Roger Selwyn Barrow Hudson was a general surgeon in Sydney, Australia. Born on 31 January 1921, he was the son of Alfred Roy Hudson, a medical practitioner and his wife Gertrude Irene née Barrow. He attended Newington College in Stanmore, Sydney and then studied at the University of Sydney Medical S

Alexander Ironside Littlejohn Macdiarmid was a general surgeon at the Cook Hospital, Gisborne, New Zealand. Born on 25 January 1911 in Hawara he was the son of James Breadalbane Macdiarmid, also a surgeon and a fellow of the Edinburgh college. He was educated at King’s College in Auckland and then a

Hugh Davies was a consultant general surgeon with an interest in urology to the Hereford Hospital Group. Appointed in 1961, he continued work as a popular and well-loved surgeon, always being reticent about any personal achievements. In spite of his many sporting activities, he was a very self-effac

John Armstrong was born on 20 March 1911 in Monmouth, where his father, Arthur Keith Armstrong, was a general practitioner; his great-grandfather John Armstrong was a member of the College and his mother was Louise Lilly Macman, the daughter of a solicitor. He was educated at Highgate School and

Colin Graham-Stewart qualified at St Thomas's Hospital with the conjoint, only taking the London MB long after the war. He did his surgical training at Essex County Hospital, Colchester, and in Portsmouth, and was resident assistant surgeon at St Thomas's. He was appointed consultant surgeon to Harr

Charles Robert McDonald Redwood was born in Bangalore, India, on 5 April 1919 the son of Alfred McDonald Redwood, a missionary. His early education was at Breeks School, Ootacamund, and he entered Middlesex Hospital Medical School shortly before the outbreak of war. On qualifying in 1943 he immediat

Prabhat Ranjan Das Gupta was a surgeon in Kolkata, India. He gained his FRCS in 1950 and died on 2 October 1990.

John Edward Price was born in London in 1920. He trained at King's College Hospital during the war. Afterwards he worked as a consultant surgeon to the Ministry of Health in East Nigeria, and later for the National Iranian Oil Company. His last move was to Canada, where he was for a time on the surg

William Edward John Bennett was a general surgeon in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. He was born in Margate, Kent, on 12 February 1921, the second child and first son of William Robert Bennett, an inspector of taxes, and Elizabeth Mary Bennett née Knuckey, a civil servant and the daughter of

Owen Morris Jonathan was a consultant general surgeon at Glan Clwyd Hospital, north Wales. He was born in Bodedern, Anglesey on 25 July 1917, the son of Owen Arthur and Hanna Ester Jonathan. His mother's family were Anglesey farmers, but he was brought up in Tywyn, Merionethshire, where his father w

Leonard Cotton was born on 5 December 1922, the son of Edward G Cotton, a Metropolitan Police Officer and Elizabeth, née Corbidge. From King's College School Wimbledon he won an open scholarship to Oriel College Oxford. From Oxford he went on to King's College Hospital Medical School for his clinica

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, Thompson qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1941, and was house surgeon at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital. He served in the RAMC during and after the second world war, and took the Fellowship in 1950. Thompson later went to Jamaica