James Stewart McConnachie, known as ‘Monty’, was a consultant surgeon at Tredegar and Nevill Hall hospitals. He was born in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 8 October 1913 into a medical family. His father was James Stewart McConnachie, his mother, Mary Watson Reiach. He studied medicine in A

Hilary (Larry) Wade was born on 13 February 1916 at 25 Park Place, Cardiff, the house where his father James (Jimmy) Wade OBE, FRCS (qv *Lives of the Fellows* 1952-64) a distinguished surgeon and anatomist had lived, and where he himself was to live and practise for over thirty years. His mother Kat

Denis Thompson qualified in Birmingham and after doing house jobs specialised in surgery. He emigrated to Australia where he practiced in Bunbury, Western Australia. He continued to be active until his 80's and was still doing three jobs at the time of his death at the age of 83. He died on a cruise