Educated at University College Hospital where he was appointed house surgeon, he qualified in 1943 during the second world war and was commissioned in the RAMC. After demobilisation he was surgical casualty officer at the Birmingham General Hospital and resident surgical registrar at the Birmingham

Victor Stanley Brookes was an eminent Birmingham surgeon. His main surgical work was carried out at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he was a consultant for 25 years up until his retirement. He was a generalist in the traditional fashion with special interests in gastroenterology and colo-rectal

John Douglas Thompson was a general surgeon living in Sunderland at the time of his death. He served as a temporary surgeon commander in the Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve during the second world war. In March 2003 his widow, Marjorie, notified the College that he had died.

Fred Graves was a general surgeon in Staffordshire with an interest in urology. He was born in Hereford in 1919, later studied medicine at University College Hospital and specialised in surgery at King’s College Hospital. He was subsequently appointed consultant general surgeon at Staffordshire Gene

Donald Griffiths was a consultant general surgeon in Aberystwyth. He was born in Colwyn Bay on 12 March 1921, the son of Thomas Owen Griffiths, a science master, and Alice Adelaide, the daughter of a tailor. He was educated at Penmaenrhoe Council School and Colwyn Bay County School, and was Denbighs

Born on 12 May 1920 youngest son of Hubert Chitty FRCS, consulting surgeon to Bristol Royal Infirmary, he was educated at Clifton College and won an exhibition to Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he took second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I, 1940. He trained at University College

Sir Sydney Gun-Munro was a former Governor General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He was born on 29 November 1916, the eighth child of an extensive family of Scottish descent on the island of Grenada in the Windward Isles. His father, Barclay Justin Gun-Munro, died when Sydney was only seven.

Jeffrey Woodrow Betts was a consultant at Lincoln County Hospital. He was born in Elstree, Hertfordshire, on 20 March 1913, to John Betts, a newspaper proprietor and editor, and Hannah Woodrow, daughter of a farmer and mill-owner. He was educated at St Alban's School and King's College, London. He t

Thomas Gordon Evans Loosemore was born in Caerphilly on 23 June 1918. He was educated at Plymouth College, St John's College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He graduated MB BCh in 1943 and MA in 1943. He obtained the MRCS, LRCP in 1943, the FRCS in 1948 and the MCh in 1951. During the sec

Born at Gillingham, Kent, on 5 December 1919, Edwin Charles Gibson received his early education at King Edward VI School, Southampton, and from there won a scholarship to Charing Cross Hospital where he graduated MRCS LRCP in 1943. Following a period of residency at the Royal South Hants and Southam

Raymond Calderwood was born on 11 August 1919 and was educated at Wanstead High School and St Bartholomew's Hospital. While a student he represented his hospital and the Eastern Counties at Rugby football. After qualification he held house appointments at Croydon and Southend, before joining the RAM

John Stephen Winter was born on 21 January 1920 and educated and trained at Cambridge University and Liverpool University Medical School qualifying during the second world war. He served in the RAMC until 1947 and then joined the Royal Air Force Medical Service in 1950. Having worked in general, ort