Declan O’Keeffe was a surgeon in Kenya. He was born in London on 18 February 1922, the son of Edmond, a furniture salesman, and Jessica Edith née Riches. From St Dominic’s Preparatory School, West Hampstead, he won a ‘free place’ to the Regent Street Polytechnic Secondary School. He later went to Gu

David Bailey was a consultant surgeon at University College Hospital (UCH). He was born on 1 March 1922. Qualifying in medicine from the University of Cambridge and UCH his first post was at the latter. After proceeding to the Royal Northern Hospital and Barnet General Hospital as consultant surgeon

Hugh Davies was a consultant general surgeon with an interest in urology to the Hereford Hospital Group. Appointed in 1961, he continued work as a popular and well-loved surgeon, always being reticent about any personal achievements. In spite of his many sporting activities, he was a very self-effac

Samuel Hirsch Janikoun was joint professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal Army Medical College. He was born in the East End of London on 12 March 1913 into a Jewish family. He won a scholarship to Hackney Downs Grammar School and from there went on to University College Lo

John Armstrong was born on 20 March 1911 in Monmouth, where his father, Arthur Keith Armstrong, was a general practitioner; his great-grandfather John Armstrong was a member of the College and his mother was Louise Lilly Macman, the daughter of a solicitor. He was educated at Highgate School and

Robert Henry Cram was on the medical staff of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He was born in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada on 10 December 1916, the son of Henry Wilkes Cram and Helen Elizabeth Cram née Martin and grew up in London, Ontario. He studied medicine at the University of Western Ontari

William Sewell received his medical education at Guy's Hospital, qualifying with the conjoint diploma in 1940 and obtaining the London MB BS in 1952, having previously gained his FRCS in 1950. He was surgical registrar at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, before becoming senior surgical registrar a

Ghim Seng Yeoh was educated at Trinity College Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital, qualifying with the conjoint diploma and with the Cambridge MB BChir in 1944. After obtaining the Fellowship in 1950, he moved to Singapore, where he practised for many years in his own clinic in Battery Road. In 1994

Roger Selwyn Barrow Hudson was a general surgeon in Sydney, Australia. Born on 31 January 1921, he was the son of Alfred Roy Hudson, a medical practitioner and his wife Gertrude Irene née Barrow. He attended Newington College in Stanmore, Sydney and then studied at the University of Sydney Medical S

John Edward Price was born in London in 1920. He trained at King's College Hospital during the war. Afterwards he worked as a consultant surgeon to the Ministry of Health in East Nigeria, and later for the National Iranian Oil Company. His last move was to Canada, where he was for a time on the surg

Lawrence Adam Eckert, known as ‘Larry’, was a general surgeon in Toronto, Canada. He was born in Buffalo, New York, USA, the son of Georg and Eva Eckert. The family went to Romania when he was two and immigrated again when he was 14, to Canada. He was raised as a devout Catholic. He attended the

Peter Hugh Tasker was a general surgeon in Ontario, Canada. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, on 16 September 1916. His mother’s maiden name was Thomas. He qualified in 1940. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and, while attached to No 6 Commando, was awarded the Military Cross. His cita