Rob was appointed as a consultant urologist to the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust in 2005. He was born on 21 October 1969 in London, the son of Malcolm I Brierly and Margaret A Brierly née Howard. He qualified from St Bartholomew Hospital Medical School in 1993, received his specialist training in Londo

Alec Badenoch was born in Banff on 23 June 1903, the son of John Alexander Badenoch, a chartered accountant, and Georgina Dingwall Joiner, daughter of a master mariner. He was educated at Banff Academy and went on the Marischal College, Aberdeen, to read English Literature, but later changed to medi

Robert Morpeth Jameson was a consultant urologist for the Liverpool Area Health Authority, the regional urological centre, Royal Liverpool Hospital, and the regional paraplegic centre, Promenade Hospital, Southport. He studied medicine in Durham, qualifying in 1957. He gained his FRCS in 1962. He

Sean Bryan Morris was a consultant urologist at Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull hospitals. He was born on 21 July 1961. He studied medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School, London, and qualified in 1985. He gained his FRCS in 1990. He died in October 2014.

Sean Vesey was a consultant urologist on Merseyside. He was born on 2 July 1954 and studied medicine at University College Cork, qualifying in 1979. After completing his basic surgical training, he went to London in 1984 to the Institute of Urology and then continued his specialist training in Taunt

Patrick Michael Kelly was born in Dublin on 23 July 1912, the son of Sir Patrick Kelly, CIE, Commissioner of Police in Bombay. He was sent home with his mother who was expected to die of diabetes but she became one of the first recipients of insulin and lived on into her 80's still taking insulin! H

Michael Salvaris qualified in medicine in Melbourne in 1940 and became resident medical officer to the Royal Perth Hospital in 1941. During the second world war he served as a Captain with the AAMC, 194143. He held posts at various hospitals while studying for his FRCS in the early '50's. He was sur

Michael Hall was a consultant urologist at the Forest Groups of Hospitals. He was born on 2 April 1925 in Peking, China. His father qualified in medicine from Durham. Soon after, in 1922, he took up a post at a mission hospital in China, moving with his newly-married wife to Peking. There he stayed

John Fitzpatrick, professor and chairman of the department of surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital and University College, Dublin (UCD), was an internationally-renowned urologist. The son of a prominent lawyer, he was born in Dublin on 15 July 1948. He was educated at Gonzaga College and won a plac

Born at Grafton, New South Wales, he was educated at Fort Street School, Sydney, from which he won an exhibition to the University. After service in the Army during the first world war, he qualified in 1918 and was a resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital. He then spent several years in England

Peter Cader Tuckfield was educated at the University of Melbourne and graduated MB BS in 1949. He then became RMO at Prince Henry's Hospital, and was promoted to registrar in 1951, and from 1951-1953 was associate assistant surgeon. He came to England to work for the FRCS which he obtained in 1956.

Alan Boyd Holmes was a giant of surgical practice in Tasmania and a pioneer of urology in the state. He died on 13 December 2013, at the age of 87. Three weeks earlier he was snorkelling with his family in Queensland. Alan grew up in Sydney, where he was dux of Artarmon opportunity school, and