Michael John Absolon was an ophthalmic surgeon in Southampton and Winchester. He was born in Cheltenham in 1933 and studied natural sciences at St John's College, Cambridge, and then went on to complete his clinical studies at the London Hospital Medical School. While at Cambridge he represented the

Geoffrey (Geoff) Louis Allen was born on 11 April 1927 in Peshawar, Pakistan which, at that time was part of British India. He was the oldest child of Alexander James Grant Allen, a doctor, and his wife Eileen Trixie née Fitzgerald. He attended Lamartiniere School in Lucknow, India where he was in t

David Alan Aubrey was a consultant general surgeon at Llandough Hospital, Penarth and the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. He was born in Cwmrhydyceirw, Swansea on 5 April 1938, the only child of William Ernest Aubrey, a headmaster, and Mary Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Aubrey née Davies. He was educate

John Stuart Bailey (or 'JCB') was a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in Leicester. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, and spent his early years in Cairo, before being evacuated in 1940 to Durban and on to England. He was educated at Sherborne School, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St

John Ball was a true general surgeon, having spent his entire consultant career in practice on the isolated Scottish island of Skye, where he established a first-class surgical reputation, as well as becoming a much loved and hugely respected local figure. His reputation on the island was such that

Anthony ('Tony') Barnes, a consultant surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, was in the vanguard of renal transplantation in the UK and made major contributions to the establishment of the specialty. He was born on 19 June 1934 in Brighton and as a teenager during the Second World War was

Hedley Edward Berry was born on 30 September 1936 and educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School. He studied medicine at London University and trained at King’s College Hospital, graduating MB, BS in 1960. Passing the fellowship of the college in 1964, he was appointed a consultant surgeon at King’s w

Dhirajlal Ramji Bhadreshwar was an orthopaedic surgeon in Barnsley who, after his retirement from the NHS, worked in Bangladesh, Nepal and Inner Mongolia, treating patients with leprosy. He was born in Dar es Salaam, in what was then Tanganyika in East Africa on 23 June 1929. His family home was, ho

John Blake was a consultant surgeon at Mayday and Shirley Oaks hospitals, Croydon, and St Anthony's Hospital in Cheam. He was born on 7 February 1932. He was educated at Cambridge University and Westminster Hospital Medical School. He was a house surgeon at St James' Hospital, Balham, and then be

Richard Boggon, known to his friends as Dick, was a consultant general surgeon at the Mid-Essex Health Trust in Chelmsford. He was the son of Roland Boggon and Mollie Boggon née Newell. He schooled at Oundle and in 1954 proceeded to Clare College, Cambridge. His clinical studies were at St Thomas’s

Antony Branfoot was a histopathologist at Westminster Medical School, London. 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

Raymond Brown was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon who worked in Stockport. He was born on 29 November 1927 and studied medicine in Manchester, qualifying in 1951. He gained his FRCS in 1964.