Krishan Gopal Soni was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. His medical career started in Punjab, India, then took him to Kenya before he settled in the UK, where he specialised in ophthalmology and worked in London, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Nor

Johann Joseph Heinrich Mulnier, known as 'Henri', was an orthopaedic surgeon at St Ann's and North Middlesex hospitals, London. He was born on the island of Mauritius and went by boat to study medicine in England. He started his studies at University College London in 1954 and then at University Col

Michael John Hunter was born in Liverpool on 12 April 1935, the son of Oliver Arnold Hunter, an executive director of Woolworth's, and his early education was at St George's College, Weybridge. He then entered Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. His early appointments were as

John Beaugié was a consultant general surgeon at North Middlesex Hospital, London. He was born on 26 September 1939 in Folkestone, Kent, the eldest of five children. His father, Donald McNicoll Beaugié, had been a missionary doctor in Nigeria before succumbing to ill health and returning to the UK t

Patrick Joseph Bradshaw Smith, or Paddy as he was known, was a consultant urologist at Bristol Royal Infirmary. He was born in Exeter on 22 January 1939, the son of Richard Smith and Bridget Smith née Kelly, successful art and antique dealers. As a child he was lucky to escape death when a German bo

Charles Barry D'Arcy Fearn was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. He was born on 4 March 1934 in Manchester. His father, Charles Henry Fearn, was a dental surgeon in Rochdale; his mother, Lily Gladys Fearn née D’Arcy Jones, was a housewife and mother. His

Joseph Attard (known to all as ‘Pep’) was a consultant general surgeon in Malta. He was born on 14 September 1932 in Senglea, a town in the Grand Harbour area of Malta. His father was Caesar Attard, a general practitioner and junior surgeon at the main civil hospital of Malta in Floriana. His mother

John Carter was an army surgeon, based for much of his career in Munster, Germany. He was born on 17 December 1929 in Croydon. After national service in the Royal Artillery in Malaya, he studied medicine at King's College, London, qualifying in 1956. Subsequently, he held house appointments at King'

David Thomas was a consultant surgeon at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and Derbyshire Children's Hospital. He was descended from four generations of Welsh coalminers. His father, Richard, had left Wales in the 1920s, looking for work, and ended up in Watford, where he met and subsequently married the w

David Markham was an orthopaedic surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary. He was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire on 2 May 1936, the son of Eric, an accountant, and Betsy, a housewife. At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, David's father was turned down for active service because of a long-

When, on the 23rd of February 2020, James Thomas “Jim” Cummins died, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne lost a good and faithful servant. Jim was born in 1934 in Warrnambool. His mother, Anne, was the homemaker and his father, James, was a secondary school teacher. He had 3 siblings, Isobel, Mary and J

Hemchandra Kanji Mehta Known as ‘Hemant’ to his family, friends and colleagues, was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon for the Gwynedd Health Authority, Wales. He was born in Gujarat, India, where his father was the personal tutor to a prince but, when Hemant was just six months old, the family moved t