Alan Small was one of the many New Zealanders to arrive in England before the second world war to remain and add his talents to the surgical scene. Born in Hastings, New Zealand, he studied medicine at Otago University, Dunedin. He came to England soon after to work successively as house officer, su

John Richard Carr Gardham, always known as Richard, was a consultant general surgeon and medical director of Chase Farm Hospital NHS Trust. Born in London on 26 April 1937, he came from a medical background. His father, Arthur John Gardham, was a consultant surgeon at University College Hospital and

John Hogg was a vascular and general surgeon in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 10 January 1943 in Sydney, the son of James Wilson Hogg, the headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, and Alyson Hogg. He was educated at Trinity, where he excelled academically and was al

William George ('Bill') Jamieson was a general and vascular surgeon at the Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada. He was born and raised in Cobourg, Ontario. Before earning his BSc degree at Eastern Michigan University he was a successful minor league baseball player. He went on to medical scho

John Chamberlain was a consultant in general and vascular surgery to the Newcastle upon Tyne hospitals for 26 years. He was born in Leicester on 27 January 1938 to Jack and May Chamberlain. He was an only child. As a young boy John was fascinated by steam engines and was very proud of his grandfathe

Alban Barros D'Sa was a consultant general surgeon at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, into a Catholic family originally from Goa. Barros D'Sa later moved with his parents to Kisumu on Lake Victoria, where he went to school. He knew he wanted t

Maurice Feldman was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham. He was born in Cardiff on 7 August 1927, the youngest son of Lewis Feldman, a retail and wholesale trader, and Leah Feldman née Volozhen, a housewife. He was educated at Wood Street and Roath Park elem

Justin Paul Fleming was born on 26 September 1917 in Sydney, the first son and second child of James Fleming, a hospital administrator, and Ethel Mary (née Downey). He was educated at St Patrick's College, Goulburn, New South Wales, Waverley College, Sydney, and the University of Sydney where he gra

Roger Hughes Johnson was a consultant general surgeon at Whiston and St Helens hospitals, Merseyside. He was born in Southend-on-Sea on 24 July 1939. His father, William Joseph ('Bill') Johnson, was a firefighter and his mother, Irene Johnson (neé Hughes), taught home economics. His grandfather was

Trevor Rudrah Franco Paes was a consultant surgeon for the Hillingdon and Mount Vernon NHS Trust. He was born in Dar es Salaam in East Africa. His father was personal physician to the statesman Julius Nyerere; his mother was minister of education. Paes studied chemistry at Imperial College, London,

Alan John Edwards was born on 25 July 1928 and educated at Drayton Manor School. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1949 and after a year at Brunel College, London, entered Christ's College, Cambridge in 1951 as a scholar and took a first-class honours degree in the Natural Sciences Tripo

Ian Christopher Gordon-Smith was born in 1941 and was educated at Haileybury, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital. He qualified in 1964. After house officer posts at the Middlesex he was surgical registrar at Cheltenham General Hospital, taking the FRCS in 1969. He then