Hugh Owen Jones was a general surgeon in Cardiff. He was born in Monmouth on 12 May 1918 and brought up in a school house in the tiny village of Goytre near Pontypool, where his father, William Lewis Jones, was a schoolmaster. His mother, Rebecca Jane Jones née Davies, was a nurse. The toilet for bo

Joseph Pett Turney was a consultant surgeon at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, Cumbria. He was born in Hammersmith, London on 6 June 1918. His parents, Wilfrid Turney and Edith May Turney née Skinner, were both teachers. He had a brother, Wilfrid. Turney attended St Stephen’s Elementary School

Magdi Obeid was a consultant general and vascular surgeon in Birmingham. He was born on 5 January 1943 to his Egyptian parents in Khartoum, Sudan, where his father was working at the time. He was educated in Sudan and Egypt, and studied medicine at Ain Shams University, Cairo. He excelled in all his

Roger Owen Quin was a consultant general and vascular surgeon in Glasgow. 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

Justin Kelly established vascular surgery in Lancaster and south Cumbria; the unit later developed to include Preston and Blackpool. He was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire on 7 February 1938, the son of Bernard Kelly, who worked for the company Lamson Paragon, and Katherine Kelly née Hodgson, a

Tom Nash was a seventh generation Australian of Irish extraction, born on the family property at Yass, NSW. He was educated at Christian Brothers Goulburn (Dux 1942) and Sydney University (1943-8, MB BS Hons 1). At St Johns College, University of Sydney, he excelled at rugby, cricket, swimming, divi

Tony Chant was a consultant vascular surgeon in Southampton, Hampshire. He was born in Pembroke, West Wales. His father, Percival James Chant, was a Royal Air Force engineer who worked on Sunderland flying boats at the outbreak of the Second World War. He was then posted to Hitchin, Hertfordshire, w

Roger Armour was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, who in retirement invented an inexpensive ophthalmoscope, which could be used in poorer regions of the world. He was born Roger Hanif Ahmed on 19 August 1934 in Murree, a small hill station in the foothil

Trevor Pickering was a consultant surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, a member of Australia’s first successful transplant team and president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA). He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the only child of Hilda Hale Bleckly and

Sandy Jenkins was a consultant vascular surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. 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.

Neil Hulton was a consultant vascular and general surgeon at the Royal Oldham Hospital. 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

Michael Middleton was an Edinburgh Scot from a medical family who became a general and vascular surgeon in Birmingham, active in training and examining. His father, David Skene Middleton, had qualified in both medicine and dentistry in the 1920s but practiced initially as an anaesthetist. An enth