Born at Bath, and came of an old Herefordshire family. His father and several of his relations were medical men. After qualifying he succeeded to his uncle’s practice at Hereford, which, considerable as it was, he carried on alone till his retirement about the year 1875. He was known as a good opera

Tony Gabriel was formerly the senior surgeon at the Cancer Hospital, Maharagama, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was born in London on 10 January 1925 and died in Colombo on 21 December 2007 after a short illness, a few days before his 83rd birthday. He was described by one writer ‘as a person who loved the

John Coals was a consultant surgeon in accident and emergency surgery at Chester Royal Infirmary. He was born in Highbury, London, on 8 February 1930, the son of John Rueben Coals, a shipping agent, and Alice Maud Beatrice née Ensor. He was educated at St Andrew’s Church School and Enfield Grammar S

Sir Sydney Gun-Munro was a former Governor General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He was born on 29 November 1916, the eighth child of an extensive family of Scottish descent on the island of Grenada in the Windward Isles. His father, Barclay Justin Gun-Munro, died when Sydney was only seven.

Served as Staff Surgeon on board HMS *Indus* and HMS *Chameleon*. He retired with the rank of Fleet Surgeon, and later was promoted to the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General. He resided subsequently at 3 Alma Place, North Shields, and died on April 22nd, 1896.

Born in Pembrokeshire in 1830. He belonged to a good county family, and was educated at St Thomas’s Hospital. On the outbreak of the Crimean War he was attached to the Royal Artillery as Assistant Surgeon, and going through the whole of the campaign, he was present at Sebastopol. After the war he be

Born on June 26th, 1817, and was gazetted on May 18th, 1841, Assistant Surgeon to the 48th Foot. He was promoted Staff Surgeon (2nd Class) on December 26th, 1851, and joined the Rifle Brigade on February 13th, 1852, being promoted Surgeon Major on May 18th, 1861. He was made Deputy Inspector-General

Practised at Rochdale, where for many years he was Consulting Surgeon to the General Dispensary. He died, after his retirement, at Southport, on August 24th, 1873.

Educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and in Paris. He practised in Richmond (Yorks), his birthplace, for fifty years, and was at one time Surgeon to the Borough Gaol and, later, Assistant Surgeon to the 15th North Riding Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers. He died on New Year’s Day, 1892.

Educated at Guy’s Hospital. He obtained the Surgical Scholarship of the Apothecaries’ Society in 1885, and was successively Resident Clinical Assistant of Bethlem Royal Hospital, and for many years Medical Superintendent of the Plymouth Borough Asylum, Ivybridge. In 1916-17 he was appointed Medical

Was in general practice for many years at Altrincham, Cheshire. He was a Member of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, and Surgeon to the King’s Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry and then to the Earl of Chester’s Yeomanry Cavalry, retiring from these posts before his death, which occurred on Au

Practised at Lancaster, and was for many years Medical Superintendent of the County Lunatic Hospital there. He died in retirement at his residence, Argyll Road, Kensington, on March 24th, 1888.