Eric Hardy was a hardworking general surgeon who spent his consultant career in Chester and was awarded emeritus status when he retired in 1982. He was born on 21 July 1918 in Royton, Lancashire. His father was Frank Stanley Hardy, a typewriter mechanic, and his mother Jean née Leslie. Eric was the

Tahrir El-Galiani was professor of surgery at Baghdad University. He was born in Hit, Iraq in 1926. His mother's name was Hidna Turky and his father, Ismail Ahmed El-Galiani was a land owner on the Euphratus. He was their seventh child and the fourth of their sons. After primary school in Hit, he at

George Emile Rousseaux was a consultant surgeon at Warrnambool Hospital, Victoria, Australia. He was born on 26 August 1926. He graduated in medicine from Oxford University in 1950 and passed his FRCS in 1958. During his time at Oxford he was resident medical officer at the Radcliffe Infirmary from

Jim Jardine was a gifted general surgeon, a kind and compassionate doctor who practised in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. He loved the people and had an extraordinary gift for remembering patients' names. Moreover, he had a special rapport with his Maori patients and their families. One of his

Feroz Shah was a consultant general surgeon in Pakistan. He was born in Peshawar in 1927 and studied medicine at King Edward’s Medical College, Lahore. He went to England to specialise in surgery, working as a house surgeon in Croydon and a registrar at the Lambeth Hospital while he studied for the

Brian Maurice was a consultant general surgeon at Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells. He was born on 28 July 1927 in Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, the elder son of Norman B Maurice, a chemist who carried out pioneering research into synthetic nylon, and his wife Dorothy (née Armstead), wh

Augustus Appadorai Asirvatham, the eighth of eleven children and third son of Abraham Tahsildar Asirvatham, a revenue officer and of Rachel Ponnammal, was born in Madurai, India, on 29 September 1917. After education at preparatory school and the Church Missionary Society High School at Srivilliputh

Prem Virmani was born at Lyallpur, India, on 14 April 1928, the daughter of Ramnarain Virmani, a businessman, and after early education entered Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi. After junior hospital appointments she came to Great Britain for postgraduate studies, working at Hammersmith Ho

Ronald Lewis did his surgical training at the West London Hospital and as a research fellow in surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston. He was a consultant surgeon at Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest and published papers on vagotomy and other subjects in gastroenterology. He died on 17 February 1

Having qualified in Sydney, Bob Smith did his junior training as RMO at the Manly Hospital, Sydney and the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania. He then came to England to specialise in surgery and worked as an SHO at the Leicester General and St James Hospital, Balham, and as a registrar at St George's.

Joan Fowler-Wright received her medical education at the London School of Medicine for Women, qualifying MB BS in 1947 and passing the FRCS in 1958. After obtaining her Fellowship she practised in various posts at the Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells. She retired in 1989 and died in 1995.

John Dawson was appointed consultant surgeon to King's College Hospital in 1965, at the early age of 32. The second son of Leslie Joseph Dawson and Mabel née Jayes, he was born in Leicester, and received his education at the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys. He qualified MB BS with honours in patho