Patrick John Whitfield was born on 7 November 1931, the son of Albert Victor Whitfield and his wife Rose Anna née Maye. He studied medicine at St George’s Hospital Medical Centre in London and graduated MB, BS in 1958. Until 1965 he carried out junior hospital appointments in the UK and in Arkansas,

Thomas John Starling Patterson (TP) was a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Oxford. He was born on 27 November 1920 in Melbourne, where his father, Sydney Wentworth Patterson, was working as a physician. His mother, Muriel Patterson née Starling, was the daughter of Ernest Starling, a

Gearoid Lynch was born in Dublin on 17 February 1932, the son of Fionan Lynch and his wife Bridget née Slattery. He studied medicine at Belfast University, graduating MB, BCh, BAO in 1948. Travelling to London he worked as a surgical registrar at the Hammersmith Hospital and then as a registrar in p

Robert Craig was a consultant plastic surgeon in Manchester. 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

David Ian Wilson was born on 4 July 1962 in Birmingham. Regarded as the cleverest of his family, he won a scholarship to Warwick School. He trained in medicine at St Georges’s Medical School, passing his MB, BS London in 1985 and from there proceeded to Derriford Hospital, Plymouth to begin his trai

Nicholas Bernard Hart was a consultant in plastic and reconstructive surgery in Grimsby. 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

Malcolm Deane was a consultant plastic surgeon at City Hospital, Nottingham. 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

Catina Katriona Bernardis was a consultant plastic surgeon St Thomas’ Hospital, London. 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

Benjamin Coplan Cohney was a consultant plastic surgeon in Perth, Western Australia. 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

Morris Hensman Heycock, or ‘Bob’ or ‘Bobby’ as his family, friends and colleagues knew him, was a consultant plastic surgeon in Hull. He was born in Dublin on 31 October 1928. His father, Morris Sadler Heycock, read natural sciences at King’s College, Cambridge and was a chemist before becoming head

Niall Kirkpatrick was a consultant plastic surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital and president of the charity Facing the World. 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 Hunter Williams was born at Wharewhitu Private Hospital in Dannevirke. His father Charles Skinner Williams was an Orthopaedic and General Surgeon (who was also involved in veterinary Orthopaedics) in the Manawatu area. He was given the name John Hunter in memory of the 18th century Scottish ana