Robert Dunning Nicholson was a consultant general surgeon at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset. He was born on 18 January 1921 and grew up in Barnet, attending Highgate School in the 1930s. On leaving school he went to St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School to train as a doctor. At the out

Philip Edward Huddy was a consultant surgeon in Swindon, Cirencester and Marlborough. Born in London on 27 January 1927, he was the second of the three sons of George Philip Buckingham Huddy. His father was surgeon to the Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham until he retired aged 37 due to severe rheu

Elwin George Currow was chief executive officer of the Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. Born on 16 September 1926 in Auckland, he was the son of George Arthur Currow, a school master and his wife Marguerite Dulce Marion née Fury who was also a teacher. He attended several school

Gordon Joseph Clowes was a general and trauma surgeon in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Sydney on 13 April 1921, the son of Joseph Clowes, a grazier, and Mary Clowes née Lancashire, a housewife. Both of his parents had been born in Manchester, England. His mother was a volunteer nurse in the Firs

Leslie Brian Fleming was a reader in surgery at the University of Newcastle and a consultant surgeon at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. He studied medicine in Newcastle and, after qualifying, specialised in surgery, becoming a senior registrar at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. He spent a y

Labeeb Isaac McGuire was a general surgeon in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was born in Bishmizzine, Lebanon on 15 June 1924, the son of Khalil and Katrine (née Jeba). His father, whose original surname was Muffarrij, had emigrated to Australia in 1891 and, after acquiring the wool broking fir

Robert (Bob) Britten-Jones was a senior visiting surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia. He was born in Adelaide on 9 June 1928. His father, Thomas Alan Britten Jones, was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of En

Randolph Gilbert Beard, known as 'Randy', was the consultant surgeon in charge of the rectal department at Guy's Hospital, London. He was born on 13 August 1926 in Aldershot, Hampshire, the son of Randolph Beard, a major in the Grenadier Guards. Randy's demeanour reflected this background in no smal

Hugh Hill Lawson (known as Buddy) was a professor of surgery and chief surgeon and head of the department of surgery at the Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born on 13 January 1926 and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits). Subsequent training in

Roy Butterfield was a GP surgeon in Teignmouth. He was born in Bolton on 26 January 1929, the son of Howard Vincent Butterfield, a cotton yarn executive, and his wife, Edith née Entwistle. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He went on to the Westminster Hospital for his clinic

Durga Das Guha was a general surgeon who practised across four continents, living his last 49 years in the USA. He was born on 19 March 1918 in Mymensingh, Bengal to Jogesh Chandra, a civil engineer in the Public Service Department of Bengal in undivided India, and Shaibalini. He was the second of t

David Eric Sturdy was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Wales. He was born in Llanybydder, West Wales on 4 May 1928, the only son of William Frederick Sturdy, a boot and shoe repairer, and Anne Mary Sturdy née Davies, the daughter of a carpenter. There were no medical connec