Patrick Boulter, or ‘Paddy’ as he was affectionately known, was a consultant surgeon to the Royal Surrey County Hospital and the Regional Oncology Centre, Guildford, Surrey. He was elected president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and served from 1991 to 1994. He was born in Annan, D

Shirish Bhansali was a consultant surgeon in Bombay, India. He was born on 21 September 1929 in Bombay into a medical family. His father was Kanchanlal Bhansali, a general practitioner, and his uncle was a gynaecologist. His mother was Kumud Vakil. He was educated at the Modern School and Elphinston

Philip Blake Humphris was a general surgeon in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, on 10 June 1924, the son of Frank and Alma Humphris. He was educated in rural New South Wales and finished his schooling at Armidale School. He joined the Australian Army just weeks after hi

Vishnu Ganesh Mavalankar was a surgeon in Gujarat, India. He gained his FRCS in 1958. He was honorary secretary of the Gujarat branch of the Indian Red Cross. He died on 28 April 2014.

John Graham Ross was a general surgeon at Saint Boniface Hospital and Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was born on 4 June 1926 in Greenock, Scotland, the son of Alexander Ross, an architect, and Katherine Forsyth Ross née Allander, the daughter of an engineer. He was educated at A

Andrew Bearn was born in Wallington, Surrey, on 9 May 1929, the son of Joseph Gauld Bearn, an industrial chemist, and his wife Hilda (née Keil). Two of his uncles were in the medical profession. He was at school in Berkhamsted before entering the Middlesex Hospital where he was awarded the Lyell Med

Lakshman Das worked at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His daughter Ira notified the college of his death which was on 13 April 2016.

Robert Peter Silverton was a surgeon in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Sydney, the son of Robert Joseph Silverton, a consultant urologist, and Dulcie Myee Silverton née Huxtable. He attended Cranbrook School and the University of Sydney. He held residencies at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Datuk Konthath Achutha Menon was an eminent surgeon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was born on 23 April 1923 in Rangoon, Burma, the son of Kunhiraman Nair Menon, a civil servant, and Paimavathy Ammal Menon. He was educated at St Antony's English High School in Rangoon, where he was a merit scholarshi

John Michael Powley was a consultant general surgeon in Eastbourne. He was born in London on 23 January 1929, the only child of Richard John Powley, an engineer, and Winifred Rose Powley née Shortell. He was a pupil at the Strand Grammar School in Tulse Hill, London. His time there coincided with th

Warwick John Cook was a consultant general surgeon at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney on 3 July 1930. His father Marcus Cook was a service manager; his mother Hilda Maude Cook née Thame was a housewife. He had a sister, Nerida. He attended Sydney Boys’ High School

William (Bill) Louther Hunter Armstrong was born in Melbourne, Australia on 27 October 1924. His father, William Louther, was a medical practitioner and his mother, Nita Elizabeth née Hunter, was the daughter of a brewer. Educated at Shepparton State School and Geelong Grammar School, he then joined