Geoffrey Warren Holland was born on 26 May 1925, the second son of Sir Sidney George Holland GCMG CH and his wife Florence Beatrice née Drayton. His father was instrumental in the creation and consolidation of the New Zealand National Party and was the 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand, a post he h

Born at Gillingham, Kent, on 5 December 1919, Edwin Charles Gibson received his early education at King Edward VI School, Southampton, and from there won a scholarship to Charing Cross Hospital where he graduated MRCS LRCP in 1943. Following a period of residency at the Royal South Hants and Southam

Robert Lewis Grynoch was born on 20 October, 1912 in France, the son of Baruch Grynoch, an engineer and industrialist. He was educated in Paris and Strasbourg. He qualified MD Strasbourg in 1939 and obtained the Conjoint Diploma in 1948 followed by the FRCS in 1952. He held resident posts in Reims,

Mathew Finbarr (Sandy) Hunt received his professional education at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Medical School and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1945, gaining his Fellowship in 1952. After junior appointments at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street and at St Bartholomew's

Yahya Cohen was senior surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital and a former president of the Singapore Medical Council. Born in Singapore on 1 April 1920, he was the son of Menahem Cohen, a Yemeni merchant and Mozelle née Ezra who was from Iraq. The eldest of their three children, he was the only

Alexander Abraham was born on 23 October 1915. He trained at the Middlesex Hospital and became registrar in plastic surgery to the United Norwich Hospital Group. He moved to Canada and became surgeon to the Sarnia (Ontario) General Hospital. He retired to Eastbourne and his daughter notified the Col

Nicholas Talbot Hamilton was a consultant surgeon at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 7 February 1924, the son of Henry Talbot Hamilton, a general practitioner, and Elsie Maud Hamilton née Gibson, a nursing sister. He attended Melbourne Grammar School, where he

Henry Le Brun was a general surgeon at Lewisham Hospital. He was born on 28 January 1918 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, in the heart of the mining country, where his father was a mining engineer. His second name 'Ieuan' (Welsh for 'John') and the fact that his mother's maiden name was Thomas reveals his

In the course of his career, Douglas Roy held appointments as a professor of surgery on three continents. He was born on 10 April 1925, the son of Arthur Roy and Edith Mary (née Brown). Educated at Paisley Grammar School, he went to Glasgow University to study medicine. After house appointments, he

David Stirk was a consultant general surgeon in Barnstaple and an authority on golf. He was born in Exeter on 1 March 1916, the son of a doctor. He was educated at Blundell’s and studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital. After five years in the RAMC, three of which were spent in India, he returned t

John Littler was a consultant general surgeon at Walton Hospital, Liverpool, and a lecturer in clinical surgery at Liverpool University Medical and Dental School. He studied medicine in Liverpool and qualified in 1942. He trained in surgery in Liverpool, at Broadgreen Hospital, and gained his FRCS i

Charles Humphrey Jules Rey was a general surgeon in Guernsey. He was born on 15 August 1915, in Bognor Regis, into a family of French origins. His father, Jules Frederick Rey, was a general practitioner. His mother was Bertha Maud née Bevan. He was sent as a boarder to his preparatory school and fro