Richard Oliver was a general surgeon who lived in Anglesey. He qualified MB, BS in 1948 and passed the conjoint diploma the same year. He did his national service as a captain in the RAMC and then proceeded to the fellowship of the College in 1954. After early surgical posts at the Brompton Hospital

John Edward Gasson was a consultant general surgeon who worked in Cape Town, South Africa. He was born on 17 February 1924. He had a distinguished military career during the Second World War. He joined the South African Air Force in August 1941, and fought in the Middle East and Italy, becoming a m

Michael Anthony Brennan, usually known as Joe, was born on 8 September 1925 in Manchester. He was the son of Thomas Edward Brennan, manager of Finnigan's of Deansgate, Manchester, and Frances, née Mahon. He was educated at St Joseph's School, Moss Side, and Xaverian College, Victoria Park, under its

James Kyle was a consultant general surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and a senior lecturer at Aberdeen University and later chairman of Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust in Inverness. He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim on 26 March 1925 to John Kyle and Dorothy Frances Kyle née Skillen. His father

Arthur Belton was a surgeon who lived in Wolverhampton. 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

David Amyrald Armstrong Lane was a consultant surgeon to Sir Patrick Dun’s and Monktown hospitals, Dublin, Ireland and an accomplished musician. He was born in Bognor Regis, Sussex, the son of Samuel Armstrong Lane, a surgeon and GP who had served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World W

Alan Green was a consultant surgeon and urologist at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and a former president of the Travelling Surgical Society. He was born on 2 July 1927 in Leicester into a non-medical family. His father, Norman George Edwin Green, was a clerk for the Inland Revenue and his mother, Li

Ronald Thomas Todd was the senior surgeon at Ipswich Hospital, Queensland, Australia. He was born in Brisbane on 16 January 1925, the eldest son of Frederick Edmund Todd, an optometrist, and Rose Emma Todd née Thomas, a business secretary. He attended the Church of England Grammar School, Brisbane,

Michael Gilbert was a general practitioner in Beccles, Suffolk. He was born in Lewisham, London on 8 March 1925, the son of John Charles Gilbert and Averilliday Rudyard Gilbert née Kent. He initially trained as a surgeon at Guy’s Hospital and gained his FRCS in 1954, but decided to become a gene

Gordon Heard was a consultant surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales and a former president of the Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He was born on 23 February 1926 in Rhiwbina, Cardiff the second son of Albert Heard, a geologist at Cardiff University; his brother, Brian,

Edward Ryan was a surgeon and general practitioner who lived in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. 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

Felix Weale was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at Dartford and Gravesend Hospital. He was born in Prague on 15 February 1925 and was a refugee to the United Kingdom in 1939. His father, Frederick Weil, was a journalist and a prominent critic of Hitler in the Czechoslovak press. He was edu