Brigadier Martin Melvin Cruickshank CIE FRSE FRCSE FACS (1888–1964) was a Scottish surgeon, specialising in ophthalmic surgery.
He was born in North Leith, the harbour area of Edinburgh on 22 March 1888,[1] the son of George Hunter Cruickshank a marine engineer.
In the First World War he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, again with his twin, but they quickly were separated by events.
His proposers were his twin Ernest (who was elected in 1929), Leybourne Davidson, Sir John Carroll, and James R Matthews.
[4] In January 1942 New Year Honours he was created a Companion of the Indian Empire for his services in India.