Grant Bates was a consultant ENT surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He was born on 7 June 1953 in Launceston, Tasmania, the son of Mills Bates, a doctor, and Margaret née Duffas, the daughter of a gamekeeper, but went to the UK, to Oxford (Merton College) and then to the London Hospital

David James Llewellyn Murphy was a consultant ENT surgeon in Leicester. He gained a BSc in Cardiff in 1942, and then went on to University College Hospital Medical School in London, where he qualified MB BS in 1950. He gained his FRCS in 1954. Prior to his consultant appointment he was a surgical r

Tony Seymour-Jones was an otolaryngologist to the Portsmouth and South East Hants Health District. He was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 7 April 1911, the son of Bertrand Seymour-Jones, a consultant otolaryngologist, and Hilda Katherine née Poole, the daughter of a mining agent. Educated at West

Nicholas Chandos Bland was a consultant ENT surgeon in Birmingham. He was born in Birmingham in 1932. His mother was Alice Harvey, Birmingham born and bred. He stayed in the city to study medicine, qualifying in 1956, and gaining his diploma in child health in 1959. After qualifying, he was resid

Derek Farrar was one of the few who brought ENT surgery to Tasmania. He was born in Southsea, England, on 27 December 1921, the son of a naval officer. He was educated in Hong Kong and Plymouth, before going to St Bartholomew’s Hospital to study medicine. After graduating, he did six months as an

Howard Michael Parsons was an ENT surgeon in Lewisham and then Croydon. He was born in Paddington, London, on 14 April 1918, during a Zeppelin raid, the third child of John Parsons, a master builder, and his wife Maude Parsons née Percival. He was educated at St Andrews Prep School, Eastbourne and t

Claude ('Petal') Neville d'Este Eastes was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon in Sussex. He was born in Canada and in 1942 qualified in medicine at Guy's Hospital. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, travelling to East Africa, Madagascar, India and Ceylon. H

Charles William Smith was a consultant ENT surgeon in York. He was born in Kenton, London, on 24 October 1923, the first son of Cecil Smith and Mabel née Gibb. His father, who had served in the First World War with the Royal West Kent Regiment (known as ‘the Dirty Half Hundred’), was badly wounded i

Austen Young was an ENT surgeon in Sheffield. He was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed on 16 June 1914, the son of Thomas Mean Young, a business manager, and Frances Emily née Sample. He was educated at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University. During the Second World War he served as a

Ivan Tom Gwenogfryn Evans, known to colleagues, friends and patients as ‘Og’, was a consultant surgeon in Newport, Gwent. He was born in London on 11 November 1938, in a house between Battersea Power Station and the Dogs Home. His parents Evan Evans and Margaret née Jones were Welsh and kept a famil

Abdul Razaak Jasim Al-Sheikhli was an ENT consultant at the Mayday Hospital, Croydon. He was born on 20 November 1936 in Baghdad, the son of Jasim Al-Sheikhli, an Imam, and his wife, Sabria. He was educated at the Al-Risafa Intermediate School and Adhamiya Secondary School, in Baghdad, before going

Christopher Savage was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Chelmsford and Essex Hospital, and the Southend General Hospital, where he developed a special interest in microsurgery of the ear. Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 21 November 1915, he was part of the third generation of a family of surgeons.