John Alan William McKelvey was a consultant ophthalmologist for the Cornwall Hospitals Trust. He was born in 1932 into a farming family in Northern Ireland. He studied medicine at Queen's University, Belfast, qualifying in 1955. He held junior hospital posts at Belfast City Hospital, and in 1957

Born 25 October 1889, the son of H A Costobadie, Lionel Palliser Costobadie was educated at his father's old school, Haileybury College, Hertford, from 1905 to 1908. He went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took his BA with 1st class honours in the Natural Science Tripos. He then e

Charles Langmaid was a consultant neurosurgeon in Cardiff from 1951 to 1973. He was born in Cardiff on 29 July 1913, the son of Sidney Langmaid. He attended Cardiff University and did his house jobs at the London Hospital where he qualified in 1935 and won the Hepburn medal for the best student and

Charles Gordon Sinclair was born in Highgate, North London, on 26 January 1906, the second son of Charles Purves Sinclair, general manager of the Colne Valley Water Company. He was educated at Shirley House School, Watford, and at St Paul's School, West London, before entering St Bartholomew's Hospi

Reginald Hooper, neurosurgeon and radiologist, was born on 8 October 1909, the youngest of six children. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, where he rowed and won a scholarship to Ormond College, Melbourne University. During his medical course he won the Baldwin Spencer prize in zoology,

For most of his career Peter Woodland Hunt was one of the few surgeons in the vast country of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). There he rapidly learnt to cope efficiently with mine accidents, ophthalmics, plastics and obstetrics, in addition to a heavy general surgical workload. He was born in Dubli

Graham Vaughan La Vere was a warm and gentle man, with a humble Christian faith, whose life was directed towards helping others. After leaving Shore, he studied Medicine at Sydney University graduating in 1957. After RMO appointments at RPAH and Royal Newcastle Hospital, he commenced post-graduate

Keith Hayes was an orthopaedic surgeon at Stawell District Hospital, Victoria, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 4 August 1921, the third child and only son of Francis Leslie Hayes, a chartered accountant, and his wife, Isobel Oliver Hayes née Young. He obtained a scholarship to Malvern Church

Born in June, 1819, at Heckington, Lincolnshire, and was apprenticed for the sum of £294 for five years in 1834 to Wilson Wade, of the Westminster Dispensary, Gerrard Street, Soho. His indenture stated that he was apprenticed for the purpose of being instructed in the arts, business, or professions

Petrous Roufa 'Peter' Shaeena was a general practitioner in Coventry and a police surgeon. He was born in Baghdad, Iraq, on 13 October 1935, the son of Roufa Shaeena, professor of woodcraft and cabinet making at Baghdad Technical College and a lecturer at the Engineering College, Baghdad, and Sabiha

John Wingate Maltby was a general practitioner and surgeon in Tiverton, Devon. He was born in London in 1928, the son of Henry Wingate Maltby, a doctor. He was educated at Trinity College School, Ontario, Canada, and Marlborough College, and went on to Cambridge University and St Bartholomew's Hospi

Brian Thomas Duffy, the son of John and Alice Duffy was born on 13 July 1922 at Rockhampton, Queensland and was the third of four children. The family moved to Sydney, New South Wales, in 1938 where he was educated at the Christian Brothers' College, Waverley, before entering the College of St John