Educated at King's College, London, he practised in Kathiawar, India before joining the Indian Medical Service in 1934; in the Service he rose to the rank of Colonel. Later he practised at New Delhi. He died in 1973 aged about seventy.

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

John Taylor ‘Jack’ Coull was a major general in the Royal Army Medical Corps. 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

Colonel Derrick Orry Hunt Messent was a surgeon in the RAMC. He was born on 19 June 1922. He studied medicine at Sydney University, qualified in 1946 and gained his FRCS in 1964. He wrote a joint paper on spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus (‘Spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus with unusual

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

Peter Craig was a major general in the Royal Army Medical Corps and director of defence and Army surgery. 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

Joined the Ordnance Medical Department as 2nd Assistant Surgeon on November 13th, 1830. He rose to be 1st Assistant Surgeon on July 1st, 1831, and to be Surgeon on June 1st, 1846. He retired on half pay on May 15th, 1857, and appears to have lived abroad. He died in Dublin before June 18th, 1884.

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

Became Hospital Assistant to the Forces on May 19th, 1815, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 5th Foot on June 30th, 1825. He was promoted Surgeon to the 60th Foot on May 29th, 1840, to Staff Surgeon (1st Class) on September 29th, 1848, and to Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals on February

Born on November 7th, 1818, and entered the Madras Army as Assistant Surgeon on January 25th, 1841. He was Surgeon to the 33rd Native Infantry, Madras, and saw active service in the Indian Mutiny (1857-1858). He died of dysentery at Dinapur on June 24th, 1858.

Dudley Churchill-Davidson was an honorary consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, London. He was born on 11 May 1927, the son of Frederick Churchill-Davidson and Marie Peacock Churchill-Davidson née Jacques. His father, a University of Edinburgh-educated doctor, had

Air Commodore Robert William Povey was an orthopaedic surgeon in the Royal Air Force. He was born on 11 April 1921, the son of Henry John Povey, an optician, and Jane Dorothy Povey née Reid. He was educated at Poole Grammar School in Dorset, where he was house captain, school prefect and head boy an