John Beaugié was a consultant general surgeon at North Middlesex Hospital, London. He was born on 26 September 1939 in Folkestone, Kent, the eldest of five children. His father, Donald McNicoll Beaugié, had been a missionary doctor in Nigeria before succumbing to ill health and returning to the UK t

Joseph Attard (known to all as ‘Pep’) was a consultant general surgeon in Malta. He was born on 14 September 1932 in Senglea, a town in the Grand Harbour area of Malta. His father was Caesar Attard, a general practitioner and junior surgeon at the main civil hospital of Malta in Floriana. His mother

David Thomas was a consultant surgeon at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and Derbyshire Children's Hospital. He was descended from four generations of Welsh coalminers. His father, Richard, had left Wales in the 1920s, looking for work, and ended up in Watford, where he met and subsequently married the w

Purnendu Kumar Chattopadhyaya was a surgeon in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. He gained his FRCS in 1967. He died on 11 December 2014.

Prabhakar Shankar Phatak, known as 'Prabhu', was a consultant general surgeon at the Whittington Hospital. He was born in Pusad, Maharashtra, India, on 20 March 1936, the son of Shankar Ganesh Phatak, a lawyer, and Uma Phatak née Kelkar, a housewife. His mother's father was a doctor. He attended the

Henry Naylor, always known as 'Harry', was a consultant general surgeon to the Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust and trained at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He was for a time medical director at Basildon Hospital. He had a fine reputation as a surgeon, and as a teacher he was very popular with L

Stephen Karran was a consultant general surgeon and a senior lecturer at the University of Southampton. He was born in Berriew, Montgomeryshire, Wales. His father, John Denbigh Karran, was a banker, and his mother, Constance Henriette Karran née Tilsley, a nurse based at St Mary’s Hospital, London.

Manushehr Sabetian was a consultant surgeon at the London Welbeck Hospital. He studied medicine at Durham University, qualifying in 1954. He gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1958, his ChM from Liverpool University in 1962 and the fellowship of the Royal Colle

Lenrie Peters was a distinguished poet and surgeon. He was born in Bathurst (now Banjul), the capital of Gambia. Both his parents, Kezia and Lenrie Peters, had emigrated from Sierra Leone. His father, Lenrie, was editor of the Gambia Echo. His mother Kezia had been brought up in England. Of Lenrie’s

Justin Kelly established vascular surgery in Lancaster and south Cumbria; the unit later developed to include Preston and Blackpool. He was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire on 7 February 1938, the son of Bernard Kelly, who worked for the company Lamson Paragon, and Katherine Kelly née Hodgson, a

John Carter was an army surgeon, based for much of his career in Munster, Germany. He was born on 17 December 1929 in Croydon. After national service in the Royal Artillery in Malaya, he studied medicine at King's College, London, qualifying in 1956. Subsequently, he held house appointments at King'

William Tudor Davies was a general and vascular consultant surgeon in Cardiff. He was born on 17 July 1940. Qualifying MB, ChB in 1963, he did house jobs at the Middlesex Hospital in London and the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. In 1967 he passed the fellowship of the college. He spent tim