Benudhar Goswami was born in Calcutta on 11 December 1927 and studied medicine at the R G Kar Medical College there, qualifying in 1953. He came to England in the following year and worked at hospitals in Wakefield and Stockport, passing the FRCS in 1961. He was then surgical registrar at Hertford C

Hyder Ismail Sheikh was born on 5 April 1931 at Shahada, Maharashtra, India and educated at the University of Bombay, where he graduated in 1956 with first-class honours in medicine and surgery. After holding house appointments at the Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy Hospital, Bombay, he came to England and was

Mitchell Notaras was a consultant in colorectal surgery at Barnet General Hospital, London. He was born on 26 March 1933 in the town of Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. His father, Anthony Notaras, and mother, Anthea Notaras née Megaloconomos, were Greek immigrants from the island of Kythera. Th

William James Dempster, known as ‘Jim’, was a transplant researcher and surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital, London. He was born on the island of Ibo, north of Madagascar, on 15 March 1918, although his birth was not registered until 28 April and his birth certificate was not issued until 9 August of that

Born at Delhi on 16 March 1928, Banerji was the son of N V Banerji, professor of philosophy at Delhi University, and his maternal great uncle, W C Bonnerjee was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1886. He was educated at Raisina Bengali High School, New Delhi and St Xavier's Coll

Alexander Knipe was born in Chong-Pa, Western China, on 3 August 1904, the son of William Lascelles Knipe, a pioneer missionary in China and Tibet, and Margaret Anderson Stephen. He was educated at St Michael's Preparatory School in Limpsfield, Surrey, and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. H

Robert Francis Norman Duke was born in London in 1925, the son of Sir Robert Duke, and was educated at Marlborough College. In 1943, he joined the Royal Artillery, serving in India until 1947. He was commissioned in 1944, rising to the rank of Captain. After the war he read medicine at Corpus Christ

Rob Christie was a consultant surgeon at Hutt Hospital, in New Zealand. Born in Wanganui on 10 May 1930, Rob was the son of Harry Kenrick Christie, an orthopaedic surgeon, and Mollie Christie, an obstetrician and general practitioner. After secondary education at Wanganui Collegiate School and Victo

Henry Byrne was an orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Ballarat, Victoria, on 15 August 1932, the eldest of five children of Henry Byrne, a grazier, and his wife Martha. He was educated at Ballarat State School and Ballarat College, before studying medicine at the University

John Francis Stone was born on 4 October 1926 in Edinburgh. His father, Thomas Willam Stone, was the headmaster of the only school on Barra and his mother, Evelyn Agnes, née McFarlane, was the daughter of a journalist. He was educated first at the Castlebay School on the Isle of Barra before attendi

John Moore was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in the Chelmsford Hospital Group and to the Regional Orthopaedic Centre, Black Notley, from 1967 to 1994 and, on retirement, an honorary consultant to the Mid-Essex NHS Trust. Born on 10 October 1929, he went to preparatory school in Lytham

John Alan Keightley Wightman was a consultant surgeon in Chesterfield. He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 11 April 1930, where his father, John Andrew Wightman, was a pharmacist. His mother was Doris Mary née Keightley. He was educated at Nottingham High School and the University of Sheffield.