Mortimer Burdman was a general surgeon from New York. He was born in Brooklyn in the late 1920's and had a son by his first wife. In 1973 he married an Israeli woman, Osnat, who had two grown up daughters. She had emmigrated to the United States in 1966. In November 1986 they were living in Alberts

John Tainsh passed the FRCS in 1946 and returned to Vancouver, where his death on 3 January 2007 was notified to the College by his daughter.

Nothing is known about Charles Murray Dransfield except that he passed the Fellowship in 1946 and was living in Aston-under-Lyne, Lancs at the time of his death on 15 September 1981.

John Penry studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he became obstetric officer and casualty officer. He was house surgeon to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and then took up the part-time post of medical referee to the Welsh Office in Cardiff. He was a member of the Glamorgan Loca

Frederick Henry Duncan Hutter was an air commodore in the medical branch of the RAF. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

John William Gummer, known as 'Peter', was a gastrointestinal surgeon at the Central Middlesex Hospital in London. He was born on 29 December 1918 and studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1941. Prior to his appointment as a consultant, he was a house surgeon at

Sir Arnold Elton was born on 14 February 1920. He trained at University College Hospital and qualified MB, BS in 1943. After house jobs at Charing Cross Hospital (where he was Gosse research scholar), St Peter’s Hospital for Stone and University College Hospital, he passed the fellowship of the coll

Denis Thompson qualified in Birmingham and after doing house jobs specialised in surgery. He emigrated to Australia where he practiced in Bunbury, Western Australia. He continued to be active until his 80's and was still doing three jobs at the time of his death at the age of 83. He died on a cruise

Alan Brock McCarten was a surgeon in Edmonton, Manitoba. Born in Winnipeg on 11 January 1919, he was the second son of Daniel Alexander McCarten, a dental surgeon, and his wife, Ella Isobel née Goldthorpe, the daughter of a lumber mill operator. After attending Kelvin High School in Winnipeg he won

James Albert Rhind studied medicine at Leeds University where he graduated MB ChB with first class honours in 1937 and won the William Hey Gold Medal of the University. He worked as resident surgical officer to the Leeds Infirmary and was surgeon specialist in the RAMC during the second world war. H

Alan John Walker was a consultant surgeon in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Born in Putney, London on 13 June 1918 he was the son of Arthur George Walker, a dairyman, and his wife Meliora Amelia née Segar, who was a florist. The second of their three children, he was the only son. Initially educa

Geoffrey Forbes Homer was a general surgeon. Born on 4 July 1911 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, he was the son of James Homer, a merchant and local mayor, and his wife Alice, a teacher. He studied medicine at the University of Manitoba where he was awarded the Isbister scholarship. After graduation in 19