Mahmud Butt was a general surgeon who qualified MB, BS in the Punjab in 1955. He became a fellow of the College in 1977. Sadly little is known of his surgical career apart from the fact that he worked at the Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield in the 1980's. He was living in Leeds when he died on 16 March

Okon Osung was a surgeon at Neath General Hospital in Wales. He had previously worked at the Morriston Hospital in Swansea. Of Nigerian origin he was found dead in his flat in Neath on 9 July 2008. He was 65 years old and was survived by three children from whom he was estranged.

Arthur Allan was a consultant general surgeon at University Hospital Birmingham.

Michael Howard Jamison was a consultant general surgeon in Bangor, Wales. 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 Christopher Tresadern was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Blackburn Hospital. 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

George Frank Adams was a surgeon in South Africa and Zambia. He was born in Kimberley, South Africa, the son of Wilfrid Adams, a schoolmaster, and Henrietta Louisa Adams née Africa. He was educated at Perseverance Primary School and William Pescod High School, both in Kimberley, and then went on to

Michael Paine was a surgeon rear admiral in the Royal Navy. 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

Alan Gyth Cox was a consultant surgeon at Northwick Park Hospital, London and a member of the scientific staff of the Clinical Research Centre, London. He was born on 9 February 1931 in the Eccelsall Bierlow district of Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father, Reginald Robert Samuel Cox, was

Vid Moshakis was a consultant surgeon at Leicester. He was born in Athens, where his father Jhon was an accountant. His mother was Eudokia Karamolegoy. At Anauryta National School he won a scholarship in medical studies which took him to the London Hospital, where he was a brilliant student, taking

‘C J’ Sanderson was a gastro-enterologist on Merseyside. He was born in Blackpool on 2 December 1947. His father, Joseph Sanderson, was a schoolmaster. His mother was Patricia Mary née Caunt. From Blackpool Grammar School he went to Liverpool University Medical School, where he was county swimming c

Conrad Latto was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. He was born on 3 March 1915, the son of David and Christina Latto. His father was the town clerk of Dundee, his mother a frugal Scot who scrupulously saved towards the education of their three sons. Conrad, Gordon and Do

Tim Cooke, St Mungo professor of surgery at the University of Glasgow, was tragically killed at the age of 60 in a car accident when returning from a continental holiday with his wife and two of his six children. He was one of the UK’s leading academic surgeons, contributing extensively to research