Howard Davies qualified in 1960 and worked first in Newport, and then as consultant to the accident and emergency department at Carmarthen, where he is thought to have worked for 15 to 20 years. After his wife died prematurely of breast cancer, he became rather a recluse and the College has little information about his latter days. He died in Llanstephan, Dyfed, probably in 2000, survived by his son who became a vet in Somerset.