Dr Frederick Nicoll dies at the age of 84

DR FREDERICK Nicoll, a Tayside-born GP who played an important part in the life of the community of Eyemouth, died recently at the age of 84.

Dr Nicoll was born in Dundee and raised in Forfar with his younger brother Maxwell.

After leaving Forfar Academy in 1948 Dr Nicoll was called up for National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps at Aldershot.

In 1949 he went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University and it was there that he met his future wife, Ann Sutherland.

After graduating they married in 1956 and moved to Forres in 1957 where he took up the post of assistant GP.

In 1961, with three young daughters, the family moved to Eyemouth, where they set up in general practice in the family home.

Dr Nicoll developed considerable expertise in emergency care which was extended through his involvement with the Eyemouth lifeboat, taking part in sea and cliff rescues, and with the Red Cross.

The RNLI was one of his passions and he served as honorary medical adviser for many years.

His long-time affiliation was recognised with the award of a silver badge from the Scottish Lifeboat Council in 1989 and a gold badge from the Duke of Kent in 1996.

Dr Nicoll was fascinated by the undersea world and co-founded the Eyemouth and District Sub-Aqua Club in 1961, one of the first in the UK. He was also a keen photographer, renowned for never being without a camera.

In 1993, a year after his retiral, he completed a charity bike ride in Israel in aid of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society’s Nazareth Hospital.

Dr Nicoll is survived by his five daughters, one son and 10 grandchildren.

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