Desmond Ian Ralph Higton, always known as 'Ian', was a general surgeon in Bromley. He was born on 9 December 1934, the elder son of John William Higton, managing director of a coach building company, and Olive Gwendoline Higton née Smith. He was educated at Farnham Grammar School, Surrey, King's Col

Geoffrey Thompson Tate was a general surgeon in Harrogate. He studied medicine in Leeds, qualifying in 1952. He gained his FRCS in 1963.

Langton Kelly was a general surgeon. He qualified in medicine in Queensland, Australia before coming to the UK and passing the fellowships of both the College and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1963. Returning to Queensland he practiced at the Medical Centre at Coolangatta on the coas

Chitral de Silva was a general surgeon in Sri Lanka. He was born in Ceylon on 15 April 1927, the son of S H de Silva, an engineer, and H W de Silva. He came from a medical family: his uncle H O Gunewardene was a radiologist, while two of his brothers (H S de Silva and G L de Silva) and a sister (S M

Max Harvey Ellis was an honorary surgeon at Blacktown Hospital, New South Wales. He was born in Bega, New South Wales on 8 September 1933. His father, Ashley Thomas Ellis, was a veterinary surgeon; his mother, Muriel Elizabeth Flora Ellis née Morrison, was the daughter of a grazier. He studied at Du

Zuhair Raouf Al-Bahrani was a distinguished professor of surgery in Baghdad. He was born in 1932 and qualified MB, ChB in 1955 in Iraq before travelling to the UK to study for his FRCS. After passing the LMSSA and the fellowship of the college in 1963, he spent some time as a surgical registrar at t

Peter Bewes was a consultant surgeon in Uganda and Tanzania, and then at Birmingham Accident Hospital. He was born on 21 September 1932 in Nairobi, Kenya, to missionary parents, the Reverend Thomas Francis Cecil Bewes and Nellie Sylvia Cohu Bewes née Berry. This was the era in East Africa of long te

Will Kershaw was a consultant general surgeon at Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth. He was born on 7 January 1932 and studied medicine at Leeds University where he qualified MB, ChB in 1956. In Leeds he was surgical registrar at St James's Hospital and the General Infirmary and then senior sur

John Stewart Simpson Stewart was a surgeon in Wigan. Of Scots origin, he was born in March 1928 and studied medicine at Glasgow University graduating MB, ChB in 1951. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. He died on 19 March 2018.

Thomas Parker Davis, known as Todd, was a surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. 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

Iain Gillespie was a professor of surgery at Manchester University and an honorary consultant surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary. Manchester, at the centre of the Industrial Revolution, and the location of one of the ‘redbrick universities’, was characterised by the championing of Nonconformist v

Albert William Russell was a general surgeon in South Australia. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. A long time member of the Australian Medical Association (South Australia Branch), he died on 12 October 2019.