John Jeffrey Price (known as Jeff) was a consultant general surgeon at Bradford Royal Infirmary and a senior lecturer in surgery at the University of Leeds. He was one of the youngest consultant general surgeons at the time, having been appointed at the age of 31, and one of the very few in the coun

Richard Guy Fiddian-Green was professor of general surgery at the University of Massachusetts. Born on 8 March 1940 in Matatiele, East Griqualand, South Africa, he was the second son of two doctors, William Brandreth Fiddian-Green, a GP, and his wife, Isobel Alys (known as Alys). Her father was Colo

Bhaskarnath Rughoonundon was a general surgeon in Mauritius. He was born in Surinam, a village on Mauritius, on 28 July 1939, a time when life was tough and money was scarce. His father, a small scale planter, wanted a different destiny for his only son, and decided he should become a doctor ‘…becau

Paul Whiteside Eustace was a consultant general surgeon at Castlebar General Hospital, County Mayo, Ireland. He was born on 9 October 1943 in Nelson, Lancashire of Irish parents. His father, Anthony Eustace, was chief medical officer of County Meath; his mother, Evylyn Eustace née Dick, had a MSc de

Magdi Obeid was a consultant general and vascular surgeon in Birmingham. He was born on 5 January 1943 to his Egyptian parents in Khartoum, Sudan, where his father was working at the time. He was educated in Sudan and Egypt, and studied medicine at Ain Shams University, Cairo. He excelled in all his

Robert Anthony Bowness Wood was an innovative consultant breast and general surgeon in Dundee. He was born in Horsforth, near Leeds on 12 April 1943. Both of his parents, John Fletcher Wood and Mabel Wood née Bowness, were pharmacists. He boarded at St Peter’s School in York and then studied medicin

Pradip Basu was a urological and general surgeon in Lincoln. He was born on 4 January 1942 into a medical family in Calcutta, India, the sixth child of Bibhuti Bhusan and Durga Rani Basu née Sinha. His grandfather and father qualified in Calcutta; his father became chief medical officer to the east

Tony Chant was a consultant vascular surgeon in Southampton, Hampshire. He was born in Pembroke, West Wales. His father, Percival James Chant, was a Royal Air Force engineer who worked on Sunderland flying boats at the outbreak of the Second World War. He was then posted to Hitchin, Hertfordshire, w

Jerry Gilmore was a consultant general surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, where he established the pioneering breast unit. He was born on 27 December 1941, a much-loved son of Owen Dermot Gilmore and Carmel Gilmore née Cantwell. His father was a respected and successful family doctor and