John Terblanche was head of the department of surgery at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Matthys Michiel Slabber du Toit was an ophthalmologist on Vancouver Island, Canada.

Martin Rice Edwards was a consultant neurosurgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Jeremy Hopkins was an orthopaedic surgeon at Wellington Hospital, New Zealand. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Maurice Frohn was a consultant general surgeon from Ashford. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Harold Holden was a consultant ENT surgeon and former dean of Charing Cross Medical School. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Professor Chummy Sinnatamby was an anatomist and the long-standing author and editor of Last’s Anatomy. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Michael Everett was a general practitioner who worked in Plymouth. He studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1956. He gained his FRCS in 1965. Prior to becoming a general practitioner, he was a surgical registrar in Cardiff. Michael Thornton Everett died on 25 Ma

John Latreille Wilkins studied medicine at Cambridge University and trained at the London Hospital. After house jobs and passing the fellowship of the college in 1965, he became a consultant general surgeon at Nottingham City Hospital. He was a member of the British Society of Gastroenterology and a

William Robert Griffith Thomas was a consultant general surgeon at Glangwili General Hospital, Carmathen, Wales. He studied medicine in Wales, qualifying in 1957, and gained his FRCS in 1965. He died on 30 January 2009, aged 73. He was survived by his wife Jenny and children Ruth, Edward, Kate and

Adrian Sollom received his medical education at Guy's Hospital where he qualified in 1959. He did his surgical training in ophthalmology at Southampton, Birmingham and Moorfields before going to Wolverhampton as a consultant ophthalmic surgeon. He retired in 1998 and died on 24 April in Canterbury,

Keith Giles was a consultant general surgeon at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage, and the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Welwyn. He qualified in 1953 from the London Hospital Medical School. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a surgical specialist in the Royal Army Medical Corps, a surgica