Frank Robert Coffin was an oral surgeon in London. He was born in Wandsworth, London, on 21 September 1915, the son of a printer. After qualifying at the Royal Dental Hospital in 1938, he completed house jobs at Leicester Square and at the Middlesex (then the only resident dental post in the country

Michael Andrew Ford was an oral surgeon from Chichester, West Sussex.

Brian Colman O’Riordan was a consultant oral surgeon at the Central Middlesex and Mount Vernon hospitals, 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

Ken Ray was dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

John Sowray was a professor of oral surgery at King’s College Hospital, London. He was born in Gillingham in Kent on 24 March 1927, the son of John Sowray and Edith Mabel Sowray née Mellon. In August 1944 he volunteered for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and qualified as a service pilot. Afte

Maurice Harold Holden was a consultant oral surgeon at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. 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

Geoffrey Howe was dean of three dental schools – at the Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery (RDH), in Hong Kong and latterly in Jordan. He was born on 24 April 1924 in the London borough of Haringey, the eldest of three brothers. His father, Leo Leslie John Howe, died when Geoff

William Gray was an oral surgeon from Ipswich. 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

Helen Mary Jenrick was a senior clinical lecturer in oral surgery at the Royal Dental Hospital, 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

Christopher Sidney Holland was a consultant oral surgeon at the Prince Charles Hospital, Methyr Tydfil. 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.

Glyn Burland was an oral surgeon at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. He was born on 16 February 1929, the son of John Henry Burland, a dentist who had served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War, and Annie J C Burland née Reiley. Burland gained his fellowship of the Fa

Joseph Reginald Moore was a professor of oral surgery at Manchester University. He was born in Lima, Peru on 24 February 1919, the son of Marguerite Moore née Cohu, who was French, and Reginald Alfred Moore, an Englishman. He spent his early years in Peru, France and Spain until the family settled i