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

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

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

Michael Richard Robertson Martin was born in Ilford and educated at Brentwood School and the London Hospital. He graduated MB BS in 1965 and after house appointments embarked upon his surgical career, holding posts at his old teaching hospital and at the Westminster Children's Hospital and Cardiff.