Ernest Davies was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King's College Hospital, London. He was born on 18 September 1931 in Pontypool, Wales, the son of Rupert Grinnis Davies and Beryl Matilda Davies née Lewis. He was educated at West Monmouth School and then St Catherine's College, Cambridge and St Mary's Hospital Medical School. He gained his MB BChir in 1955. He was a house surgeon at St Mary's and then trained at Moorfields and at Guy's, where he was a senior registrar. Between 1958 and 1961 he was in the RAF on a short service commission. In 1967 he held a travelling fellowship and went to Miami, Baltimore, Boston and New York. In 1967 he was appointed as a consultant at West Middlesex Hospital. Two years later, he transferred to King's College Hospital. His main interest was in retinal detachment and the development of laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy. He was a lecturer for the University of London and an examiner for the diploma in ophthalmology. In August 1995 he was a visiting consultant at the Vision International Hospital, Gilgit, Pakistan. Outside medicine he enjoyed cliff walking in Pembrokeshire National Park, travelling (particularly in Mexico, Kenya and Pakistan), cycling and gardening. He was an elder at Trinity United Reformed Church, Bromley. In 1957 he married Joy Avril Pinnock. They had two sons and two daughters. Ernest Davies died on 2 February 2015. He was 83.