Geoffrey Thompson Tate was a general surgeon in Harrogate. He studied medicine in Leeds, qualifying in 1952. He gained his FRCS in 1963.

Langton Kelly was a general surgeon. He qualified in medicine in Queensland, Australia before coming to the UK and passing the fellowships of both the College and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1963. Returning to Queensland he practiced at the Medical Centre at Coolangatta on the coas

Peter Bewes was a consultant surgeon in Uganda and Tanzania, and then at Birmingham Accident Hospital. He was born on 21 September 1932 in Nairobi, Kenya, to missionary parents, the Reverend Thomas Francis Cecil Bewes and Nellie Sylvia Cohu Bewes née Berry. This was the era in East Africa of long te

Desmond Ian Ralph Higton, always known as 'Ian', was a general surgeon in Bromley. He was born on 9 December 1934, the elder son of John William Higton, managing director of a coach building company, and Olive Gwendoline Higton née Smith. He was educated at Farnham Grammar School, Surrey, King's Col

John Stewart Simpson Stewart was a surgeon in Wigan. Of Scots origin, he was born in March 1928 and studied medicine at Glasgow University graduating MB, ChB in 1951. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. He died on 19 March 2018.

Patrick Francis O’Dwyer was a surgeon in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was born on 9 December 1926 in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Edward and Catherine O’Dwyer, and was brought up in humble circumstances in Harristown on the outskirts of Toowoomba. O’Dwyer was educated at Newtown State Sc

Max Harvey Ellis was an honorary surgeon at Blacktown Hospital, New South Wales. He was born in Bega, New South Wales on 8 September 1933. His father, Ashley Thomas Ellis, was a veterinary surgeon; his mother, Muriel Elizabeth Flora Ellis née Morrison, was the daughter of a grazier. He studied at Du

Julian Neely was a consultant surgeon in north Sussex, working at Crawley Hospital, Horsham Hospital and the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead. His father, Geoffrey Cavendish Neely, was of Irish descent. He was a saxophonist who ran a dance band in London. His mother, Dorothy Isobel Bruce né

Monoranjan Duari was a general surgeon at Burnley General Hospital. Born in Howrah in India, he moved to the UK in 1954 after graduating in medicine. He did house jobs in Edinburgh and Devon and spent some time at the Hartley Hospital in Colne. After passing the fellowship of the college in 1963, he

Driving through an English snowstorm, on the way to board a ship and emigrate, Val Lishman’s mind was on fresh horizons. An Australian summer beckoned for him, wife Jean and three children. Six weeks later glaring reality hit. “We had read all about the beautiful Wildflower State but …everything see

Albert William Russell was a general surgeon in South Australia. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. A long time member of the Australian Medical Association (South Australia Branch), he died on 12 October 2019.

William Hamilton Heslop Garvie was a surgeon who lived in Aberdeen. 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.