Frank Robert Coffin was an oral surgeon in London. He was born in Wandsworth, London, on 21 September 1915, the son of a printer. After qualifying at the Royal Dental Hospital in 1938, he completed house jobs at Leicester Square and at the Middlesex (then the only resident dental post in the country

Ken Ray was dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Glyn Burland was an oral surgeon at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Reginald Joseph Moore was a professor of oral surgery at Manchester University. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Maurice Harold Holden was a consultant oral surgeon at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Hardev Singh Coonar was an oral surgeon at the Eastman and Hammersmith hospitals, London. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

William Gray was an oral surgeon from Ipswich. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Terence Ignatius English was a consultant in oral surgery at the London Hospital. He was born in Cork in 1930. His mother’s maiden name was O’Brien. He studied medicine at the National University of Ireland in Cork, qualifying with his MB BCh BAO in 1954. He gained his bachelor of dental surgery

Harold Andreas ‘Pip’ Priestland died peacefully in Nobles Hospital, Douglas, Isle of Man on 22 February 2017 aged 95 years. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, son and daughter-in-law, Colin and Linda, and grandchildren, Abigail and Elizabeth. ‘Pip’ was born on 3 June 1921 in Liverpool. After

Ian Ralph Brooke was a professor of dentistry at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada and chief of dentistry at the University Hospital. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Geoffrey Howe was dean of three dental schools – at the Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery (RDH), in Hong Kong and latterly in Jordan. He was born on 24 April 1924 in the London borough of Haringey, the eldest of three brothers. His father, Leo Leslie John Howe, died when Geoff

Alton Donald Macalister was dean of the Otago Dental School, New Zealand. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.