Mohamed Moustafa El-Rayes was working in Tripoli, Libya at the time of his death in the late 1970's.

Kunhi Nair studied medicine at the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore and, after qualifying, came to England to specialise in surgery. He did registrar posts at Harefield, and the National Heart Hospital before being appointed senior registrar at Guy's Hospital. He was appointed consultant cardiac

Eileen Mary Vale was the elder daughter of the Rev Colwyn Vale. She studied at the London School of Medicine for Women graduating MB, BS in 1944. She passed the College Fellowship in 1969 and was living in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, at the time of her death on 16 January 1977.

After his medical education at St Bartholomew's Hospital John Evans did junior posts at the Central Middlesex and the Whittington Hospitals, and was a registrar King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor before becoming RSO at the London Chest Hospital. He then moved to South Africa where he joined the depar

Johnson qualified MB ChB Liverpool in 1962 and gained his Fellowship in 1969. He practised mostly on Merseyside and in 1974 became consultant surgeon at Warrington General Hospital, in which post he continued until his death on 6 April 1996 at the age of fifty eight. He was survived by his widow, Ma

Joo Hua Khaw qualified MB BS Malaya in 1961, obtaining the Edinburgh and English Fellowships in 1968 and 1969 respectively. He specialised in orthopaedics and gained MCh Orth Liverpool in 1970. All his career was spent in Kuala Lumpur, practising as an orthopaedic surgeon and he died there on 12 Oct

Michael Treherne Barton qualified MB BS in 1961 and worked as research surgical officer at St Paul's Hospital, London, surgical registrar at the Bromley Hospital and junior lecturer in anatomy at Guy's Hospital Medical School. He passed the FRCS in 1969 and was Freemasons Research Fellow of the Roya

Sid Gough attended Manchester University where he qualified in 1960. He did his training in orthopaedics at Manchester Royal Infirmary and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. He was appointed consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery at the Hope Hospital and Salford Royal Hospital. He die

Born in 1930, Dulal Ghosh was raised by a widowed mother in humble circumstances and won a scholarship to the Calcutta Medical College, qualifying MB BS in 1954 and gaining the Calcutta MS in 1961. He came to Britain in 1966 and passed the Fellowship in 1969, gaining the Edinburgh Fellowship in 1968

Jeffrey Jackson was born in Bolton on 20 January 1925, studied medicine at Manchester University, graduating in 1949, and held various junior surgical posts at Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge. Comparatively late in his career, in 1974, he was appointed the first consultant in accident and emergency

Timothy Walter Scannell was an orthopaedic surgeon in the north-east. He was born in Cork on 9 July 1940, the fourth son of Frederick Joseph Scannell, an accountant, and Esther Katherine née Harley, the daughter of a merchant tailor. He was educated at the Christian Brothers’ College, Cork, and Univ

Robert Richardson qualified from Durham in 1961 and, after junior posts, specialised in orthopaedics, training in Newcastle, Middlesborough and at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry. In 1974 he was awarded the Malkin travelling scholarship, before taking up his consultant appointment