Paul Townsend was born on 27 December 1937 in Hendon. During his early years the family lived in Radlett, Hertfordshire and, during the early years of the second world war, he remembered that he could see the bombs falling on London during the Blitz. His father worked as an army officer and later be

J Kenneth Chong was a plastic surgeon in southern California. He was born in Ipoh, Perak state, Malaysia, on 4 April 1929, the son of Francis Tak-Nam Chong, a general practitioner, and Catherine Keng-Mun Chong née Lee. He attended Anderson School in Ipoh and then completed his A levels at Badingham

John Prichard Bennett was a consultant plastic surgeon at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire on 3 July 1939, he was the son of Russell Percy Bennett, a headmaster, and his wife Margaret Enid née Prichard who was a hairdresser. After attending Court Lane Primar

Patrick John Whitfield was born on 7 November 1931, the son of Albert Victor Whitfield and his wife Rose Anna née Maye. He studied medicine at St George’s Hospital Medical Centre in London and graduated MB, BS in 1958. Until 1965 he carried out junior hospital appointments in the UK and in Arkansas,

Morris Hensman Heycock, or ‘Bob’ or ‘Bobby’ as his family, friends and colleagues knew him, was a consultant plastic surgeon in Hull. He was born in Dublin on 31 October 1928. His father, Morris Sadler Heycock, read natural sciences at King’s College, Cambridge and was a chemist before becoming head

Catina Katriona Bernardis was a consultant plastic surgeon St Thomas’ Hospital, London. 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

Benjamin Coplan Cohney was a consultant plastic surgeon in Perth, Western Australia. 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

Robert Craig was a consultant plastic surgeon in Manchester. 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

David Thomas Sharpe was a professor of plastic reconstructive surgery at the University of Bradford. 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.

Robert Arnold Fischl was chief of the plastic surgery section of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut. He was born in Dresden, Germany on 18 June 1928. His father, Emil Fischl, was a paper manufacturer; his mother, Bettina Hahn, was the daughter of a banker. They left Germany in 1939 and settled i

Niall Kirkpatrick was a consultant plastic surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital and president of the charity Facing the World. 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

Nicholas Bernard Hart was a consultant in plastic and reconstructive surgery in Grimsby. 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