John Edwin Forde Bruce was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Nottingham. He gained his FRCS in 1967. He carried out his postgraduate training in London and in 1975 was appointed as a consultant at King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield and the City Hospital, Nottingham. He was president of

Malcolm Kelly was a consultant general surgeon to the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth. A Manxman to the core, he was born in Peel on the Isle of Man on 9 February 1936, the son of Eric and Eileen Kelly, and attended King William’s College on the island. He was wedded to the sea, often c

Bryn Terence Williams was a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He was born on 7 February 1939 in Halesowen, the son of George Frederick Williams and May Elizabeth Williams née Poole. He studied medicine at Birmingham University, qualifying in June 1962. After gradu