seabrooke (J.H. 1902—7), joined the Artists Rifles in September, 1914, but received a commission in the 54th East Anglian Divisional Train, R.A.S.C. (T.F.) in December, and went out to Gallipoli in July, 1915, as Transport Officer to the 161st Company, R.A.S.C. He was invalided home with enteric in September, 1915, and subsequently served at home with the 237th Coy., R.A.S.C., and was Adjutant from September, 1918. Coming to the School in September, 1898, from Maze Hill School, St. Leonards, he became in 1902 a School Praepostor and Captain of his House, and was also in the XV. that year, and became a Sergeant in the Cadet Corps in his last Term. On leaving in July, 1913, he entered Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was in the College XV. and Hockey XI., was an efficient member of the University Mounted Infantry Corps, and graduated in the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1906. He took his M.B. and B.C. degrees in 1913. The Master of Christ's, writing to express his sorrow, said of him, " He was one of the very best, most popular up here, a splendid influence in the College, and a real friend of mine." He subsequently went to Guy's Hospital, and there, too, he was in the XV., and made his mark in every way. He took his L.R.C.P., London, and M.R.C.S., England, in 1912. The following is from the Guy's Hospital Gazette:— " Entering Guy's Hospital in 1908, Alec Seabrooke had an unusually successful career, not merely from academic brilliance, but because he was recognised as a man of exceptional character, who gained the confidence of every one with whom he came in contact. He was President of the Guy's Residents, and held House Appointments for two years, including House Surgeon and Resident Obstetric Physician." And the following from a letter quoted in the same:— " It is impossible with a pen to do justice to the character and attainments of such a man as 'Puppy' Seabrooke. (He was always ' Puppy,' wasn't he!) His memory will live evergreen in the hearts of his friends, who, in their grief, know that although cut' off in the prime of his manhood, ' Puppy' has done more than any of us to promote happiness and good feeling in this world. A man of fine physique and an appearance which showed his strong character, it is no exaggeration to say that he was the most all-round popular man of his time at Guy's. His sympathy was sensible, practical, and self-sacrificing. He frequently visited his old patients, too feeble to come to Hospital, in their homes, to treat their maladies, to give advice, and assist them in their financial difficulties." There is to be a permanent memorial to him at Guy's Hospital, where a cot is to be endowed by his friends. As soon as he could be released from his appointment he joined the R.A.M.C., being gazetted Temporary Lieutenant, March 8th, 1915, and promoted to his Captaincy a year later. After a short period of training at Aldershot he proceeded to France, where he was attached to the Rawal Pindi Hospital, and went with the hospital when it was transferred to Mesopotamia in November, 1915. He was for several months temporarily attached to Field Ambulances and Casually Clearing Stations with the Kut Relief Force, and employed on convoy duty up and down the Tigris between the Front and Basra. As the result of overwork under insanitary conditions he contracted para-typhoid from which he died on July 1st, 1916. In a letter which appeared in the Guy's Hospital Gazette for July 1st, the day of his death, he wrote :— " For seven weeks now I have been away from my hospital at Amarah, have been up at the Front on temporary duty, and on convoy duty up and down the Tigris with wounded and sick between the Front and Basrah; I have been with a British field ambulance up there, and with a casualty clearing station, and so have seen what it is like in these places in the middle of a rush when a big battle is going on. I am at the moment on an ancient paddle boat proceeding up river again, and this time hope, when we reach Amarah this afternoon, to be taken off and return to the hospital." His Commanding Officer and Major have written in the very highest terms of his conscientious devotion to duties and of the excellent work done by him both in France and in the East. As the author of the notice in the Guy's Gazette wrote:— " Duty, self-sacrifice and a consideration for others were Seabrooke's watchwords. His last great gift to his sorrowing friends is the living memory of his character."