THE GUINEA PIG CLUB 80TH ANNIVERSARY

Our Guinea Pig Club 80th Anniversary Dedication Page provides an opportunity to thank and commemorate those that served and sacrificed during the Second World War. 

 

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Jean Cowie (nee Kearney)

Gerard Cowie
24/08/2024

At the age of 15, having been evacuated to East Grinstead, our late mother, Jean Kearney, was a regular visitor of the Guinea Pig patients, accompanied by her father Edward. Under the watchful eye of Renee Woodward, Sir Archibald Mackindoe's assistant, she befriended many patients. 75 years later, needing, plastic surgery herself, she was amazed when she met the consultant surgeon who was to perform her operation - It was Mr Michael Woodward, nephew of Renee Woodward.