Adrian Kenneth Lowe was born in Brighton, Victoria, Australia on 3 June 1928. His father Edward William Francis Lowe was a store guide and his mother Wilhemena née de Korte was a medical practitioner. After attending Firbank Preparatory School in Brighton, he moved to Brighton Grammar School, Wesley

Kethieswaran Thuraisingham, known as Kethies, was a general surgeon in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. Born in Karainagur, an island near Jaffna, Sri Lanka in the mid-1930’s, he was the son of Vethavally Thuraisingham, née Saravanamuthu, and her husband. He passed the fellowship of the col

Shyamal Kanti Sen gained an FRCS in 1964. Sen lived and worked in Calcutta, India, and died in 2004.

Ken Edwardson was a general surgeon at Clatterbridge Hospital on the Wirral. He was born on 29 July 1935 in the Lancashire coastal village of Ainsdale, a suburb of the holiday resort of Southport, some 20 miles north of Liverpool. Despite the impending Second World War, this was an idyllic place for

Melvyn Keith Tidman trained at University College Hospital and passed his FRCS in 1964. He moved to the Bristol area and became senior house officer in general and orthopaedic surgery to the Bristol Royal Infirmary and then surgical registrar to the Bath clinical area. He moved to Canada and practic

John Hamilton Wyllie was professor of surgical studies at University College London (UCL). He was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the eldest son of Andrew McNae Wyllie and Marjorie Hamilton née Maxwell. On his father becoming physician superintendent of Royal Cornhill Mental Hospital, Aberdeen, John com

Philip Zachariah was born on 23 September in Bengal, the son of Kuruvila Zachariah, who was an historian, and his wife Shanti née Dey. He attended Bishop Cotton School in Bangalore and then studied medicine at the Madras Christian College, graduating MB, BS in 1960. He worked for a time at the Chris

Richard Boggon, known to his friends as Dick, was a consultant general surgeon at the Mid-Essex Health Trust in Chelmsford. He was the son of Roland Boggon and Mollie Boggon née Newell. He schooled at Oundle and in 1954 proceeded to Clare College, Cambridge. His clinical studies were at St Thomas’s

Roger Mitchell was a general surgeon in Jersey in the Channel Islands. 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

Sister Catherine Mary Rosarii Lawler was a general surgeon who worked in mission hospitals in Nigeria and Kenya. Born on 18 April 1928 in County Wexford, she was the daughter of John Lawler a primary school teacher and his wife Nora. She studied medicine at the National University of Ireland and St

Hedley Edward Berry was born on 30 September 1936 and educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School. He studied medicine at London University and trained at King’s College Hospital, graduating MB, BS in 1960. Passing the fellowship of the college in 1964, he was appointed a consultant surgeon at King’s w

Ian Hamilton was a consultant general surgeon and later consultant urologist at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro. He was born in Belfast as his father, William James Hamilton, an Irishman himself, wanted him to be eligible to play rugby for Ireland - regrettably something he never achieved. Ian wa