Ronald McGrigor was born in London on 1 January 1920, the son of Dalziel McGrigor and Dorothy Macgregor Drysdale. His father was a radiologist in the RAMC. He was educated at Stowe School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he passed the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1940 and then went to St Bartholom

Arun Kumar Das worked as a general surgeon in Calcutta having passed the fellowship of the college in 1953. He died on 13 September 2015.

Percy Joseph was a surgeon in Sri Lanka. 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

Campbell Heywood Maclaurin (known as Cam) was born in Dannevirke to Colin Maclaurin, a general practitioner and surgeon, and Dorothy Mirams, homemaker. With an uncle a general practitioner in nearby Fielding, Cam entered a medical family. He was the eldest of three boys with younger brothers, Jim an

Charles Frederick Noon was a consultant general surgeon at King George and Barking hospitals, Essex. He was born in Norwich on 21 May 1923, the son of Charles Noon, a general surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and Cicely Elizabeth Ellen Noon née South, a nursing sister. He was educated at

Keith Vowles was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. 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

Arthur William Rowe Williamson was born on 30 January 1925. He qualified in medicine from London University in 1948 and passed the fellowship of the college in 1953. He was appointed consultant surgeon to the Tunbridge Wells Health District. He died on 26 August 2020, aged 95.

Agnes Bartels was a general surgeon in the RAF. In later life she became a sister of the Society of Sacred Heart. She was born in 1920 and grew up in Sydenham, then a suburb of London. After graduating she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and served in the Second World War as a radar techni

Major General Anil Krishna Barat was head of the department of surgery at the Armed Forces Medical College, Poona. He was born in Krishnanagar, West Bengal, on 1 February 1915. His father, Sadananda Barat, was an administrator in the railway service; his mother was Anupama, the daughter of a lawyer.

Robert Thorlakson was a leading Winnipeg surgeon. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson, a physician and chancellor of the University of Winnipeg, and his wife Gladys. Robert and his twin brother Ken were raised and educated in Winnipeg. Thorlakson served dur

Margery Scott-Young was a consultant surgeon at the Rachel Forster Hospital, Sydney. She was born on 25 May 1912 in North Sydney, the daughter of Reginald Charles Scott-Young, a sales manager, and Mary née Crotty. She was educated at the Monte Sant' Angelo College in Sydney and the University of Syd

Selim Mellick, universally known as Sam, was a legendary surgeon. He was born in Innisfail in north Queensland and was Dux of both his local primary school and his high school the All Souls School in Charters Towers. He graduated from the University of Queensland with first class honours in medic