John Millie Dow Galloway, known by the Gaelic name Ian, was a general and vascular consultant surgeon in Hull. He was born on 21 December 1936 in the village of Auchtermuchty, central Fife, the son of Annan Galloway, an insurance salesman, and Agnes Galloway née Dow, a housewife. He was the second o

Sandy Jenkins was a consultant vascular surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. 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.

Brian Bliss was a consultant vascular and general surgeon for Plymouth Hospitals. He was born on 21 June 1933 in Ilford, Essex, the son of Albert Reginald Bliss, a post office engineer, and Doris Alexandra Bliss née Young, a telephonist. As a child Brian’s life was dominated by the Blitz and two per

Roger Owen Quin was a consultant general and vascular surgeon in Glasgow. 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

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

Roger Hughes Johnson was a consultant general surgeon at Whiston and St Helens hospitals, Merseyside. He was born in Southend-on-Sea on 24 July 1939. His father, William Joseph ('Bill') Johnson, was a firefighter and his mother, Irene Johnson (neé Hughes), taught home economics. His grandfather was

Ramesh Nigam was founder professor and head of the department of surgery at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India, and a distinguished vascular surgeon. Born on 12 August 1920, his father had served in the Indian Medical Service, and then became professor of surgery at the King George's Med

Thomas Henry Tweedy was a consultant surgeon in Gateshead. He was born in Cramlington, Northumberland, on 23 April 1918, the son of Ernest Victor and Mary Elizabeth Tweedy. His father was an 'outside manager' for Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, but also accompanied silent movies, having taught him

David John Tibbs was a consultant general and vascular surgeon in Oxford who, during the Second World War, was awarded a Military Cross for his bravery on D-Day. He was born in Croydon on 10 March 1920, the youngest of three sons of Evan Llewellyn Tibbs, a city trader, and Mildred Ann Tibbs née Mund

Roger Armour was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, who in retirement invented an inexpensive ophthalmoscope, which could be used in poorer regions of the world. He was born Roger Hanif Ahmed on 19 August 1934 in Murree, a small hill station in the foothil

Hugh Owen Jones was a general surgeon in Cardiff. He was born in Monmouth on 12 May 1918 and brought up in a school house in the tiny village of Goytre near Pontypool, where his father, William Lewis Jones, was a schoolmaster. His mother, Rebecca Jane Jones née Davies, was a nurse. The toilet for bo

Joseph Pett Turney was a consultant surgeon at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, Cumbria. He was born in Hammersmith, London on 6 June 1918. His parents, Wilfrid Turney and Edith May Turney née Skinner, were both teachers. He had a brother, Wilfrid. Turney attended St Stephen’s Elementary School