Paul Townsend was born on 27 December 1937 in Hendon. During his early years the family lived in Radlett, Hertfordshire and, during the early years of the second world war, he remembered that he could see the bombs falling on London during the Blitz. His father worked as an army officer and later be

Gearoid Lynch was born in Dublin on 17 February 1932, the son of Fionan Lynch and his wife Bridget née Slattery. He studied medicine at Belfast University, graduating MB, BCh, BAO in 1948. Travelling to London he worked as a surgical registrar at the Hammersmith Hospital and then as a registrar in p

Rajaratnam (Raj) Sundarason was born in Singapore on 3 July 1929. Sponsored by the Colombo Plan, he travelled to Australia in 1950 when he was 21 to study medicine at Melbourne University. Sadly it was at a time when there was a great deal of racial prejudice in the population and he and his fellow

Hunter Fry was a plastic surgeon at the Royal Melbourne 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

John Prichard Bennett was a consultant plastic surgeon at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire on 3 July 1939, he was the son of Russell Percy Bennett, a headmaster, and his wife Margaret Enid née Prichard who was a hairdresser. After attending Court Lane Primar

Patrick John Whitfield was born on 7 November 1931, the son of Albert Victor Whitfield and his wife Rose Anna née Maye. He studied medicine at St George’s Hospital Medical Centre in London and graduated MB, BS in 1958. Until 1965 he carried out junior hospital appointments in the UK and in Arkansas,

Morris Hensman Heycock, or ‘Bob’ or ‘Bobby’ as his family, friends and colleagues knew him, was a consultant plastic surgeon in Hull. He was born in Dublin on 31 October 1928. His father, Morris Sadler Heycock, read natural sciences at King’s College, Cambridge and was a chemist before becoming head

Douglas Stewart Murray was a consultant plastic surgeon at the West Midlands Regional Plastic Surgery Centre, Wordsley 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

Malcolm Deane was a consultant plastic surgeon at City Hospital, Nottingham. 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

Jack Mustardé founded and ran West Africa’s first reconstructive plastic surgery unit and established the charity ReSurge Africa. 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

Christopher Teik-Kooi Khoo was a hand and breast surgeon at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wexham Park Hospital in Slough. 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 MacGregor Morris was a distinguished consultant in plastic and reconstructive surgery in Dundee. He was born on 6 May 1941 and was educated at Dulwich College, Selwyn College, Cambridge and Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London. He qualified in 1965. He held his house posts at Guy’s and wa