Selvam Panchalingam was a Sri Lankan surgeon. She was born in 1919 and qualified FRCS in 1951. She lived in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A relative notified the Royal College of Surgeons of her death.

James Bothwell Pyper was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Northern Ireland. He qualified in Belfast in 1946 and gained his FRCS in 1951. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a registrar at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital in Exeter and a senior registrar in orthopaedic surgery f

John Allen Mantle studied medicine at Birmingham and became senior registrar to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He was also registrar to the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital. Eventually he moved to Cornwall and became consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Cornwall Hospital G

George Denis Elphick was senior resident and chief clinical assistant at Moorfields Eye Hospital, house surgeon to the eye department at St George's Hospital and consultant ophthalmologist to the Leicester Royal Infirmary. His last post was as consultant ophthalmologist to the Ministry of Pensions.

Alexander David Hodge was a surgeon who lived in Thames, New Zealand. After graduating MB,ChB in 1948 he passed the fellowship of the college in 1951 and became visiting surgical specialist at the New Plymouth Hospital. He is listed on the *Auckland Museum online Cenotaph* as having served in Vietna

Robert Marshall Laird was born on 4 February 1919. He studied medicine at Queen’s University Belfast, qualifying MB, BCh, BAO in 1942 and working there as a demonstrator in physiology. He served as a flight lieutenant in the RAFVR. After house jobs at Preston Royal Infirmary, he passed the fellowshi

Denis Bartlett was a consultant ENT surgeon at Victoria Hospital, Kingston upon Thames. He was born on 16 October 1918 and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School. He qualified with the conjoint examination in 1942. Prior to his consultant post at the Victoria Hospital, he wa

Shelton Aloysius Cabraal was the father of neurosurgery in Sri Lanka. Having passed the fellowship in 1951, he returned to Colombo and, in 1956, founded the first neurosurgical unit in the country. State of the art for its time, it was located in the General Hospital. Initially the unit had 12 beds

Timothy Hoi Kit Kong was born on 5 May 1922 in Hong Kong. He qualified MB, BS and DTM&H and then passed the fellowship of the college in 1951. For many years he practiced as a general surgeon in Hong Kong where he was widely respected. He was a keen skier and enjoyed smoking fine cigars. When he di

Daniel Jacob du Plessis (known as 'Sonny') was professor of surgery at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, vice president of the College of Medicine of South Africa from 1969 to 1974, and chairman of the steering committee and first president of the Surgical Research Society of Southe

Gerald Edward Flatman was director of the Glasgow Institute of Radiotherapy and Oncology, and a consultant radiotherapist at the Western and Royal infirmaries, Stobhill Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Glasgow Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. He was also an honorary lecturer in radio

Peter Henry Dickinson was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, an honorary consultant in vascular surgery for the Newcastle Regional Health Board and a lecturer in clinical surgery at the University of Newcastle. He was born on 17 June 1922 and studied medicine