Mohammad Khan was a consultant general surgeon at East Reach Hospital, Taunton Somerset. He qualified in the Punjab in 1957 and gained the fellowship of both the College and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1975. He died on 21 August 2009, survived by a daughter.

John Lovegrove was a consultant surgeon at Dewsbury and District Hospital. 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 Anthony Berstock was born in Manchester on 14 September 1946. He was the only son of Ellia Berstock, a general practitioner, and his wife Rene née Hall. Educated at Stockport Grammar School, he trained in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and London University, graduating MB, BS in 1970. H

Brian Richard Kenning was born in 1944 or 1945. He was educated at St Mary's College, Southampton, St Mary's Teacher-Training College, Strawberry Hill and Guy's Hospital Medical School, London. He was appointed a captain in the TA Reserve on 4 January 1973. He died on 11 August 2005, aged 61 years.

Jeremiah Dominic Hennessy was a consultant general surgeon at Sandwell District General Hospital. He was born in Cork, Ireland, on 5 August 1922, the son of Michael Joseph Hennessy, a draper, and Margaret Hennessy née O'Brien, a housewife. He was educated at Greenmount National School and Presentati

Ian Charles O’Rourke was an associate professor of surgery at the Northern Territory clinical school of Flinders University at Royal Darwin Hospital. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 20 December 1943. His mother was Patricia Robyn O’Rourke née Johns, the daughter of a publican; h

John Leonard Connell, who died in Melbourne on 8 August 2008, had an outstanding career in the fields of General and Vascular Surgery for forty years prior to his retirement in 1992. John graduated in medicine with high distinction, in 1947, from St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School of The Unive

Richard Dale was a surgeon in the Royal Navy. He was born in Worcester on 18 March 1945, the son of Reginald William Dale, a county planning officer, and Margaret Dale née Norman. He grew up in Somerset, where he was to return in retirement, along with his wife Hilary. He attended Taunton School and