Jauch, Joselin – Grantham Hospital surgeon loved trees

SURGEON Ermeritus at Grantham Hospital, Mr Francis Joselin Jauch (pronounced ‘York’) was born in London.

He trained at the Middlesex and London Hospitals and during the First World War served at a casualty unit with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He then qualified as a doctor and became house surgeon to a cancer specialist at the Middlesex.

He became resident doctor at St John’s and St Elizabeth Hospital while still in his early 20s then to the London Temperance Hospital as resident surgical officer.

He continued his studies, gained a MBBS degree followed by Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons.

He moved to Grantham in the 1930s when the town hospital had 32 beds. He became a member of the hospital’s management body and showed a flair for administration.

During a holiday in Germany’s Black Forest the following year he met Christina, whom he married.

He retired in 1962 having become consultant general at the hospital.

An enthusiast of trees, he was a founder member of the Kesteven Tree Society.