Richard John Heafield was born on 25 April 1962, the son of Peter John Heafield and his wife Betty Jean. He qualified in MB, BS in 1962 and passed the fellowship of the college in 1990, becoming a consultant radiologist at Torbay Hospital. He died of mesothelioma on 25 August 2018, aged 56 and wa

Frederick Guy Trevor Beetham was born on 17 July in 1922. He studied medicine in New Zealand, graduating MB, ChB in 1946 before travelling to the UK. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1952 and the diploma in medicine and radiology the same year. Returning to New Zealand, he became a consu

Oscar Craig was a consultant radiologist and honorary senior clinical lecturer at St Mary’s Hospital, London and a former president of the Royal College of Radiologists. He was born on 7 May 1927, the son of James Oscar Max Clark Craig and Olivia Craig. He qualified in Dublin in 1950 and immediately

John Howson was a radiologist in Morwell, 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

Frederick George Osborne Burrows was a consultant radiologist for Birmingham Central Health District. He was born in Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland in 1924. He studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin and qualified in 1949. He gained his FRCS in 1954 and then focused on radiology. Prior t

David Francis Charles Shepherd was a consultant interventional radiologist at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 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

C F Regaud was among the first to study the biological effects of radium and X-rays, and their application to the treatment of cancer. Though not a surgeon he worked closely with surgeons, and always put the resources of his laboratory at their disposal. In recognition of his work in support of surg

James William Douglas Bull, the son of a general practitioner in Buckinghamshire, was educated at Repton and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, before securing an entrance scholarship to St George's Hospital Medical School and graduating there in 1936. One of his uncles was a radiologist and

Brian Kendall was director of the Lysholm department of radiology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London. He was born in Bolton, Lancashire, the son of Gilbert Kendall, a tanner, and Elsie Kendall née Holt. Aged seven, following the death of his mother, his family moved to L

Ross Fordyce Burton, known as ‘Peter’, was a consultant radiotherapist in Auckland, New Zealand. He was born on 19 September 1922 in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Percy Robert Burton, a school principal, and Millicent Evaline Burton née French. He attended school in Opotiki, then at Brixton Road

Irene Margaret Stanford McEwan née Cade was a consultant radiologist in Portsmouth. She was born in London on 15 January 1925, the second daughter of Sir Stanford Cade, the surgeon, and Margaret Hester née Agate, the daughter of the organist at Paisley Abbey. Irene was educated at Queen's College, H

Brian Windeyer was born in Sydney on 7 February 1904, the son of Richard Windeyer QC, a barrister, and Mabel Robinson, whose father had graduated in medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. His family had been associated with the legal profession in Australia for five generations. He was educated at