Terence Philip Brock, known as ‘Terry’, was a consultant general surgeon at the Harold Wood Hospital in Essex. He studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and qualified in 1962. He was a resident accoucheur and thoracic house surgeon at the London Hospital and then a surgical regi

Kenneth Mallett qualified from St Mary's Hospital in 1959 and after practising as ENT house surgeon decided to specialise in that field. He became a senior registrar in ENT at St Mary's, was a senior specialist in ENT in the Royal Air Force, and finally became consultant surgeon to the Lincoln Count

Born in 1930, Dulal Ghosh was raised by a widowed mother in humble circumstances and won a scholarship to the Calcutta Medical College, qualifying MB BS in 1954 and gaining the Calcutta MS in 1961. He came to Britain in 1966 and passed the Fellowship in 1969, gaining the Edinburgh Fellowship in 1968

Tony Low was born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, on 27 June 1940. His father, David Irving Low, was a general practitioner. His mother was Dorothy Campbell née Byrns. He was educated at the Scots College, Sydney, and St Andrew's College, University of Sydney. He did junior posts at the Royal Princ

Robert Richardson qualified from Durham in 1961 and, after junior posts, specialised in orthopaedics, training in Newcastle, Middlesborough and at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry. In 1974 he was awarded the Malkin travelling scholarship, before taking up his consultant appointment

Byomkes Mitra, known to all as 'Sona', was a former consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at Crawley and Redhill Hospitals. He was born on 1 June 1931 into a landowning family in Suri, West Bengal. His father, Barunish Mitra, was a general practitioner and eye specialist who carried out ophthalmic

Robert Guerin was born in Adelaide on 8 July 1932. His father, Robert Guerin, and mother, Vera Jean née Langley, were both schoolteachers. He was educated at Adelaide High School, where he won numerous prizes and became head prefect. He qualified with credit, winning the gynaecology prize, from the

Robert Anthony Kell, known as ‘Robin’, was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at the Victoria Infirmary and Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, in 1939, the son of William Kell, a colliery manager and Lilian. His mother died from leukaemia when R

Clive Young was able to combine a successful urological practice with a part-time military career happily uninterrupted by war. He was born on 22 October 1932 in Kingston, Jamaica, where his father, Archibald Hamilton, an electrical engineer, was then working. His mother was Lurline, née Chandler. T

Abdul Razaak Jasim Al-Sheikhli was an ENT consultant at the Mayday Hospital, Croydon. He was born on 20 November 1936 in Baghdad, the son of Jasim Al-Sheikhli, an Imam, and his wife, Sabria. He was educated at the Al-Risafa Intermediate School and Adhamiya Secondary School, in Baghdad, before going