Ashok Balkrishna Mathure was a surgeon based in Mumbai, India. He was born on 22 April 1941 and studied medicine in Mumbai. He gained the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1974. He was married to Nandini. They had a daughter, Mekhala, and a grandson, Yash. He died on 23 Fe

Born on 18 November 1887, son of a well know solicitor at Brighton and grandson of the headmaster of Brighton College, he was educated at Brighton College, Christ's College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital. After qualification he was house surgeon to Sir Anthony Bowlby at St Bartholomew's an

Little is known about Kathleen Frith, who qualified at the Royal Free Hospital in 1946. She subsequently trained in surgery, taking her FRCS diploma in 1952 and becoming a surgical registrar at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Later she was appointed senior surgical registrar at the Hospital for Sick Chil

Selwyn Kerry Burcher came from a long-established Auckland family. He attended Remuera Primary School and Auckland Grammar School where he was head boy and captain of the school's first fifteen in rugby football for three years. He graduated MB, ChB from Otago University in 1941, undertook his house

Anthony Frederick Hunter was born in Blackheath, London, and at the age of two emigrated to New Zealand with his parents, both of whom died during his childhood. He was then brought up by an aunt and uncle and educated at Mount Albert Grammar School, King's College, and the University of Otago Medic

Born on 23 May 1905 in Bristol, Trevor Hellier Berrill was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Bristol University where he graduated MB, ChB in 1938, obtaining the Conjoint Diploma in the same year. He held resident appointments at Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Royal Northern Hospital and in 19

Harry Clifford Jones was born at Gateshead, County Durham, on 10 November 1925 and graduated MB BS from King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1948. After appointments at Ashington and national service in the Royal Air Force he became registrar in orthopaedic surgery at Hexham General Hospital. In

Professor Jannie Louw was born on 26 May 1915 in Middleburg, South Africa, the son of a schoolmaster who later became a school inspector. He was educated at Rondebosch High School in Cape Town and the University of Cape Town Medical School, where he graduated in 1938 with distinction. After junior a

William James Lytle was born on 27 September 1896 at Maghera, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His father, Thomas Alexander Lytle was a farmer, his mother, Mary Jane (née Moore) the daughter of a farmer, and his uncle was a general practitioner. He was educated at Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt

Arnold Katz was born on 10 September 1920 in the town of Benoni in the East Rand, the eldest son of Abe and Anne Katz. His parents were expatriate Lithuanian Jews, and his father was a businessman in the import and export trade, who later moved to Cape Town. Both his parents died at an early age and

George Bunton, who came from a family which had distinguished itself in the medical profession through three generations, enjoyed a rewarding career in general and paediatric surgery. He was born in Deal, Kent, on 23 April 1920, the son of Surgeon Captain Christopher Bunton RN and his wife, Emma (ne

Rajinder Bhutiani was a consultant general and paediatric surgeon to the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. 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