Mohammed Abdul Wahed was a surgeon in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Michael Aidoo was born in Mpohor, Ghana on 11 February 1935. His father was a farmer. He was educated at St Augustine's College, Cape Coast, Ghana, and the University College of Gold Coast. He attended King's College, London and the Westminster Medical School. He died on 22 December 1975. He had one

Asif Hassan Ismail Lalljee came to England and gained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1970. He died on 27 January 1973.

After qualifying MB BS at the University of Adelaide, Peter Christopher Manessis held a number of posts at the Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, ending as a surgical registrar 1966-67. He moved in 1968 to a similar post at the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, and in 1969 at t

Shyamapada Tripathi was a general surgeon. Born on 1 April 1933 in Howrah, West Bengal, India, he was the second son of Radhakkrishna Tripathi who was an assistant commercial officer on the South Eastern Railway and his wife Sarala Bala née Misra who was the daughter of a doctor. Educated at the the

Neal Hamilton Masters was a general surgeon who lived and worked in Johannesburg, South Africa. He gained his FRCS in 1970. He died on 5 July 2013.

Shashikant Chaturbhai Patel – usually known as Sashi – was born on 18 March 1939 in Eldoret, Kenya. His father was Chaturbhai Patel, headmaster of a primary school and his mother’s maiden name was Maniben. He attended Allidina Visram High School in Mombasa before moving to the UK at the age of 16 an

Pradip Datta was a consultant general surgeon at Caithness General Hospital and a noted surgical trainer. He was born in Calcutta, India on 14 May 1940 and studied medicine at the University of Andhra, qualifying in 1964. In 1967 he went to the UK for further training. He was a registrar in gener

Richard Turner Waddington was a consultant general surgeon in Barnsley. 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

Simon Cox was a sportsman, countryman, conversationalist and *bon viveur*, as well as a surgeon. He was the life and soul of any party and was known for his sunny personality, *joie de vivre* and compassion for patients. Born in Malaya, where his father died as a prisoner of war in Changi prison, S

Balapuwaduge Jayasiri Susantha Mendis gained his FRCS in 1970. His death was reported to the Royal College of Surgeons in October 2009.

Joseph Harris obtained a BSc (anatomy honours) in London in 1958, qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1961 and the FRCS in 1970. He studied at University College and University College Hospital, London, and there became lecturer in surgery and honorary surgical registrar. He had also worked as re