Andrew Gordon Horsburgh was born on 1 August 1926, the third son of John Barber Horsburgh, an engineer, and his wife Catherine née Gordon. After attending St Paul’s Preparatory School, Colet Court, London, he finished his education at Clayesmore School in Dorset. He studied medicine at King’s Colleg

Harvey Burton Ross was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Born on 1 October 1928 in London, he was the second son of James Patterson Ross KCVO (1st Baronet of Whetstone, Surgeon to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II) and his wife, Marjorie Burton née Townsend, a former

Paul Chanmugam was born in Jaffna, Ceylon, on 1 June 1900, the son of Anna Annama (née Paul) whose father was resident surgeon at the Friend in Need Hospital, Jaffna, and Joseph Kadir Gamer Chanmugam, Principal of Jaffna Central College, where he received his early medical training before entering K

Alan Robert Trist was a surgeon in Sydney, New South Wales. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, where his Australian father, also Alan Robert Trist, a forester, was studying at Yale University. Trist’s mother was Ivy Alma Trist née Priebe. The family returned to Australia when he was two and

Norman Winstone was a consultant surgeon at Selly Oak, Birmingham. He was born in Gidea Park, Essex, on 8 February 1924, the son of Herbert Charles Winstone, a property manager, and Kate née Robinson, a policeman's daughter. He was educated at Gidea Park College and Romford Royal Liberty School, bef

John Gordon Smart was appointed to the Leicester Royal Infirmary as a general surgeon with an interest in urology in 1965. Later he became the first pure urologist to the hospital and was responsible for building up the urology unit to become the largest in the Trent region. Possessing an administra

Jelal Moochool Shah was born in 1886. He studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and in 1915 he passed the Conjoint Examination. He joined the Indian Medical Service and in 1927 attained the rank of Major. He served in Egypt and Persia in the first world war. He was honorary consultant in venereolo

'Dare' Watkins was born in Bristol on 29 December 1925. His father, Henry Herbert Watkins, and mother, Brenda Florence née Taylor-Milton, were both dentists. He was educated at King William College, Isle of Man, where he was an enthusiastic sportsman. Later, he went to Liverpool University Medical S

Jim Lowry was born in Chicago of Northern Irish parents in 1927. He trained at the London Hospital where he played rugby, and was known as a popular, quiet person who had a good sense of humour. He also played the London Irish. After doing his National Service he returned to London to study for the

Peter Berger was a consultant surgeon at the Good Hope Hospital, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield and Tamworth Group of Hospitals and at the North Birmingham Hospital Group. He was born in Königsberg, East Prussia as the only child of Max Mark Berger, a dental surgeon, and Gertrude Berger

Lieutenant General Anand Mohan Ahuja was a pioneering cardiothoracic surgeon in the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services. He was born at Lyallpur in the Punjab region of India on 1 November 1923, the second of five brothers. His father was Jivan Das Ahuja, a physician, who encouraged all his sons to

John Fairgrieve was a consultant vascular and general surgeon in Cheltenham who, in his youth, was an outstanding sprinter representing Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games and reaching the quarter final in the 200m. Although John was English, being born in London, he had Scottish roots as bot