Lance O'Neill Knox practiced in Durban, South Africa as an otorhinolaryngologist. The College was notified in 2002 that he had died "more than six years ago".

Caroline Lessington-Smith was an ENT surgeon at King’s College Hospital, London. Born Caroline van Dorp on 25 May 1918, she was the daughter of a Dutch pastor based in London. She qualified at the London School of Medicine for Women in 1941 and, choosing ENT as a career, she became senior registrar

Peter Milling was senior surgeon at the Royal Ear Hospital, Huntley Street, then part of University College, London, and a hidden treasure of ENT wisdom. He was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on 1 April 1916, the elder son of Frederick William Milling, a Yorkshireman, who, after gaining a degree in

Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani was a pioneering ear, nose and throat surgeon, social activist and philanthropist. Born on 17 September 1917 in Tatta which was in the Sindh province of India and is now part of Pakistan, he was the first son of Hiranand Hiranandani, a businessman, and his wife, Lila. A

Alfred Geddes Tresidder was born on 15 December 1881 and was educated at Falmouth Grammar School and the London Hospital, where he qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1906, and graduated MB BS London in 1907. He then worked for a time in general practice and entered the Indian Medical Service in

Bill Doey was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in London. He was born in Bessbrook, county Armagh, Northern Ireland, on 22 February 1912, the son of Rev Thomas Doey, a Presbyterian minister. His mother was Charlotte Chesney née McCay, the

Gerard Erwin Stein was born in Kanth, Silesia, Germany, on 25 February 1916, the son of Adolf Stein, a clothing manufacturer and retailer, and his wife Frieda, née Masur. He was educated at a local primary school and later at a grammar school in Breslau up to the age of 18. His parents, devout Jews,

Lionel Robert Stewart Taylor was born on 4 November 1915 at Szechuan, West China, where his father was a missionary. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, Bath, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and St Thomas's Hospital where he qualified with the Conjoint Board Diploma and the MB ChB Cantab in 1940.