Richard Pryer was born on 20 September 1924. After education at St Peter's School, York, he entered the London Hospital and graduated in 1947. After serving as house surgeon at the London Hospital he was appointed resident surgical officer at Tindal General Hospital, Aylesbury, in 1948. The followin

Michael Anthony Brennan, usually known as Joe, was born on 8 September 1925 in Manchester. He was the son of Thomas Edward Brennan, manager of Finnigan's of Deansgate, Manchester, and Frances, née Mahon. He was educated at St Joseph's School, Moss Side, and Xaverian College, Victoria Park, under its

Arnold Eley qualified at Charing Cross and after junior posts did his National Service in the RAMC as a junior surgical specialist. On leaving the Army he was registrar at the Connaught Hospital under J Thompson Fathi and surgical first assistant at St George's before being appointed to the Surrey H

Neville Rees was a former medical director of Saudi Medicare and a medical superintendent in Perth, Australia. He was born in Gorseinon, near Swansea, on 20 February 1922, the son of David Cyril Rees, a steel worker, and Olwen Elizabeth née Clark. From Gowerton Boys Grammar School he went to the Lon

Malcolm May was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 16 October 1919, the son of John George May, a Trinity House pilot, and Aileen (née Reynolds). He was educated at Gravesend Grammar School and Guy's Hospital, qualifying by the Conjoint examination in 1942. He joined the Royal Navy as Surgeon-Lieutenant, s

Philip Goldstein was a general surgeon in Manitoba, Canada. He was born in Sawin, Poland, the son of Joseph Goldstein, a rabbi, and Chana Rivka Goldstein née Justman. He moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 14 and, despite not knowing English upon his arrival, graduated from high school four

John Griffiths was one of the leading cancer surgeons of his day, a consultant surgeon at both St Bartholomew's and the Royal Marsden. Born in Llanelli, Wales, on 31 March 1926, he was the younger brother of Evan Griffiths (see above q.v.), and the son of the town's main grocer, Edgar Griffiths, and

Khalid Abdul Aziz Qassab was a surgeon in Baghdad, Iraq. He gained his FRCS in 1954. He died on 27 July 2004 from a brain tumour.

Richard Oliver was a general surgeon who lived in Anglesey. He qualified MB, BS in 1948 and passed the conjoint diploma the same year. He did his national service as a captain in the RAMC and then proceeded to the fellowship of the College in 1954. After early surgical posts at the Brompton Hospital

Ian Sutherland Midsom Jones, or 'S-J' as he was always known in the hospital, served as a consultant surgeon to the Plymouth hospitals from 1959 until 1986, but continued in active surgical practice after retiring from the NHS, working in Singapore for 10 years. Ian was born in 1922, in Bassingbourn

John Edward Francis Coolican was a consultant surgeon at Mercer's Hospital, Dublin and the City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital. He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, and qualified in 1948. He was a house surgeon at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in London, and then a resid

Robert Anthony Bailey was born in Greytown, Natal, South Africa, the son of Robert Bailey, a company secretary, and Hilda, a music teacher and housewife. He was educated at Grey School, Port Elizabeth, and then went on to study medicine at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, and the University of Cape T