John McKessar Duncan was a consultant general surgeon at the Guest Hospital, Dudley, and at the Corbett Hospital, Stourbridge. He was known in and around the Black Country as 'Mr Duncan', at once implying respect, recognition and renown. He was born on 1 February 1919 and grew up in Birmingham. At t

Edward John Carleton Wynne was a consultant surgeon at the Swindon and Cirencester Hospital. Born on 10 October 1926 in London, both his parents were medically qualified. His father Wilfred Edward Carlton Wynne was a consultant surgeon and his mother, Marjorie Frances née Sibthorpe, was a physician

Neville Rees was a former medical director of Saudi Medicare and a medical superintendent in Perth, Australia. He was born in Gorseinon, near Swansea, on 20 February 1922, the son of David Cyril Rees, a steel worker, and Olwen Elizabeth née Clark. From Gowerton Boys Grammar School he went to the Lon

At the edge of Bantry town, by the harbour, is a beautiful walk called Béicín loop. The way markers for this heritage walk are dedicated to the memory of Seán Baker, who was chairman of Bantry Town Commissioners and, for many years, the sole county surgeon at Bantry Hospital. Seán truly practised ge

James Kyle was a consultant general surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and a senior lecturer at Aberdeen University and later chairman of Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust in Inverness. He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim on 26 March 1925 to John Kyle and Dorothy Frances Kyle née Skillen. His father

Malcolm May was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 16 October 1919, the son of John George May, a Trinity House pilot, and Aileen (née Reynolds). He was educated at Gravesend Grammar School and Guy's Hospital, qualifying by the Conjoint examination in 1942. He joined the Royal Navy as Surgeon-Lieutenant, s

William Ainslie Anderson was a paediatric and general surgeon in Derby. He was born on 24 September 1925 in Aberdeen into a medical family. His father, William Anderson, was a well-known surgeon and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. His mother was Barbara Matthew Kate Anderson née Gibson, a

Gordon Heard was a consultant surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales and a former president of the Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He was born on 23 February 1926 in Rhiwbina, Cardiff the second son of Albert Heard, a geologist at Cardiff University; his brother, Brian,

Ian Sutherland Midsom Jones, or 'S-J' as he was always known in the hospital, served as a consultant surgeon to the Plymouth hospitals from 1959 until 1986, but continued in active surgical practice after retiring from the NHS, working in Singapore for 10 years. Ian was born in 1922, in Bassingbourn

Nigel Porter was a much-admired consultant general surgeon with wide surgical interests, working first in London, where he trained, and then in Sussex. He was born on 19 February 1925 in Ross-on-Wye, the son of George Harry Porter and Elma Blackhurst. He attended school in Ross-on-Wye, and then stud

Richard Pryer was born on 20 September 1924. After education at St Peter's School, York, he entered the London Hospital and graduated in 1947. After serving as house surgeon at the London Hospital he was appointed resident surgical officer at Tindal General Hospital, Aylesbury, in 1948. The followin

Bill Southwood was born in London on 8 June 1925, the son of Stuart Walter Southwood, a dental surgeon, and Mildred Mary, the daughter of an heraldic stationer. He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, before going on to Guy's in 1945. He qualified with a gold medal in obstetr