Donald Patrick Robertson qualified MD from Manitoba University in 1938. He passed the FRCS in 1947. He was surgeon to the Public General Hospital and St Joseph's Hospital in Chatham, Ontario, before joining the surgical staff of the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital in Huntsville, Ontario. He

George H Kitchen graduated from the University of Toronto in 1932. He joined the surgical staff of St Joseph's Hospital and was former chief of staff and surgery at the Queensway Hospital. He died on 13 May 1982 aged 73, survived by his wife, Mary, daughter Heather and sons George, David, Paul and J

Harold William Wookey was born in Mandeville, Jamaica on 29 April, 1889. He was the son of Charles Arthur Wookey, a clergyman. He studied at Toronto University Medical School where he won a silver medal in 1913, the year in which he qualified. He held appointments at the Toronto General Hospital. Du

Melvyn Keith Tidman trained at University College Hospital and passed his FRCS in 1964. He moved to the Bristol area and became senior house officer in general and orthopaedic surgery to the Bristol Royal Infirmary and then surgical registrar to the Bath clinical area. He moved to Canada and practic

William Ernest Waterfall was a surgeon in Ontario, Canada. He was born in Manchester in 1943. His mother’s maiden name was Taylor. He qualified MRCS LRCP in 1969 and gained his FRCS in 1974. He emigrated to Canada and at the time of his death lived in Dundas, Ontario. He was married to Janet and

John Ping Fai Chin was a general surgeon from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born on 20 December 1929 in Hong Kong, the son of Wilmot Cecil Chin and Yung Tai Chin Cheung. His father was born in Jamaica. Chin studied medicine in London and gained his MB BS in 1956. He became a fellow of the Roy

James Rodway Kirkpatrick was a professor of surgery at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He was born on 27 June 1927 in Dundee. Both of his parents, Henry Joseph Rodway Fitzpatrick and Nora Fitzpatrick née Lister, were doctors. He had a twin brother, John Lister Kirkpatrick, who became a

James Alastair Key qualified in Edinburgh in 1939 and passed his FRCS in 1947. Moving to Ottowa, Ontario, Canada he became consultant surgeon to the Toronto General Hospital and medical advisor to the Simcoe County District Health Unit. He is believed to have died in 2001.

Robert George was born on 12 August 1944 in Hemel Hempstead. After attending St Dunstan’s College, London, he studied medicine at King’s College and St George’s Hospital. He graduated MB,BS in 1967 and did house jobs at St Georges, the Hammersmith and the Royal Marsdon Hospitals in London. In 1968

George Wilson was a urologist and chief of staff at the Welland Hospital, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Edinburgh on 29 October 1914, the son of George Stewart Wilson, a civil servant, and Catherine Wilson née Campbell. He was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and then went on to stu

Hal Morton was born on 18 August 1905 in Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Charles S Morton, a physician in Halifax, and Marie née Stafford. He was educated at St Andrews College, Toronto, and then Dalhousie University, where he became a member of the Phi Rho Sigma Fraternity of Canada.

Terence Verma (known as Terry) was a general practitioner and general surgeon on Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was born in Kalaw, Burma, on 6 October 1936, into a devout Brahmin Hindu family. His father, Bhagwan Das Verma, was a civil engineer; his mother was Devi Verma née Achara, the daughter o