Abdullah Ibrahim El-Fiky passed the Fellowship of the College in 1963. He lived and worked in Cairo and died there on 1 March 1990, survived by his son.

William Johnson studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital and graduated MB BS in 1949. After qualification he was for a time registrar in thoracic surgery and general and urological surgery at Bradford Royal Infirmary. He subsequently moved to the United States and held posts at the Doctor's Hospital, Ne

Patrick John Allen qualified at Belfast in 1957 and became a house surgeon at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Later he was a research assistant at St Bartholomew's Hospital London, and a senior registrar at St Mark's Hospital. Returning to Northern Ireland he was a consultant surgeon at the Lur

Dayal Bhana had a distinguished career as a medical student and was awarded the first prize and gold medal in anatomy, second prize in general and clinical physiology, first prize and gold medal in medicine. Following qualification he held a number of junior appointments including medical intern and

David Fletcher was born in Beccles, Derbyshire, in 1930. He completed his medical education in Leeds and specialised in surgery, particularly in colorectal surgery. He was appointed consultant surgeon to Scarborough Hospital in 1968, where he became chairman of the Scarborough district medical staff

Ronald Saunders was born in Melbourne on 16 February 1928. His father Herbert was an accountant and his mother Florence née Cooper was a secretary. He studied medicine at Melbourne University where he earned a blue for athletics. When in England in the early 1960's he worked at the Whittington and S

George Kirkland was born in Glasgow on 5 November 1904, the son of Robert Kirkland, a grain merchant, and Margaret Russell. He was educated at Eastbank Academy, Glasgow, and at Glasgow University, where he qualified in 1927. He was a general practitioner in Oldham from 1929 to 1948, and a general su

Lawrence Herbert Hansen was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1929 and after early education at Palmerston Boys' High School entered the University of Otago Medical School, qualifying in 1955. After early hospital appointments in Wellington he came to England to work as surgical registrar at

John Bull was the first consultant general surgeon to be appointed to the newly-built Crawley and Horsham Hospital. He was also on the staff at East Grinstead, and worked at Gatwick Park Hospital from 1984. He was born in London on 12 May 1934, the son of John Bull, a businessman, and his wife, Joyc

Born in London on 20 February 1931 to Harris Berkley, a pharmacist and Dora Le Vine, Reginald Maurice Berkley was educated at King Edward VII School, King's Lynn. He went to Melbourne in 1950, where he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. After graduating

John Spencer was a reader in surgery at Hammersmith Hospital, London. He was born in Bedford on 17 July 1933, the son of Arthur George Victor Spencer, a soldier, and Nellie née Housden. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, whence he won a state scholarship to study medicine at Charing Cross Hos

Terence Young was a consultant surgeon in the Peterborough area. He was born in India in 1931, where his father was a missionary surgeon, but grew up in north Wales. As a boy he started hill walking, encouraged first by his father and later by the headmaster’s secretary at his school, Rydal in Colwy