William Goldthorpe 'Bill' Holdsworth was a senior consultant surgeon at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton. Born on 18 October 1911, he was educated at Scotch College and Carey Baptist Grammar School, Melbourne, and graduated from Melbourne University in 1933. In 1935 he went to England, and on the a

Thomas Laird Barclay was a consultant plastic surgeon at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, St James Hospital, Leeds and St Luke's Hospital Bradford. Born in Huddersfield on 26 March 1925, the son of William and Mary Frances Barclay, he studied medicine at Edinburgh University. He qualified MB ChB in

Donald Cragg McNeill was a consultant plastic surgeon in Salisbury. He was born in 1935 and was educated at the Southern Grammar School, Portsmouth. He won a scholarship to study medicine and trained at St Mary's, qualifying in 1958. Most of his surgical training took place in the Wessex region, whe

Edward Bowen-Jones was a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who worked at the St Augustine's Medical Centre in Durban, South Africa. He qualified MB, BS from London University in 1967 and passed the fellowship in 1972. He died of cancer on 30 October 2008, aged 64 years survived by his wife Jean, ch

Emma Hormbrey was a plastic surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. She was born Emma Flindall in London on 4 October 1968 and studied medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School. She qualified with the MB BS in 1994 and gained her FRCS in 1998. Prior to her post in Oxford, she

Roy Routledge was born in Bexhill-on-Sea on 10 May 1918, the son of Robin Coghill Horner Routledge, an engineer, and Gwyneth May, née Davies. He was educated at Bexhill-on-Sea Grammar School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he represented his medical school as a flyweight boxer. He qualified in

Percy Jayes, an internationally known and respected plastic surgeon, was born on 26 June 1915, the first son of Thomas Harris Jayes, a butcher and farmer. His mother, Jessie May, was a daughter of a master mariner. He had one younger brother. Educated at Quernmore School, Bromley, and Merchant Taylo

Harold Keith McComb, a gifted plastic surgeon and Founding Member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons was renowned for his technical brilliance and innovation and a source of inspiration. He leaves behind a legacy of surgical excellence for the craft. Harold obtained his MB BS at the Un

After graduating at Manchester and resident appointments there, Rowland Osborne became resident surgical officer at the Park Hospital, Davyhulme. In 1940 he was appointed superintendent of Whiston Hospital, Prescot, a mixed civilian and military establishment where he developed an interest in plasti

David Herbert was a plastic surgeon in Preston, Nottingham and Huntingdon. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital and qualified MB BS in 1961. He gained his FRCS in 1966. He was awarded the Arris and Gale lecture in 1978; his topic was 'The anatomical basis of facial reconstruction'. He

Charles Heanley was head of the department of plastic surgery at the London Hospital. He was born in Hong Kong on 28 February 1907, the son of Charles Montgomery Heanley, a doctor, and Mary Morella Heanley née Tassell. He was educated at Epsom College and then at Downing College, Cambridge, where he

Joseph Murray had an illustrious career as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, but his unique achievement was to perform the first successful kidney transplant, on identical twins, in 1954, for which he was awarded a Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1990. He was born in Milford, Massach