William Ainslie Anderson was a paediatric and general surgeon in Derby. He was born on 24 September 1925 in Aberdeen into a medical family. His father, William Anderson, was a well-known surgeon and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. His mother was Barbara Matthew Kate Anderson née Gibson, a

Michael Richard Robertson Martin was born in Ilford and educated at Brentwood School and the London Hospital. He graduated MB BS in 1965 and after house appointments embarked upon his surgical career, holding posts at his old teaching hospital and at the Westminster Children's Hospital and Cardiff.

John McIlwaine was a very capable general and paediatric surgeon, of sharp intellect, with a keen sense of humour and liked by all who met him. He died 24 November 2013. John was born in Wellington on 25 January 1934 to John Erskine McIlwaine (a veterinary surgeon) and Celia Ann Coombe. His famil

Born on 25 June 1902, son of John Forrester Wood FRCS of Southport, he wished to make the army his career but the loss of sight in one eye at the age of 12 prevented this. Educated at Cheltenham College he was apprenticed at 16 to a firm of engineers, but owing to the world depression his father adv

Russell Howard, whose work was to place Australia in the forefront of paediatric surgery, was born on 9 March 1905 in Launceston, Tasmania, the son of George Howard, a settler from Dublin, and his New Zealand-born wife Elizabeth, née Mitchell. He was educated at Launceston Grammar School where he ex

David Schlicht was born in Beaufort, Victoria, Australia, on 25 July 1924. His father, Theodore, was a stock and station agent. He studied at Melbourne University and St Vincent's Hospital and gained honours in surgery. He came to Britain to study, and in 1951 he was demonstrator in anatomy at Ca

Anthony Frederick Hunter was born in Blackheath, London, and at the age of two emigrated to New Zealand with his parents, both of whom died during his childhood. He was then brought up by an aunt and uncle and educated at Mount Albert Grammar School, King's College, and the University of Otago Medic

Born on 18 November 1887, son of a well know solicitor at Brighton and grandson of the headmaster of Brighton College, he was educated at Brighton College, Christ's College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital. After qualification he was house surgeon to Sir Anthony Bowlby at St Bartholomew's an

Stewart Young Feggetter was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 10 April 1908, the son of William Feggetter, a ship broker, and his wife Amelia, née Young. After early education at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he entered the University of Durham for medical studies. His brother, George,

Abul Fazal Muhammad Masood was a surgeon who lived and worked in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was born on 3 January 1935 and gained his FRCS in 1970. He died on 12 February 2014, aged 79.

Victor Pearse was born on 12 November 1913, the son of Arthur Victor Pearse, of the New Zealand Government Service, and his wife Constance, née Clark. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and Otago Medical School, graduating in 1941. After junior posts, he joined up. His first posting in 1942

Albert Henry Millard was born in Cardiff on 1 April 1915 and educated at University College, Cardiff, and the Welsh National School of Medicine, qualifying MB BCh in 1938 and proceeding to the London MB BS the following year. He held appointments at Cardiff Royal Infirmary and Barry Surgical and Acc