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OLIVER, Percy Lane (1878-1944),
Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service, lived and worked here.
5 Colyton Road, SE22
Southwark 1979 [+]
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PL Oliver is due more widespread recognition than he gets. He is responsible for starting the first blood donor service at Kings College Hospital in 1922. Thereafter, with the help of Geoffrey Keynes, a surgeon and brother of the famous economist, he established a London wide blood donor panel which was in existence at St Bartholomew’s |Hospital until 1987.
Percy Lane Oliver was my great grandfather! True!
Hi Vivien
Then we must be related, because he was an ancester of mine
too.
Percy Lane Oliver was my Great Uncle. His brother Douglas Oliver is my Grandfather and Melinda is my Daughter. As far as I know my son Paul Oliver is the sole remaining relative to carry on this branch of the Oliver lineage anmd to date he only has a Daughter.
I am Vivien’s brother.
Our grandmother was Doris Oliver, nee Dufty, who was married to Edward Oliver and had one child, Sylvia ‘Judy’ – our mother.
Its nice to hear from other relations. What I found strange was that no one in our part of the Oliver family ever spoke about the work Percy did and I only found about him after my mother and father were dead.
I have some of our family tree but only as far back as Edward Oliver who died in 1837 in Fareham. I did not know your grandmothers name, only that they had a daughter Sylvia. Hve you got the dates of birth and death of Doris Duffy, the death of your mother and you and vivians birthdays.
Hve you done any research into your family tree?
Percy Lane Oliver is my Great Uncle. I have details of the family tree: Paul Curnow, who was Percy’s grandfather, was my great, great grandfather. I have addressed envelopes to Paul Curnow at the lighthouse Cromer.
Very interested to hear from any other relatives and where you live. I am based in Ramsbottom Lancashire,