Arthur William Rowe Williamson was born on 30 January 1925. He qualified in medicine from London University in 1948 and passed the fellowship of the college in 1953. He was appointed consultant surgeon to the Tunbridge Wells Health District. He died on 26 August 2020, aged 95.

Michael Whiteley was medical director for the Middle East for Allied Medical Group (AMG). He was born in London in 1924 and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1948. He gained his FRCS in 1956. Prior to his appointment with AMG, he was chief medical officer

Michael Reece was a consultant surgeon in Plymouth. He was born in Romford, Essex, on 16 March 1925, the son of Leslie Norman Reece, a general practitioner, and Mabel née Walker, a doctor's daughter. He was educated at Canford School and St Thomas' Hospital. After junior posts at St Thomas' and the

Arnold Eley qualified at Charing Cross and after junior posts did his National Service in the RAMC as a junior surgical specialist. On leaving the Army he was registrar at the Connaught Hospital under J Thompson Fathi and surgical first assistant at St George's before being appointed to the Surrey H

Phyllis George was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, London and the first woman to be elected as vice president of the Royal College of Surgeons. She was born in Sedgley, Staffordshire on 18 February 1925, but, though she later travelled widely, she remained at heart a Londone

Hari Ker was born at Stafford on 4 November 1924 and received his medical education at King's College, London, and Charing Cross Hospital, where he qualified MRCS, LRCP and MB, BS London in 1948. He was awarded the Pickering Prize at King's College and the public health prize at Charing Cross Hospit

Malcolm May was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 16 October 1919, the son of John George May, a Trinity House pilot, and Aileen (née Reynolds). He was educated at Gravesend Grammar School and Guy's Hospital, qualifying by the Conjoint examination in 1942. He joined the Royal Navy as Surgeon-Lieutenant, s

Felix Weale was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at Dartford and Gravesend Hospital. He was born in Prague on 15 February 1925 and was a refugee to the United Kingdom in 1939. His father, Frederick Weil, was a journalist and a prominent critic of Hitler in the Czechoslovak press. He was edu

Richard Anthony Payne, known to all as 'Tony', was a consultant general surgeon at the North Middlesex Hospital in London. He was born on 17 July 1921, in Worcester, the son of Herbert George Payne, a master at Haberdasher's Aske's School, and Jessica Sweeney. He was educated at his father's school