Born in 1940 in Hove, Sussex, the son of a general practitioner, George Nigel Boobbyer was educated at Prestonville, Brighton, and Haileybury. He read medicine at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, graduating MB BS London, in 1964 and gaining the Conjoint Diploma in that year. He was house surgeon i

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

Colin Rees was born in Machynlleth, North Wales, on 22 January 1940 and when he was four the family moved to Llanfyllin where his father kept a greengrocery store. After early education at Llanfyllin High School he entered St Mary's Hospital Medical School with a Kitchener Scholarship. He qualified

Kenneth Shute was a much-loved surgeon who devoted his career to providing high quality surgical services to the population of Newport, Gwent. A Welshman through and through with a big heart, a Welsh accent, a big personality and an infectious grin, he was adored by the local population, many of who

Roger Owen Quin was a consultant general and vascular surgeon in Glasgow. 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

Keith Batten served as the chief surgeon and hospital warden of the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital for a decade between 1969 to 1979, and later as their hospitaller between 1989 and 1992. He oversaw many of the significant occasions in the history of the hospital and left a tremendous impact on t

Mike Morgan was a consultant surgeon in Essex. He was born in Swansea on 15 March 1940, the son of William Walter Herbert Morgan and Marie McGruther Morgan née Bragg, and remained a proud Welshman throughout his life. As a young boy he became critically ill with meningitis; penicillin had just becom