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

Terence Ignatius English a consultant in oral surgery at the London Hospital.

Professor Hugh Dunstan Edmondson was head of the department of oral surgery and oral medicine at the University of Birmingham. 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

Michael Andrew Ford was an oral surgeon from Chichester, West Sussex.

Eric Thomson was a consultant oral surgeon who lived in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

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

John Herbert Sowray was a professor of oral surgery at King’s College Hospital, 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

Maurice Arthur Kettle was a consultant orthodontist and oral surgeon at King’s College Hospital, 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

Norman Lester Rowe was born on 15 December 1915 in Paganhill, Stroud, Gloucestershire. His father was Arthur William Rowe OBE and was a civil servant. His mother was Lucy Adams. He attended preparatory school at Neville House, Eastbourne, Sussex, and public school at Malvern College, Worcestershire.

Gordon Fordyce trained in dentistry at the University of St Andrews in Dundee from 1942 to 1946. After a few months of practice he was called up for national service where he treated army recruits and, after a year, was posted to Austria where he worked at the 31st British General Hospital as No 2 d