Jean-Jacques Brossy was a surgeon in South Africa. He gained his FRCS in 1953. In May 2012 the Royal College of Surgeons was notified of his death in Cape Town.

Geoffrey Mizbah was a consultant surgeon in Ontario, Canada. Born on 13 September 1931, he studied medicine at Liverpool University, qualifying in 1945 and later gaining his FRCS. He emigrated to Oakville, Ontario, where he worked at St Michael’s Hospital. He spent much time in charitable work ove

William John Dickson Bradfield, or ‘Bill’, was a consultant surgeon at Kingston Hospital in Surrey. He was born in London on 23 June 1924, the only son and second child of John Ernest Bradfield, a businessman, and Marjorie Elizabeth née Dickson, the daughter of a silk merchant. Bill was educated at

Cecil Quixano Henriques was a consultant surgeon at Ipswich and East Suffolk hospitals. He was born on 22 February 1924 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the son of Wilfrid Quixano Henriques OBE, a civil engineer, and Beatrice Ledward (née Forde), Cecil Henriques was educated at Harrow School and Trinity Col

David Graham Leighton Davies was a consultant general surgeon at East Glamorgan General Hospital, Pontypridd, and an honorary clinical tutor in surgery at the Welsh National School of Medicine. He studied in Cardiff, gaining a BSc degree with a distinction in anatomy, in 1943 and at Guy's Hospital M

Neville James Way was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. He was born on 16 March 1924 in Boulder, Western Australia, the son of Inman Way, a general practitioner in Boulder and Kalgoorlie. He was educated at Eastern Goldfields High School, concentrating more

Betty Underhill was born on 22 December 1908, the only child of William Wood and Elizabeth Roberts, both head teachers. She was educated at North London Collegiate School and Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained a first class honours degree in zoology. She remained at Oxford doing research i

Ronald McGrigor was born in London on 1 January 1920, the son of Dalziel McGrigor and Dorothy Macgregor Drysdale. His father was a radiologist in the RAMC. He was educated at Stowe School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he passed the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1940 and then went to St Bartholom

Emmanuel Augustus Badoe was one of the founding fathers of the Ghana Medical School and the West African College of Surgeons. He was part of a generation which, through hard work and dedication, contributed to the foundation of Ghana as an independent nation. He was born in Asokore, in the Ashant

Jason Giles Brice was born on 24 January 1927. Initially educated at a two-roomed Church of England School in the North Downs, he moved on to Gravesend Grammar School for Boys and started two years ahead of his age group. Due to the lack of science teachers during the second world war, he was more o

John Victor Leonard Colman graduated from Sydney University in 1946 and commenced his internship at Sydney Hospital. He always wanted to be a surgeon. He followed the well established track of the day to Great Britain and commenced surgical training at Trindal Hospital in Aylesbury. He remained in E

Arun Kumar Das worked as a general surgeon in Calcutta having passed the fellowship of the college in 1953. He died on 13 September 2015.