Colin Kirkham was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and Newbury District Hospital. He was born on 14 January 1924 and studied medicine at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, qualifying in 1947. Prior to his consultant appointment, he held posts in London,

David Simpson Cole was dean of the Auckland School of Medicine for fifteen years. Born in Waihi on 25 October 1923, he was the son of James McMurray Cole, a general surgeon, and his wife Doris Elizabeth Cole, née Alcock. His mother passed the conjoint examination of the college while at the Royal Fr

Emmanuel Augustus Badoe was one of the founding fathers of the Ghana Medical School and the West African College of Surgeons. He was part of a generation which, through hard work and dedication, contributed to the foundation of Ghana as an independent nation. He was born in Asokore, in the Ashant

Jason Giles Brice was born on 24 January 1927. Initially educated at a two-roomed Church of England School in the North Downs, he moved on to Gravesend Grammar School for Boys and started two years ahead of his age group. Due to the lack of science teachers during the second world war, he was more o

Neville James Way was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. He was born on 16 March 1924 in Boulder, Western Australia, the son of Inman Way, a general practitioner in Boulder and Kalgoorlie. He was educated at Eastern Goldfields High School, concentrating more

Percy Joseph was a surgeon in Sri Lanka. 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

John Victor Leonard Colman graduated from Sydney University in 1946 and commenced his internship at Sydney Hospital. He always wanted to be a surgeon. He followed the well established track of the day to Great Britain and commenced surgical training at Trindal Hospital in Aylesbury. He remained in E

At 2.00 am on 25 May 2019, Don died at the age of 94 after more than seven years of invalidism from a series of strokes. At first Don’s walking was affected and he fought back to walking with support. However further lesser strokes occurred until he became bed-bound and his surgical hands ‘lost thei

Barry Shandling was born in South Africa on 20 February 1928 and graduated in medicine from the University of Cape Town in 1950. While he was in training he was inspired by the surgeons Christian Barnard and Jannie Louw. On travelling to the UK he did house jobs at the Hospital for Sick Children, Gr

Campbell Heywood Maclaurin (known as Cam) was born in Dannevirke to Colin Maclaurin, a general practitioner and surgeon, and Dorothy Mirams, homemaker. With an uncle a general practitioner in nearby Fielding, Cam entered a medical family. He was the eldest of three boys with younger brothers, Jim an

Ronald McGrigor was born in London on 1 January 1920, the son of Dalziel McGrigor and Dorothy Macgregor Drysdale. His father was a radiologist in the RAMC. He was educated at Stowe School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he passed the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1940 and then went to St Bartholom

Cecil Quixano Henriques was a consultant surgeon at Ipswich and East Suffolk hospitals. He was born on 22 February 1924 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the son of Wilfrid Quixano Henriques OBE, a civil engineer, and Beatrice Ledward (née Forde), Cecil Henriques was educated at Harrow School and Trinity Col