Laji Joseph became a professor in Bangalore. He passed the fellowship of the College in 1961 and returned to India where he practised in Bangalore. In June 2004 the College was informed of his death.

Pannala Padma Reddy was a civil surgeon specialist and superintendent in Hyderabad, India. He died of a heart attack on 10 February 1979 survived by his only son Dr P Narsimha Reddy.

Nothing is known of Crellin Balfour Kelly's career except that he passed the FRCS in 1961 and was living in Christchurch, New Zealand, at the time of his death. He was survived by his sister, Miss J Dingwall.

Born on 19 January 1935, Manohar Rajani qualified in Bombay and after junior posts went to England to specialise in surgery. After passing the FRCS he did a series of training posts, before going to Canada in 1965, where he passed the Canadian FRCS and settled down in practice in Toronto. He died on

Doreen Ashmel Birch was born at Bloemfontein, South Africa, on 28 November 1926, the only child of a lawyer. She was educated at the University of Cape Town where she qualified MB ChB in 1949. She came to England for postgraduate study and obtained the Edinburgh Fellowship in 1957 and the FRCS in 19

Born at Delhi on 16 March 1928, Banerji was the son of N V Banerji, professor of philosophy at Delhi University, and his maternal great uncle, W C Bonnerjee was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1886. He was educated at Raisina Bengali High School, New Delhi and St Xavier's Coll

Alexander Knipe was born in Chong-Pa, Western China, on 3 August 1904, the son of William Lascelles Knipe, a pioneer missionary in China and Tibet, and Margaret Anderson Stephen. He was educated at St Michael's Preparatory School in Limpsfield, Surrey, and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. H

Rob Christie was a consultant surgeon at Hutt Hospital, in New Zealand. Born in Wanganui on 10 May 1930, Rob was the son of Harry Kenrick Christie, an orthopaedic surgeon, and Mollie Christie, an obstetrician and general practitioner. After secondary education at Wanganui Collegiate School and Victo

Mike Solan was born in Eltham, London, on 31 January 1932. His father, Michael, was a Bank of England official and his mother was Doris Winifred Gladys Rogers, a Librarian. He was educated at Douai Abbey School, Berkshire, and at Woolwich Polytechnic and he attended St Thomas's Hospital Medical Scho

Huw Griffith was born on 21 November at Tredegar. His father was a headmaster and former president of the National Union of Teachers, and his mother, Myfanwy, née Bevan, a teacher and member of the London County Coucil was the sister of Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health from 1945 to 1950. From Lewis

Alan John Edwards was born on 25 July 1928 and educated at Drayton Manor School. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1949 and after a year at Brunel College, London, entered Christ's College, Cambridge in 1951 as a scholar and took a first-class honours degree in the Natural Sciences Tripo

Patrick Kevin Coakley was born on 19 December 1928 at Bantry, County Cork, Eire. He attended Blackrock College, Dublin, and studied medicine at the University of Cork, qualifying in 1952. After the surgical rotation he passed the FRCS in Ireland. In 1955 he was appointed to a short service commiss