George Patrikios was chief of surgery at Sebokeng Hospital, Gauteng, South Africa. He was born on 13 February 1937 in Salisbury, Rhodesia, the third child and second son of Greek parents – Nestor Theodore Patrikios, a tobacco grader, and Eudokia Patrikios née Tselentis. He was educated at the David

Robertson Doig was a consultant general surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary. 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

John Francis McPartlin was a consultant general surgeon at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent. 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

Colin Stewart McArdle was professor of surgery at the University of Edinburgh. He was born on 10 October 1939 in Glasgow, the son of Alfred McArdle and May McArdle née Baird. Both of his parents were teachers. His sister Helen also became a doctor. He was educated at Jordanhill College School and th

Trevor Morgan was a general surgeon in Edson, Alberta, Canada. 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

Timothy Flew was a consultant general surgeon in Weston-super-Mare. 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

Ian Hector Stewart was born on 16th May 1937 in Perth, Western Australia. He was the eldest of the three sons of Sir Hector Hamilton Stewart and his wife Winifred Wheatley née Viotti, a farmer’s daughter. Sir Hector was a fellow of the college, a distinguished surgeon and public servant. After atten

Terence Philip Brock, known as ‘Terry’, was a consultant general surgeon at the Harold Wood Hospital in Essex. He studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and qualified in 1962. He was a resident accoucheur and thoracic house surgeon at the London Hospital and then a surgical regi

Peter Alan Dupont was a consultant surgeon at Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia. He was born in 1938 in France and lived as a child in West Africa. When he was a small boy his mother died and he returned to family in the UK. He completed his education in Colchester before entering St Mary's H

Roger Kirby was a consultant general surgeon at the University Hospital of Hartlepool. Born in Hartlepool in 1939, he was educated there and then proceeded to qualify MB, BS from Durham University in 1962 and to pass the fellowship of the College in 1969. He became senior surgical registrar at the R

Phoebus Perdikis was an eminent general surgeon in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born in Johannesburg on 1 July 1933, the son of Costa Perdikis, a manufacturer of sweets, and Amalia Perdikis née Sauuides, both members of the South African Greek community. He was educated at Park School and Fore

James Bernard Bourke (Jim) was born on 8 November 1940 and studied medicine at Cambridge University and the London Hospital, graduating MB,BChir in 1965. He passed the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1967 and that of the college in 1969. After working as a lecturer in sur