Walter Bain was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor. He was born in Ayr and educated at Loretto, Jesus College, Cambridge and Guy's Hospital. He qualified in medicine in 1942 and, joining the navy as a surgeon lieutenant, saw action in the Mediterranean and Far East. After the war he had early appointments in the ophthalmology departments of Guy's and St Thomas's and at Moorfields Hospital, meanwhile publishing papers on glaucoma. On appointment to the King Edward VII Hospital at Windsor, he was instrumental in installing the Prince Charles 25 bed eye ward with E C Glover. He was also consultant to the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability in Putney and the Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot. He was a keen fly fisherman and an 8 handicap golfer at the Berkshire. Described as "a man of great charm and wit" he died of chronic obstructive lung disease on 28 October 2007, survived by his wife, Barbara.