download financial performance news donate contact about the fund the ralph bates pancreatic cancer research fund is a registered charity number 1007819 . the trustees are virginia bates dr john glees md frcr patrick baly fca michael bridge fca sharon sullivan les biggs acis secretary and sir peter blake cbe rdi ra . more about us about ralph bates any fan of hammer horror from the early 1970s will know the familiar site of the raven haired pale faced and handsomely sinister figure of ralph bates about the fund the ralph bates pancreatic cancer research fund is a registered charity number 1007819 . the trustees are virginia bates dr john glees md frcr patrick baly fca michael bridge fca sharon sullivan les biggs acis secretary and sir peter blake cbe rdi ra . news news updates and information about the fund charity fund raising events newsletters and health advice . information about past and future events news and features on new developments . testimonial when ralph was diagnosed as having cancer of the pancreas i was told that nothing could be done and he only had between six and eight weeks left to live . he was 50 years old playing in the west end with a movie lined up for the autumn . he and our 13 year old son william had enjoyed the summer together messing about in boats and he d spent many evenings with daisy our daughter helping her with lines for the tv series forever green . i couldn t believe this was happening to my family . surely it wasn t true something could be done . but it couldn t. and in spite of the tremendous care at the royal masonic hospital the predictions were correct . ten weeks and one day later ralph died virginia bates ralph bates wife blog update hope for pancreatic cancer sufferers . september 8 2016 actress louise plowright dies from pancreatic cancer april 27 2016 newsletter december 2015 april 27 2016 office locationfind us on google map ralph bates pancreatic cancer research fund 317 old bedford road luton lu2 7bl contact us 01582 576100 07785 281901 powered by bluemoon solutions