John Gowan Gray, known as ‘Ian’, was a consultant surgeon at the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent, and the Leek Memorial Hospital. He was born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, and qualified at Edinburgh, where he completed junior house posts. During the Korean War he served his National S

Brian Maurice was a consultant general surgeon at Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells. He was born on 28 July 1927 in Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, the elder son of Norman B Maurice, a chemist who carried out pioneering research into synthetic nylon, and his wife Dorothy (née Armstead), wh

George Hargreaves ‘Steve’ Dunstone was a consultant general surgeon at Dryburn Hospital. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring, county Durham, on 23 October 1925, the son of William Anthony Hargreaves, a jeweller and watchmaker, and Elsie Bailey, the daughter of a schoolmaster. He was educated at the pr

Eric Hardy was a hardworking general surgeon who spent his consultant career in Chester and was awarded emeritus status when he retired in 1982. He was born on 21 July 1918 in Royton, Lancashire. His father was Frank Stanley Hardy, a typewriter mechanic, and his mother Jean née Leslie. Eric was the

George Emile Rousseaux was a consultant surgeon at Warrnambool Hospital, Victoria, Australia. He was born on 26 August 1926. He graduated in medicine from Oxford University in 1950 and passed his FRCS in 1958. During his time at Oxford he was resident medical officer at the Radcliffe Infirmary from

Jim Jardine was a gifted general surgeon, a kind and compassionate doctor who practised in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. He loved the people and had an extraordinary gift for remembering patients' names. Moreover, he had a special rapport with his Maori patients and their families. One of his

Prem Virmani was born at Lyallpur, India, on 14 April 1928, the daughter of Ramnarain Virmani, a businessman, and after early education entered Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi. After junior hospital appointments she came to Great Britain for postgraduate studies, working at Hammersmith Ho

Augustus Appadorai Asirvatham, the eighth of eleven children and third son of Abraham Tahsildar Asirvatham, a revenue officer and of Rachel Ponnammal, was born in Madurai, India, on 29 September 1917. After education at preparatory school and the Church Missionary Society High School at Srivilliputh

Joan Fowler-Wright received her medical education at the London School of Medicine for Women, qualifying MB BS in 1947 and passing the FRCS in 1958. After obtaining her Fellowship she practised in various posts at the Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells. She retired in 1989 and died in 1995.

Chanmugan took the Fellowship in December 1958, and then returned to Ceylon, where he practised at Colombo during the following seven years. He died on 23 July 1966.

William John Oram studied medicine at the University of New Zealand and qualified in 1947. He spent most of his life there and no details are available of his career. He died in Auckland on 7 February 1990 survived by his wife Carolyn.

John Dawson was appointed consultant surgeon to King's College Hospital in 1965, at the early age of 32. The second son of Leslie Joseph Dawson and Mabel née Jayes, he was born in Leicester, and received his education at the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys. He qualified MB BS with honours in patho