Desmond Ian Ralph Higton, always known as 'Ian', was a general surgeon in Bromley. He was born on 9 December 1934, the elder son of John William Higton, managing director of a coach building company, and Olive Gwendoline Higton née Smith. He was educated at Farnham Grammar School, Surrey, King's Col

Peter Jennings was a consultant general surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester, and Medway Hospital, Gillingham. He was a big man and towered over the surgical department in the Medway towns during his career. He enjoyed his work as a general surgeon but, in his own words, written in 2008,

Langton Kelly was a general surgeon. He qualified in medicine in Queensland, Australia before coming to the UK and passing the fellowships of both the College and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1963. Returning to Queensland he practiced at the Medical Centre at Coolangatta on the coas

Born on 15 August 1934, Charles Denys Murphy passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. He lived and worked in Western Australia and died on 10 July 2019 aged 84.

John Hartley Williams died on the 6 June 2016 on the eve of his 90th year in Hobart. He was, for many years, one of the corner stones of the Department of Surgery of the Launceston General Hospital and our Fellowship mourns his death. John Williams qualified first as a pharmacist after the WW II,

Sukh Dev Singh passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. He was living in High Wycombe when he died on 4 March 2018.

Chitral de Silva was a general surgeon in Sri Lanka. He was born in Ceylon on 15 April 1927, the son of S H de Silva, an engineer, and H W de Silva. He came from a medical family: his uncle H O Gunewardene was a radiologist, while two of his brothers (H S de Silva and G L de Silva) and a sister (S M

John Stewart Simpson Stewart was a surgeon in Wigan. Of Scots origin, he was born in March 1928 and studied medicine at Glasgow University graduating MB, ChB in 1951. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. He died on 19 March 2018.

Patrick Francis O’Dwyer was a surgeon in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was born on 9 December 1926 in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Edward and Catherine O’Dwyer, and was brought up in humble circumstances in Harristown on the outskirts of Toowoomba. O’Dwyer was educated at Newtown State Sc

Max Harvey Ellis was an honorary surgeon at Blacktown Hospital, New South Wales. He was born in Bega, New South Wales on 8 September 1933. His father, Ashley Thomas Ellis, was a veterinary surgeon; his mother, Muriel Elizabeth Flora Ellis née Morrison, was the daughter of a grazier. He studied at Du

Zuhair Raouf Al-Bahrani was a distinguished professor of surgery in Baghdad. He was born in 1932 and qualified MB, ChB in 1955 in Iraq before travelling to the UK to study for his FRCS. After passing the LMSSA and the fellowship of the college in 1963, he spent some time as a surgical registrar at t

Thomas Parker Davis, known as Todd, was a surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1963. He was also a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Davis married Elwyn (Wyn), was the father of Ian, Jann, Robyn and Mega