Bernard Welford was a surgeon who lived and worked in New Zealand. He qualified MB ChB in 1954 and gained his FRCS in 1961. He lived at addresses in Timaru, Invercargill and Southland, New Zealand. He died on 10 October 2012, aged 83.

Remo Derek Peduzzi was a consultant surgeon at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle. He studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1950. He gained his FRCS in 1961. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior registrar in general surgery at Middlesex Hospital, London.

Peter Chee Nam Wong was a surgeon based in Orakei, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1961 and is known to have retired in 1995. He died on 2 April 2013, survived by his wife, Rebecca, sons Christopher and Andrew, daughters-in-law Sharon and Angela and gran

Paul Atkins was a consultant surgeon in Liverpool. He was born on 26 June 1933, into a musical family. His father George, known as 'Tommy', made and repaired church organs, including the one in Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. His mother Dorothy was a dressmaker. As a student at King's College Hospit

Paul Rosswick was a consultant surgeon at St George's Hospital, London. He was born in London on 1 June 1932, the son of John Rosswick, an advertising director, and Phoebe Rosswick née Fagin, a housewife. He attended Malvern College from 1945 to 1950 and then studied medicine at London Hospital Medi

John Stephen Winter was born on 21 January 1920 and educated and trained at Cambridge University and Liverpool University Medical School qualifying during the second world war. He served in the RAMC until 1947 and then joined the Royal Air Force Medical Service in 1950. Having worked in general, ort

Vithal Gangadhar Phansalkar was a general surgeon in Bijapur district in Karnataka state, India. His father, Gangadhar Sakharam Phansalkar, was a general practitioner in Phaltan, Maharashtra. His mother Girija died when he was three years old and his father passed away when he was 17 and just about

Ajay Kanti Poddar was a consultant surgeon in South Australia. He was born in Pabna, in what was then India, on 1 July 1932. His father, Krishna Mohan Poddar, was a manager of a jute company; his mother, Jnanada Sundari Poddar née Saha, was a housewife. He attended the Hindu School, Calcutta and the

James Joseph O’Brien was a general surgeon in Australia. Born in Northern Ireland on 21 September 1921 he studied medicine at Queen’s University, Belfast and graduated MB ChB in 1945. He did house jobs in London and passed the fellowship of the college in 1961. He moved to Australia, was appointed a

Henry Wickham was a general surgeon in Preston, Lancashire. 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

Roland David Stedeford was a consultant surgeon in Barking, East London. He studied medicine at Oxford University and graduated BM BCh in 1956. In London he did house jobs at the West London Hospital and St George’s before becoming joining the staff of the Warnesford Hospital, Leamington Spa as a re

John Robb was a consultant surgeon at Route Hospital, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. Born on 24 February 1932 in Downpatrick, County Down, he was the son of John Charles Robb, a general practitioner, and his wife Jessie Bannatyne née Wilson. Her father, a judge, had been the last Solicitor-General of