James Bagot Oldham was born in Belfast on 7 November 1899, the first child of Samuel Charles Oldham, a ship repair director and of his wife Kathleen, née O'Flaherty. Most of his father's family were in the medical profession. He was cousin to Sir Hugh Rigby FRCS, Sergeant-Surgeon to HM George V.

Birinchi Prasad Samanta was born on 23 February 1924, the son of Chander Mahal Samanta, a lawyer. He was educated at the Calcutta School where he won the first prize for the highest aggregate marks in the sciences. At Calcutta University in 1941 he was awarded highest marks in the BSc. He passed MB

Born on 18 January 1884 he was educated at Sydney Grammar School, matriculating in 1901. Early in his medical course he showed his interest in practical work and shared the Haswell Prize for practical biology, winning the John Harris scholarship in his third year. He was top in the fourth and fifth

Arnold Guy Harsant was born in London on 16 November 1893 and educated at St Paul's School, Kensington. He gained a scholarship to the London Hospital, qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1916, and that year was granted a regular commission in the RAMC. He served in the Salonika Campaign from 191

After qualifying from Sydney University, he worked in New Zealand 1953-1955 holding house appointments at Dannevirke Hospital, Hawke's Bay and Dunedin Hospital and as surgical registrar at Christchurch Hospital. He came to England in 1956, and after periods at St James's Hospital, the London Ches

Michael Owen-Smith helped establish the new Hinchingbrooke District General Hospital in Huntingdon after a distinguished career in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was born in Dulwich, south London, to Francis and Winifred Owen-Smith (née Bailey) on 11 August 1934, and lived much of his early life t

Frederick Henry Rowland ('Fred') was a surgeon commander in the Royal Navy. He was born in Merton on 28 May 1943, the eldest son of Frederick Rowland, a plumber, and Cissie Florence Minnie Rowland née Shelley. He was educated at All Saints School, south Wimbledon, and Rutlish School, Merton, where h

Major General Anil Krishna Barat was head of the department of surgery at the Armed Forces Medical College, Poona. He was born in Krishnanagar, West Bengal, on 1 February 1915. His father, Sadananda Barat, was an administrator in the railway service; his mother was Anupama, the daughter of a lawyer.

John Carter was an army surgeon, based for much of his career in Munster, Germany. He was born on 17 December 1929 in Croydon. After national service in the Royal Artillery in Malaya, he studied medicine at King's College, London, qualifying in 1956. Subsequently, he held house appointments at King'

John Erskine Macolm was the son of John Malcolm, head of the department of agricultural engineering at Glasgow University, and Jane Matilda née Erskine, whose father was a landowner. He was born in Stirling on 28 May 1914. He was educated at Stirling High School, where he won gold medals in French a

Newton, who spent much of his career in the Royal Army Medical Corps in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, received his medical education at Manchester, graduating MB ChB there in 1952. Having held registrarships at the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, he was la

Major General William Pryn was director of Army surgery and a consultant surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. 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