Educated at the University of Toronto, where he graduated in 1940. After war service he took the Fellowship in 1948 and then returned to Canada, settling at Vancouver, British Colombia where he was Medical Officer to the Workmen's Compensation Board. He died in Vancouver on 8 September 1972 in his f

Robert (Robin) Tagart was born in Northern Rhodesia on 21 June 1919 and was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, to which he won a Rhodes scholarship. He qualified in 1942 and during the war served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Subsequently he was appointed re

David Vincent Evans was born on 27 December 1920 and studied medicine at the London Hospital, taking the MB BS in 1944 and the FRCS in 1948. After house appointments at the Royal Free Hospital and the London Hospital he became senior surgical registrar at the London, and held a similar post at Guy's

Kodituwakku Gnanapala Jayasekera was a distinguished surgeon in Sri Lanka and Australia. He was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). He travelled to the UK, where he became a Fellow of the College in 1948. Soon after, he returned to Sri Lanka. In 1954 he was appointed as honorary surgeon to the Queen, d

Gordon Walker was a consultant surgeon on the Isle of Wight. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1919. He studied medicine at Melbourne University, qualifying in 1942. Shortly afterwards, he joined the Royal Australian Air Force as a medical officer and was posted to the UK, attached to RAAF Spi

John Raine, one of New Zealand's most distinguished surgeons, was born on 12 March 1919 in Wellington. His father John was an importer of china and glassware. His mother was Harriet Eva née Cox. John was educated at Scots College, Wellington, where he was *dux* in 1933, winnng the Pattie cup for the

Denis Shaw was a consultant surgeon at Keighley and Airedale. He qualified at Leeds in 1940, having represented the Combined English Universities at fencing, and taking his turn at fire-watching. He always remembered watching bombs dropping on the City Museum. After house jobs he joined the RAMC, ri

Alan Pollock was a consultant surgeon at Scarborough Hospital, Yorkshire. He was born on 10 September 1921 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and went to school and University in Cape Town, where he graduated in medicine in 1943, winning a medal in surgery along the way. After house appointments he join

Cecil Wilfred Dickens Lewis was a former foundation director of postgraduate medical education at Hong Kong University. He was born on 5 January 1916 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, the son of Wilfred Ernest Llewellyn Lewis, an Anglican clergyman, and Dorothy Gertrude Lewis. Most of his relatives wer

Bryan Luker was a consultant general surgeon at Rotherham and Mexborough hospitals. He was born in London, in Hampstead, on 5 July 1916, the only child of Herbert William Luker MBE and Ella Matilda Henrietta, the daughter of Adam Hauch, the headmaster of the local grammar school in Roskilde, Denmark

John Alan Carr studied medicine at Durham University and King's College Hospital in London. He held posts at the Stockport Infirmary, the Grimsby and District General Hospital and St Peter's and St Paul's Hospitals in London. He was surgical registrar to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-

Gottlieb graduated from the University of Witwatersrand in 1934 and practised in Johannesburg. After the second world war he came to Britain for postgraduate study, and took the Edinburgh and English Fellowship. Returning to South Africa he practised successfully as a surgical consultant at 904 Harl