Alan Anderson was senior surgeon at Wellington Hospital, New Zealand. He was born in Wellington on 28 May 1926. His father, Ewart Gordon Anderson, was a surgeon who had qualified in Durham and went to New Zealand after the end of the first world war. His mother was Elsie Craig neé Ardrey. Alan was e

At 2.00 am on 25 May 2019, Don died at the age of 94 after more than seven years of invalidism from a series of strokes. At first Don’s walking was affected and he fought back to walking with support. However further lesser strokes occurred until he became bed-bound and his surgical hands ‘lost thei

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

Alan Morgan was a general surgeon in Wellington from the 50's to the 80's. Alan was a true generalist and served the community well in this role. He remained a generalist in an era when sub specialist practice was slowly developing in New Zealand. He remained committed to the broad specialty of gene

Eugene Anthony McVerry was a surgeon based on the Isle of Man. He was born on 16 September 1921 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He gained his FRCS in 1953 and married Olwen Croft in Bath, Somerset in 1957. He died in December 2014 at the age of 93. His last-known address was on the Isle of Man.

Arthur William Rowe Williamson was born on 30 January 1925. He qualified in medicine from London University in 1948 and passed the fellowship of the college in 1953. He was appointed consultant surgeon to the Tunbridge Wells Health District. He died on 26 August 2020, aged 95.

James Snyder was born on 3 November 1918 at Narberth, Pennsylvania. His father, Oscar, was a physician and founder of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and his mother was Aline Ambrose Cantwell, the daughter of a physician. Oscar Snyder was responsible for the ruling by Congress that in the USA

Percy Joseph was a surgeon in Sri Lanka. 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

Charles Frederick Noon was a consultant general surgeon at King George and Barking hospitals, Essex. He was born in Norwich on 21 May 1923, the son of Charles Noon, a general surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and Cicely Elizabeth Ellen Noon née South, a nursing sister. He was educated at

David Simpson Cole was dean of the Auckland School of Medicine for fifteen years. Born in Waihi on 25 October 1923, he was the son of James McMurray Cole, a general surgeon, and his wife Doris Elizabeth Cole, née Alcock. His mother passed the conjoint examination of the college while at the Royal Fr

Owen Elias Owen was a surgeon at Caernarvon and Anglesey Hospital, Bangor. 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

Keith Vowles was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter 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