Albert Saimah Shalom was a consultant ENT surgeon for the North West Surrey Hospital Group. He qualified in 1954 and gained his FRCS in 1961. Prior to his consultant appointment he was a senior registrar at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in Gray’s Inn Road, London. He retired i

William Michael Mee was a consultant surgeon at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He was born on 27 February 1928 and studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1954. He gained his FRCS in 1960. Prior to his appointment at Luton and Dunstable Hospital he was a senior surgica

William (‘Bill’) Murdoch Lennox was a general surgeon based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was born on 19 January 1930 in West Derby, Lancashire. His father was William Murdoch Lennox III; his mother was Dorothy May Lennox née Smith. He studied medicine in London and qualified in 1954. He ga

David Martin Burgess was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. He was born in London on 10 February 1928, the son of Gilbert Beckett Burgess and Margaret Jessie Burgess née Morley. He attended Charing Cross Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1954. He gained his FRCS i

John Stubbs received his medical education at St George's Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1954, and obtained the London PhD in 1959 and the MS in 1964. After qualification he was first assistant in the surgical unit at St George's before becoming senior registrar at St Mark's Hospita

Alan Peter Ardouin was a consultant ENT surgeon at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Born on 6 October 1930 in London, he was the second son of Herbert Charles Ardouin LDS, RCS, a dental surgeon and his wife Joyce Marion née Edmett. He was educated at Franklin House School in London, Vermont Academy in

George Fulford studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and after junior posts specialised in surgery. He became senior registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and a lecturer in the Institute of Orthopaedics. He was appointed consultant in orthopaedic surgery to the Princess Margaret Rose Ort

Lancelot Newton Dowie was born in Aberdeen on 13 August 1930, the son of Alexander Morrison Dowie, a banker and his wife Frances Elena née Newton. He had a brother who later became a GP in Scotland. After attending the Glasgow Academy he trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, qualifying in

Derek Spencer Porter was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon for Greenwich District Health Authority. He was born on 26 September 1930. He studied medicine at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1954. He gained his FRCS in 1963. He served in the Royal Navy and subsequent

Geoffrey John Sadow was born on 22 January 1930 in Cricklewood, London. His father, Alexander Sadow, was an accountant and his mother was Anne née Wildman. Their only child, he suffered a freak accident when playing football at the age of seven. Without suitable medication, he suffered septicaemia a

John Luck was a urological surgeon in Windsor and Maidenhead. He was born on 26 February 1931, the son of Thomas Richard Luck, a manager, and Beatrice Christina Luck née McKenzie. He was educated at Southgate County Grammar School and then won an entrance scholarship to St Mary’s Hospital Medical Sc

Geoffrey Chamberlain was professor and chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at St George's Hospital Medical School. He was born in Hove, Sussex, on 21 April 1930, the son of Albert Victor Chamberlain, secretary to the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, and Irene May Chamberlain née Price. He