Asif Hassan Ismail Lalljee came to England and gained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1970. He died on 27 January 1973.

Michael Aidoo was born in Mpohor, Ghana on 11 February 1935. His father was a farmer. He was educated at St Augustine's College, Cape Coast, Ghana, and the University College of Gold Coast. He attended King's College, London and the Westminster Medical School. He died on 22 December 1975. He had one

Peter Bates was a consultant surgeon for Dartford and Gravesham Health Authority. He was born in Belfast on 12 August 1934. His father, Charles Donald Bates, retired from the Army and became a company director. His mother, Gladys Elizabeth Wilson, qualified in medicine from Queen's University, Belfa

Simon Cox was a sportsman, countryman, conversationalist and *bon viveur*, as well as a surgeon. He was the life and soul of any party and was known for his sunny personality, *joie de vivre* and compassion for patients. Born in Malaya, where his father died as a prisoner of war in Changi prison, S

Balapuwaduge Jayasiri Susantha Mendis gained his FRCS in 1970. His death was reported to the Royal College of Surgeons in October 2009.

Mohammed Abdul Wahed was a surgeon in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abdallah Shukry Mishrick was a senior consultant surgeon at Syosset and Plainview hospitals on Long Island, New York. He was born in Lebanon on 28 November 1928, the son of Shukry Abdallah Mishrick, a doctor, and Matilda Mishrick née Fernainy. He was educated at the English Mission College, Cairo, E

Ambrose Wasunna was head of the department of surgery at the University of Nairobi and director of the programme on health technologies at the World Health Organization (WHO). He was born on 4 August 1938 in the village of Nyahera, Nyzana province, Kenya and attended Maseno High School and then Make

Joseph Harris obtained a BSc (anatomy honours) in London in 1958, qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1961 and the FRCS in 1970. He studied at University College and University College Hospital, London, and there became lecturer in surgery and honorary surgical registrar. He had also worked as re

David Baumber was a consultant surgeon in Bury. Born in 1942, he was educated at King's College Hospital, where he qualified in 1965 and was house surgeon and house physician. Specialising in surgery, he was a registrar at Sheffield Royal Infirmary before being appointed to Bury. In the year of h

Kerry Larkin was a consultant surgeon in Rockhampton, Queensland, 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

Peter McArthur went from Cambridge to St Bartholomew's to do his clinical studies and after doing house jobs did registrarships in Nottingham and Sheffield before becoming lecturer and honorary senior registrar to the United Liverpool Hospitals. He was appointed consultant surgeon to Stoke Mandevill