Gerald Edward Flatman was director of the Glasgow Institute of Radiotherapy and Oncology, and a consultant radiotherapist at the Western and Royal infirmaries, Stobhill Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Glasgow Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. He was also an honorary lecturer in radio

Christopher John Lester Thurgar studied medicine at University College Hospital, London, where he was an assistant in the surgical unit and the Cancer Registry. He became director of the Regional Radiotherapy Service and radiotherapist to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. He was made a Fell

Ross Fordyce Burton, known as ‘Peter’, was a consultant radiotherapist in Auckland, New Zealand. He was born on 19 September 1922 in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Percy Robert Burton, a school principal, and Millicent Evaline Burton née French. He attended school in Opotiki, then at Brixton Road

Evan Sherrah-Davies went from Cambridge to the Westminster Hospital where he qualified in 1947. After house jobs he did his National Service in the RAF as a surgical specialist. After returning to civilian life he specialised in radiotherapy and became consultant radiotherapist to the Christie Hospi

Helen Soteriou neé Mellor was a clinical oncologist at St Luke's Hospital, Guildford, and Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus. She was born in Liverpool on 11 April 1920, the daughter of Stanley Alfred Mellor, a Unitarian minister, who died when she was just four years old, and Anita Mellor née Thomson

Edward Stanley Lee was appointed consultant to the Westminster Hospital at the early age of 29, having spent much of his early career there. He was also consultant to Guildford Radiotherapy Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital and Radium Institute, and was civilian consultant to the Army for neoplastic dis

Ian Rothwell was a consultant clinical oncologist at Cookridge Hospital, Leeds. He was born on 25 July 1942 in Buckingham to Mary Anne and Edward Richard Rothwell. A keen Scout, he enjoyed leading mountaineering expeditions. He studied medicine at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, during which

Noel Pizey was born on 19 December 1922. He trained in medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, where he qualified in 1946. After junior posts he specialised in radiotherapy, becoming senior registrar in the department of radiotherapy at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and senior radiotherapy and surgic

Denys Sambrook did his medical studies at St Thomas's Hospital where he qualified in 1938. After junior posts in orthopaedics he decided to train as a radiotherapist and for a time worked as a consultant in radiation oncology at St John Regional Hospital, New Brunswick, Canada. After being appointed

James (John) Jackson-Richmond (who appears in the Medical Directory before 1973 as James Jackson Richmond) graduated MB BS at Melbourne University in 1933. After obtaining his Fellowship in 1941, he specialised in radiotherapy and was at various times radiotherapist in charge of the radiotherapy dep

Born on 3 September 1908, Tony Green studied medicine at Otago University before coming to England in 1935 to specialise in radiotherapy. He held a number of junior posts and studied at the Radium Institute. A firm belief of his was that the effective treatment of malignancy should cause as little u

Irene Margaret Stanford McEwan née Cade was a consultant radiologist in Portsmouth. She was born in London on 15 January 1925, the second daughter of Sir Stanford Cade, the surgeon, and Margaret Hester née Agate, the daughter of the organist at Paisley Abbey. Irene was educated at Queen's College, H