Puthukudiyil Mathai George was born on 20 May 1940. He studied medicine in Poona, qualifying MB BS in 1968, and gained his FRCS in 1978. He died on 19 January 2013 in Kochi, Kerala, India. He was 72.

Philip Jones was a surgeon commander in the Royal Navy. 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

Michael William Noel Ward was a general and colorectal surgeon in Enfield. He studied at Oxford University and trained in medicine at University College Hospital (UCH), London. He did house jobs at UCH and passed the fellowship of the college in 1978. A consultant general and colorectal surgeon at C

David Ernst was a medical practitioner in Lisbon, Portugal. 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 Hungerford was an ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal London 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 David Corbet was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria. 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

Mohamed Aly Mohamed Arafa was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. His sub-specialty was hand surgery. He was born on 9 May 1950 and gained his MB BCh from Cairo University in 1973 and his FRCS in 1978. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a regi

Trevor Layzell was a general and vascular surgeon at Bishop Auckland General Hospital. He was born on 2 February 1949 and studied medicine at Newcastle University, graduating in 1972. He started his career at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, followed by a move to Sunderland Roya

Ross Gordon Finemore was a general surgeon who worked in rural communities in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. 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

Allen Stanley Baker was a surgeon specialising in orthopaedics and traumatology at Bedford General Hospital. Born on 1 February 1950 in Hertford County Hospital, he was educated at St Andrew’s Preparatory School in Pangbourne, Berkshire before attending the King’s School in Worcester. He was the son

Peter Rhys-Evans was a consultant otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London and the founder of the Oracle Cancer Trust. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@r

Geoffrey Darke qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1937, and after house appointments joined the RAMC where he was mentioned in despatches in 1940 and 1945. After the war he continued his training at Bristol Royal Infirmary, the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and St Bartholomew's, where he