John Fry was born in South London on 16 June 1922, the son of a general practitioner, and was educated at Whitgift School, Croydon, and Guy's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1944. He took his FRCS diploma in 1947, but very soon decided to take up general practice, and he remained a single-han

Derek Stevenson was house officer at St Thomas's Hospital, London from 1948 to 1949 and then at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey from 1949 to 1950. He then went to Kenya with the RAMC before taking up a senior house post at Nottingham General Hospital in 1952. He moved to Australia in 1954 and worked a

Alan Mathams was a general practitioner in East Sussex. He did his medical training at the Westminster Hospital, where he qualified in 1977. After junior posts, he chose a career in surgery and was registrar at St James Hospital, Balham, and Epsom District Hospital. He decided to become a GP, joinin

Edward Harvey Bozman was a general practitioner in Maldon, Essex. He was born in June 1940, the son of Ernest Franklin Bozman and Muriel Pauline Mary Bozman née Harvey. Bozman studied medicine at King’s College Hospital Medical School, gaining a BSc in 1961 and qualifying in 1964. He was a house

Philip Bosworth (Bos) was a general practitioner, school doctor at Bryanston School and a keen campanologist. Born in Market Harborough, Leicestershire on 11 October 1948, he initially studied chemistry at Imperial College London after a gap year spent in Norfolk. In 1971 he enrolled at Bristol Univ

Donald Shaw was a GP surgeon in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, and the Dilke Hospital in the Forest of Dean. He was born on 3 October 1953 in Liverpool as the first child of John and Dorothy Mary Shaw (née Mudie). His two younger siblings, Charlie and Fiona, were born in 1955 and 1957 respectively. Do

Alan Francis Goode was born on 8 May 1908. He studied medicine at Birmingham University and trained at the Middlesex and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals. After working as an assistant in the surgical unit at the Welsh National School of Medicine and as a surgical registrar at the General Hospital in Birm

John Fsadni was a general practitioner who lived in Harpenden. 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

Avi-Nash Chander Chadha was a general practitioner in Farnham. 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

Reginald Walter Patrick Hosford was born on 23 June 1898, the eldest son of Dr B Hosford, a general practitioner in Highgate and elder brother of John P Hosford, FRCS, surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was educated at Highgate School where he was a foundation scholar and was admitted to St Ba

Richard Roberts (Roy) was born in Holywell in 1920. After school in North Wales he studied at the Liverpool University Medical School graduating in 1942. He played an active part in the Medical Student Society and was an excellent speaker at meetings. He decided on a career in surgery and took the p

Reginald (Rex) Salisbury Woods was born in Dulwich on 15 October 1891, the son of Henry Thomas Woods. His mother, Lilian, was the sister of Frank Salisbury CVO, LLD, the portrait painter. He entered Dulwich College in 1906 at the age of fourteen and in his last year was senior school prefect as well