Khalid Abdul Aziz Qassab was a surgeon in Baghdad, Iraq. He gained his FRCS in 1954. He died on 27 July 2004 from a brain tumour.

Richard Oliver was a general surgeon who lived in Anglesey. He qualified MB, BS in 1948 and passed the conjoint diploma the same year. He did his national service as a captain in the RAMC and then proceeded to the fellowship of the College in 1954. After early surgical posts at the Brompton Hospital

Osler Lister Thomas was born in Hong Kong on 20 May 1921, the son of George Harold Thomas, a surgeon and fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Nora Thomas née Gourdin, the daughter of a chartered accountant. His younger brother also became a fellow of the College. Thomas studied medicine at

John Edward Gasson was a consultant general surgeon who worked in Cape Town, South Africa. He was born on 17 February 1924. He had a distinguished military career during the Second World War. He joined the South African Air Force in August 1941, and fought in the Middle East and Italy, becoming a m

Ian Sutherland Midsom Jones, or 'S-J' as he was always known in the hospital, served as a consultant surgeon to the Plymouth hospitals from 1959 until 1986, but continued in active surgical practice after retiring from the NHS, working in Singapore for 10 years. Ian was born in 1922, in Bassingbourn

Arnold Eley qualified at Charing Cross and after junior posts did his National Service in the RAMC as a junior surgical specialist. On leaving the Army he was registrar at the Connaught Hospital under J Thompson Fathi and surgical first assistant at St George's before being appointed to the Surrey H

Neville Rees was a former medical director of Saudi Medicare and a medical superintendent in Perth, Australia. He was born in Gorseinon, near Swansea, on 20 February 1922, the son of David Cyril Rees, a steel worker, and Olwen Elizabeth née Clark. From Gowerton Boys Grammar School he went to the Lon

Frank Crossling was a consultant general surgeon at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow. He was born on 16 August 1927 in Aberdeen, the son of Wilfred Ormston Crossling, a printer and commercial traveller, and his wife, Jean née Turner. Educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen and at Aberdeen University

William Gall was a consultant surgeon from Saltash. 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

James Herbert Burton Yule was a surgeon who lived in Blackpool. 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

Robert Anthony Bailey was born in Greytown, Natal, South Africa, the son of Robert Bailey, a company secretary, and Hilda, a music teacher and housewife. He was educated at Grey School, Port Elizabeth, and then went on to study medicine at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, and the University of Cape T

Norman Henry Birch was a general surgeon at the East Riding General District Hospital, Driffield, and the Lloyd Hospital in Bridlington. Born on 19 November 1932 in Leeds, he came from a working class home. After attending Leeds Grammar School and obtaining his school certificate in July 1940 at the