Drew Richardson had his medical education at Guy's Hospital and after junior jobs joined the RAF. He was consultant surgeon at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Wroughton, Swindon. He died on 19 September 2000.

Munindra Nigel Blackburn was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedics at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, and a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. He was born in Bombay, India, on 17 January 1949, the only son of William Henry Blackburn, an art director.

Vid Moshakis was a consultant surgeon at Leicester. He was born in Athens, where his father Jhon was an accountant. His mother was Eudokia Karamolegoy. At Anauryta National School he won a scholarship in medical studies which took him to the London Hospital, where he was a brilliant student, taking

Richard Harrison was a general surgeon in Barnet, London. He was born on 3 February 1949 in Harleston, Norfolk, the youngest of three children of Leslie, a teacher who later became a vicar, and Helen, also a teacher. His first 10 years were spent in Cyprus, where his parents ran a junior school. The

James Laurence Lewis was a consultant surgeon and urologist for the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust based at Royal Tunbridge Wells. He was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents, Arthur Lewis and Evelyn Lewis née Eisner, moved to London when he was 14 and he went to St Paul’s School. H

James Emerson was born in Chesterfield in 1947, qualified at the Middlesex Hospital, where he did his house jobs, and, immediately he had registered, went to Colombia to work in an outlying district hospital. He always retained this interest in rural life in South America and a concern for the needs

Nikitas Alfred Theodorou was a consultant general surgeon at Charing Cross and West Middlesex hospitals, London. Although born in London on 23 July 1948 and completely anglicised in every way, there was no doubt he always maintained his Greek heart. This was reflected in his annual pilgrimage for on

Keith Vellacott was a consultant surgeon at Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. He was born in Tavistock, Devon, on 25 February 1948, the son of Douglas Hugh Vellacott, a surgeon and a fellow of the College, and Lorraine Freda Tibbs. From Kelly College, Devon, Keith followed his father and grandfather to