1855-1914

Physician

Dr John Gill’s qualifications were MB and CM from Edinburgh in 1877:

• MB: Medicinae Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Medicine).
• CM: Chirurgiae Magister (Master of Surgery).

He died from a stroke while attending patients at Thomas Hope Hospital in April 1914. The inscription includes the sentences: ‘For 34 years a medical practitioner at Langholm. Erected by the people of Langholm and neighbourhood in grateful remembrance of a life of self-denying devotion to duty.’