Dr Joseph Dudley 'Benjy' Benjafield qualified from University College Hospital Medical School, London in 1912. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I and was in charge of the 37th Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory serving with the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force when the Spanish flu struck in late 1918. He observed the features and clinical course of the pandemic and published his findings in the British Medical Journal in 1919. On return to civilian life, he was appointed as Consultant physician to St George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, London where he remained in practice for the rest of his career. He was a respected amateur gentleman racing driver frequently racing at the Brooklands circuit from 1924 after buying a Bentley 3-litre and entering the Le Mans 24 h race seven times between 1925 and 1935, winning in 1927. He was one of an elite club of young men known as The Bentley Boys and went on to become a founding member of the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) in 1927. He rejoined the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II, serving briefly again in Egypt. He died in 1957.

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Joseph Dudley 'Benjy' Benjafield 博士：微生物学家、士兵和 Bentley Boy 赛车手

Joseph Dudley 'Benjy' Benjafield 博士于 1912 年从伦敦大学学院医院医学院获得资格。他在第一次世界大战期间加入了皇家陆军医疗队，并负责第 37 届流动细菌实验室，并在西班牙入侵时为英埃及远征军服务1918 年底流感爆发。他观察了大流行的特征和临床过程，并于 1919 年在英国医学杂志上发表了他的研究结果。返回平民生活后，他被任命为伦敦海德公园角圣乔治医院的顾问医生在他的职业生涯中，他一直在那里练习。他是一位受人尊敬的业余绅士赛车手，从 1924 年起，他购买了一辆 3 升的宾利汽车，并在 1925 年至 1935 年间七次参加勒芒 24 小时耐力赛后，经常在布鲁克兰赛道上比赛，1927 年获胜。他是被称为宾利男孩的精英青年俱乐部之一，并于 1927 年成为英国赛车手俱乐部 (BRDC) 的创始成员。他在第二次世界大战期间重新加入皇家陆军医疗队，再次在埃及短暂服役。他于 1957 年去世。