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REPORT
OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date:
MAY 24, 2005
Report #: OPD-005-05
File#:
By-Law #:
Subject:
GUINEA PIG CLUB OF CANADA
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report OPD-005-05 be received; and
2. THAT Council recognizes the Guinea Pig Club, Canadian Wing during the
Year of the Veteran, to be displayed at the Municipal Administrative Centre;
and
3. THAT all parties be notified of Council's direction.
Reviewedd,-(~. cQ~ W1"L l
Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
REPORT NO. OPO-005-05
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BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
Dr. A. Ross Tilley was born in Bowmanville, Ontario, the son of a local general
practitioner. He trained in surgery - Toronto, New York, Edinburgh and also with
Steinberg, the great Vienna pathologist. In 1935 he opened a private practice in
Toronto at the Toronto Western-Wellesley Hospital. He became interested in
plastic surgery which was a young specialty then, with only three qualified plastic
surgeons in Canada.
Dr. Tilley was a member of the Canadian Army Medical Corps Militia and went on
active service immediately on the outbreak of the war, transferring to the new
RCAF Medical Branch shortly after its formation. He was posted at RCAF
Headquarters in the United Kingdom in 1941 as principal medical officer.
In 1942 Dr. Tilley was transferred to the Queen Victoria Hospital in East
Grinstead in Sussex which was the centre for the treatment of burned
Commonwealth airmen. As the number of Canadian casualties increased, it
became necessary to build a purely Canadian wing of the hospital. Dr. Tilley was
the leader in planning this wing which was built by the Royal Canadian
Engineers. He and his colleagues treated hundreds of airmen. mostly
Canadians, during the war and for a period afterward.
His work along with that of other surgeons at East Grinstead on wartime burn
casualties was monumental not only from the point of view of individual patient
treatment but also from the principles of treatment they developed at that time.
The burned airmen, who were patients at East Grinstead, formed a group which
with sardonic humour, they called The Guinea Pig Club. A list of the Club -
Canadian Wing is attached to this report. The Club has flourished and remains
active in United Kingdom and Canada. Dr. Tilley until his death was the
President of the Club.
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REPORT NO. OPD-005-05
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RECOGNITION
Through discussions with Steve Rowland and the Royal Canadian Legion,
Bowmanville Branch it is being recommended that an appropriate recognition be
created and displayed at the Municipal Administrative Centre. A sketch featuring
Dr. Ross Tilley and the Guinea Pigs will be created with an Honour roll of the 125
members of the Canadian Wing of The Guinea Pigs complete with their Club
logo. The print will also be reproduced and given to the Dr. Ross Tilley Public
School as well as the Royal Canadian Legion, Bowmanville Branch.
BUDGET
The cost for the sketch and Honour roll is estimated at $1,000.00. The Director of
Finance has reviewed the recommendation.
Attachments:
Attachment #1
The Guinea Pig Club membership list
Parties to be Notified:
Steve Rowland
Royal Canadian Legion, Bowmanville Branch
Dr. Ross Tilley Public School
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L 1 C 3A6 T (905) 263-2292 F (905) 263-4433
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