Charles Bellemore was born in June 1920, the third of eight sons of Charles and Mary Bellemore, and grew up in Ashfield, Australia. He was educated at the Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham, and received his medical training at the University of Sydney. He started general practice in Chester

Allen James Whitaker, the fifth son of Dr James Smith Whitaker who was formerly a family doctor in Great Yarmouth, was born in Hendon on 16 April 1905. His father, having been the first medical secretary of the British Medical Association, became senior medical officer at the Ministry of Health on i

Reginald (Rex) Salisbury Woods was born in Dulwich on 15 October 1891, the son of Henry Thomas Woods. His mother, Lilian, was the sister of Frank Salisbury CVO, LLD, the portrait painter. He entered Dulwich College in 1906 at the age of fourteen and in his last year was senior school prefect as well

Derek Stevenson was house officer at St Thomas's Hospital, London from 1948 to 1949 and then at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey from 1949 to 1950. He then went to Kenya with the RAMC before taking up a senior house post at Nottingham General Hospital in 1952. He moved to Australia in 1954 and worked a

John Parry was born in Barry, Glamorgan, Wales, on 8 May 1914. His father, William Thomas Parry, was a barrister who died in 1917. His mother, Constance Esther née Daniel, had been a teacher of domestic science. His mother married Thomas Davies, a general practitioner, in Cardiff in 1920. John was e

Padraic Colm Malone was a general practitioner in 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

Graham Allwright was a general practitioner in Formby, Merseyside. He was born on 9 July 1953 in Shoreham, Sussex, where his father, Fred, was a civil servant. He attended a number of schools as his father was posted abroad, ending at Sutton High School. He studied medicine at the London Hospital, w

Sir Donald Irvine was an outstanding general practitioner who throughout his career was at the heart of changing the relationship between the public and their doctors. He was the first, and so far only, general practitioner to become president of the General Medical Council (GMC). He was responsible

Prasanta Kumar Biswas qualified MB, BS in Calcutta in 1954 and passed the fellowship of the college in 1967. A general practitioner in Pouleton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, he died on 29 December 2018.

Robert George Swain was born on 26 July 1936 in Surrey and spent his early years there. He studied medicine in the UK and passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. After marrying Ann, he moved with his family to Canada in 1965 to join a rural medical practice in Alberta as a general practitioner

Born at Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, on 6 December 1926, the son of Leslie William Jones MRCS, a general practitioner, and Prudence Mary, née Snelling, he was of the fourth generation in his family to become a doctor. He was educated at the Llanfairpwll Elementary School, Hillgrove School, Bangor, Epsom

Donald Shaw was a GP surgeon in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, and the Dilke Hospital in the Forest of Dean. He was born on 3 October 1953 in Liverpool as the first child of John and Dorothy Mary Shaw (née Mudie). His two younger siblings, Charlie and Fiona, were born in 1955 and 1957 respectively. Do