Alexander was born in Taradale, Hawkes Bay, and educated at Napier Boys High School and the Otago Medical School, graduating MB ChB in 1939. He was house surgeon at Wellington Hospital in 1940-1941. He served with the New Zealand Army Medical Corps 1942-1945 and was RMO to 8th Brigade in the Pacific

James Reid was born in Bournemouth on 24 October 1906, the son of George Alexander Reid, a general practitioner, and his wife Muriel, née Hopwood. He was educated at Hailey Preparatory School in Bournemouth, and Marlborough College, Wiltshire. He then went to Oxford University and on to St George's

Ronald Huck Chye Kok was a general practitioner who lived in Scarborough. 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

Born on 1 November 1885, the son of T L Gauntlett of Putney, he was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon Common and entered King's College Hospital Medical School with the Warneford Scholarship in 1902. The hospital was then still in Portugal Street, just south of the Royal College of Surgeo

Francis Sandor was born in Budapest on 13 July 1905. His father, Ignac, was a businessman in Budapest and his mother, Jenni Cipszer, was a teacher. He left Hungary with the advent of Communism and went back to medical school in Edinburgh and re-qualified as LRFPS (Glasgow) in 1952. He originally tra

Derek Wardle was a general surgeon and general practitioner in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in Herefordshire to Harold Wardle and Elsie Wardle née Clarkeson. As a boy, he loved working on local farms, developing a love of agricultural work that played out later in his life in Australia, w

Born 23 February 1922 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the only child of R O Slater, company director, and Emma Bell, his wife. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and at the Medical School of the University of Durham. He qualified in 1943 and was appointed house surgeon at the R

Humphrey Walter Gowland was born in 1918 in Dunedin, New Zealand, the second son of Percy Gowland, who later became the eminent Professor of Anatomy at Otago Medical School. He was educated at first in Dunedin and later at Waitaki College where he had a distinguished international athletic career. H

Robert Allen Fitzsimons was born on 16 March 1892 at Maugherow, County Sligo, Ireland, and educated there at Summerhill College. He entered the Customs and Excise branch of the Civil Service by competitive examination in 1911 and in 1912 was transferred from Ireland to the Custom House at Billingsga

Ronald Frank Guymer was born in London on 7 June 1901, the eldest child of Frank Guymer, wholesale corn and grain merchant, one of whose wharves now supports the Festival Hall. Guymer was educated at Durston House, Ealing, and Westminster School where he played football for the school and gained sev

Gertrude Mary Beatrice Morgan was born in Edinburgh in November 1901 and was educated at Edinburgh Ladies' College and Newnham, College, Cambridge. After graduating in the Natural Science Tripos in 1923 she went to St Mary's Hospital, London, where she qualified with the Conjoint Diploma and graduat

Joseph Arthur Russell Johnson was born on 30 December 1913 and his early education was at King Edward VII School in Birmingham, where he was a foundation scholar. He entered Birmingham University for his medical studies, graduating in 1936 and subsequently serving as house officer in his teaching ho