Little is known about Colin Landon Smith except that he graduated MB BS in London in 1953 and was a Fellow of both the London and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of Surgeons. He practised in Harley Street and died in 1979.

Thomas Pirotta qualified MB BS from Adelaide in 1955. He was appointed resident medical officer to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1956. On coming to England he worked as a senior house officer at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 1960 and was appointed registrar to the orthopaedic and traumatological

John Stubbs received his medical education at St George's Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1954, and obtained the London PhD in 1959 and the MS in 1964. After qualification he was first assistant in the surgical unit at St George's before becoming senior registrar at St Mark's Hospita

David Pratt was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at St James’s University Hospital, Leeds. He studied medicine in Leeds, where he had a distinguished undergraduate career, gaining first class honours and graduating with distinctions in surgery and forensic medicine. After house appointments

William Henry Cookson was born on 6 January 1929, the son of Harold Cookson, a shoe maker and his wife, Ethel May neé Winfield. He attended the Liverpool Institution and Liverpool University and became a Fellow of the College in 1962. Moving to Canada, he was appointed as a teaching fellow at Edmont

Reg Bolam was a locum consultant general surgeon. He was born on 3 January 1924 in south London, the first of the three children of Harriet and Frederick Bolam. He grew up in Streatham and won a scholarship to Bec College, was in the top stream, joined several public libraries and borrowed several b

Sudhansu Bimal Biswas was born in the Tateswar district of Noakhali, India, on 17 August 1933, the son of Kumar Aswini Biswas. Bimal was educated at Khandal School, Tateswar, and the medical school of the University of Calcutta. He won college scholarships in his last three years, along with the fou

The son of Herbert Oakley White, a general practitioner-anaesthetist, Humphrey was born in Southampton on 2 September 1932. His mother was Alice F S Tait, the daughter of a general practitioner in Highbury, London. Humphrey was educated at Marlborough and St John's College, Cambridge, from which he

George Anthony Lawrence, known as 'Tony', was a consultant general surgeon in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he practised for 35 years. He served as a coroner and from 1984 to 1993 was chief of staff of the Highland View Regional Hospital and was also medical examiner for Cumberland C

William Hedley Jones was born on 18 December 1930 at Morriston, near Swansea, the son of W J Jones, a sales representative. He was educated at Cardiff High School and at Swansea Grammar School. He received his medical education at University College, London and University College Hospital and qualif

David Barton was born in Adelaide on 20 January 1933, the son of Arthur Augustus Barton, a bank manager and his wife, Ellen. He was at school at Riverton and was awarded the Prince Alfred College Grasby Scholarship before entering the University of Adelaide where he graduated in medicine in 1955. Hi

Carl Frederick Leberne received his professional education at the University of Sydney, whence he qualified MB, BS in 1955. After his training years at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, he specialised in surgery, beginning as a demonstrator in anatomy at Sydney University in 1958. On coming to Britain