Barry Francis Hemphill was a dental surgeon from Richmond, Surrey.

David Anthony Berstock was born in Manchester on 14 September 1946. He was the only son of Ellia Berstock, a general practitioner, and his wife Rene née Hall. Educated at Stockport Grammar School, he trained in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and London University, graduating MB, BS in 1970. H

Malcolm Keene was a consultant ENT surgeon at St Bartholomew’s and Newham hospitals, London. He was born on 3 May 1947 at Westminster Hospital, London, the only child of Hyman Keene and Elsie Keene née Levene. He attended Christ’s College, Finchley and then studied medicine at the London Hospital Me

Gerald Courtenay Davies was born on 10 June 1947 in Newport, Monmouthshire. His father was Gordon Davies, a senior officer in the Wales Gas Board. His mother was Edna Maud née Hunter. He was educated at the High School for Boys in Cardiff and studied medicine at the Westminster Hospital. There he wo

Colin Neil Davison, the only son of a company secretary, was born on 27 April 1948. He was educated at Woodhouse Grammar School, North Finchley, and Charing Cross Hospital. He had an excellent student record and secured the Huxley Prize in physiology; the second clinical prize and later the Gordon H

Stephen Copeland was a leading shoulder surgeon, known worldwide for his unique and innovative approach, as one of the pioneers of shoulder arthroscopy and the 'father' of shoulder resurfacing and stemless arthroplasty. He was born on 7 May 1946 in Shropshire and grew up in Cheshire. He was educa

Brian Ellis was a consultant surgeon at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex. He was of the old school, where general and urological surgery could still be practised as a consultant, although with the separation of urology from general surgery he subsequently became a urologist. Brian was always ahead of his

George Heyse-Moore was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who practised at the James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth. He was born and brought up in Exeter, where his father, Henry Dendy Moore, practised as a general surgeon. The ‘Heyse’ component of his name came from his mother, who was a sculptor pra

Paul Hurst was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. He was born on 9 August 1946 and was brought up in Essex on the London borders, industrious and with fine academic ability and musical talents. He studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical Sc