Noel Theodore Hannaford Schafer was born on 21 October 1905 in Solomon, South Australia, the son of Charles Ernest Schafer and Eva Schafer. He gained his FRCS in 1933. He died in Melbourne on 21 August 1996. He was 91.

William Leslie qualified MB BS in 1927, having studied medicine at Guy's. He became a Fellow of the College in 1933. He was consultant surgeon to St Mary Abbot's Hospital, London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He died on 5 June 1982.

Victor Horsley Hume Riddell was born at 4 Collegiate Terrace, Rotherham, Yorks, on 23 July 1905. His father was FRCS Ed and honorary surgeon to Torbay Hospital. He was educated at Birkdale Preparatory School, Sheffield, Clifton College and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and obtained his blue as a

Francis Ward Allinson was born in Alford, Lincolnshire on 12 July 1904 the son of Sidney Ward Allinson and his wife Frances Mary. He attended Aldenham Preparatory School and studied medicine at University College London, qualifying in 1928. He held early appointments at the Miller Hospital, Greenwic

Maurice James Bennett-Jones was born in Liverpool on 30 November 1906, his father was William James Bennett-Jones, consultant anaesthetist to Liverpool Royal Infirmary and his mother was Dr Daly - a Doctor of Medicine and a JP. He was educated at Rossall School, Fleetwood, and Liverpool University w

Muriel Sydney Hulke was born at Walmer, Kent on 17 August 1904. Her father Sydney Backhouse Hulke was a Fellow of the College and was in general practice. He was the nephew of John Whitaker Hulke who was President of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1893 to 1895. Her grandfather was also in the pr

Colonel Dwarka Prasad Bhargava was professor of surgery at the Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna and Agra, India. He gained his FRCS in 1933. His son, Kamta, also became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Karsoulal Kesharlal Dalal was practising in Bombay at the time of his death on 11 March 1962.

Herbert Frank McNickle was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 23 August 1907. His father, William McNickle, was the local postmaster. He attended Auckland Grammar School from 1920 to 1924 and the University of Otago Medical School, where he won a gold medal in anatomy, from 1925 to 1930. He becam

Jack Albert White was born on 5 May 1906, the son of Edward James White, a colour lithographer and his wife Mabel, née Rollings. He was educated at Emmanuel School, Wandsworth, and, after two years, obtained a scholarship to Sutton Valence School, whence he was awarded an entrance scholarship to St

George Norman Clark was a general surgeon who practised in Alexandria, Egypt. He was born on 2 February 1905 in Milltimber, Aberdeen, the only son of George, a solicitor and his wife Isabella Aitken née Dunne. Norman, as he was generally known, attended Cults Public School and Aberdeen Grammar Schoo

Arthur Latchmore qualified in 1929 and after junior posts in Leeds specialised in surgery. He was resident surgical officer at the General Infirmary Leeds, and surgical tutor in the University of Leeds. During the war he served in the RAMC as Lieutenant-Colonel. He returned to Leeds as consultant su