Richard Boggon, known to his friends as Dick, was a consultant general surgeon at the Mid-Essex Health Trust in Chelmsford. He was the son of Roland Boggon and Mollie Boggon née Newell. He schooled at Oundle and in 1954 proceeded to Clare College, Cambridge. His clinical studies were at St Thomas’s

Hedley Edward Berry was born on 30 September 1936 and educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School. He studied medicine at London University and trained at King’s College Hospital, graduating MB, BS in 1960. Passing the fellowship of the college in 1964, he was appointed a consultant surgeon at King’s w

Shyamal Kanti Sen gained an FRCS in 1964. Sen lived and worked in Calcutta, India, and died in 2004.

John Hamilton Wyllie was professor of surgical studies at University College London (UCL). He was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the eldest son of Andrew McNae Wyllie and Marjorie Hamilton née Maxwell. On his father becoming physician superintendent of Royal Cornhill Mental Hospital, Aberdeen, John com

Sister Catherine Mary Rosarii Lawler was a general surgeon who worked in mission hospitals in Nigeria and Kenya. Born on 18 April 1928 in County Wexford, she was the daughter of John Lawler a primary school teacher and his wife Nora. She studied medicine at the National University of Ireland and St

George Haines Dickson was born on 18 June 1936. He studied medicine at London University and trained at St Mary’s Hospital, graduating MB, BS in 1959. In 1964 he passed both the fellowship of the college and of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons. After house jobs at St Mary’s he was appointed consult

Adrian Kenneth Lowe was born in Brighton, Victoria, Australia on 3 June 1928. His father Edward William Francis Lowe was a store guide and his mother Wilhemena née de Korte was a medical practitioner. After attending Firbank Preparatory School in Brighton, he moved to Brighton Grammar School, Wesley

Roderick McLeod was a general surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, and professor of surgery at the University of Queensland. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 10 April 1933, the second child and first son of George Cooper McLeod, a wholesale and retail merchant, and Josephine Gert

Julian Charles Francis Townsend was a consultant surgeon at St Albans City Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, and Hill End Hospital. He studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He held house posts at St George's Hospital, London, and was then a registrar at the United Cardiff

John Burgess was a consultant surgeon in Syracuse, New York state. He was born in Woodford Green, Essex, on 20 July 1935, the son of Phillip Stanley Douglas Burgess, a bank official, and Emily Mabel née Oliver. From Brookland’s Preparatory School he entered Bancroft’s School, Woodford Green, and the

John Leonard Sharpe was a surgeon in Nova Scotia, Canada. He qualified MB BS in 1956 and gained his FRCS in 1964. He died on 7 November 2010.

Onyemara Nduche 'Dick' Onyeaso was chief consultant surgeon at Aba General Hospital, Nigeria. He was born on 7 July 1931 in Enugu, Nigeria, the son of Samuel Onyeaso, a clerk, and Minah Onyeaso, a housewife. He was educated at St Peter's Primary School, Enugu, the Methodist College, Uzuakoli, and De