David Booth was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in East Surrey, Cuckfield and Crawley. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. He gained his FRCS in 1967. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior registrar at the Woolwich group of hospitals

Hedley Edward Berry was born on 30 September 1936 and educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School. He studied medicine at London University and trained at King’s College Hospital, graduating MB, BS in 1960. Passing the fellowship of the college in 1964, he was appointed a consultant surgeon at King’s w

Little is known about David Chukuagugua Nwafo except that he qualified MB BS in 1960 and passed the College Fellowship in 1964. He worked at the Liverpool Cardio-Thoracic Surgical Centre and, at the time of his death in 1976, he held an appointment at the thoracic and cardiac surgical unit at Harefi

Christopher John Spivey was an orthopaedic surgeon at Southend Hospital from 1970 to 2000. Born on 3 March 1937, he studied medicine at London University and trained at the London Hospital graduating MB BS in 1960. That same year he passed the conjoint examination and proceeded to gain the fellowshi

Howard Davies qualified in 1960 and worked first in Newport, and then as consultant to the accident and emergency department at Carmarthen, where he is thought to have worked for 15 to 20 years. After his wife died prematurely of breast cancer, he became rather a recluse and the College has little i

Iain Stewart Duff was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth. Iain was of Scottish descent. His parents were devout, strict Christians. He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and became captain and fullback for the first XV rugby team. He e

John Hale was a consultant general and colorectal surgeon at Redhill in Surrey. He was born into a family of market gardeners in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire. He showed early academic promise and attended Prince Henry's Grammar School in Evesham, where he was head boy. He then gained a schola

John Michael Dinham was born in Taunton on 19 February 1936, the son of Alfred Dinham, a motor engineer, and Elsie Winifred, née Pike. He was educated at Taunton School and at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. After qualifying in 1960, he was appointed house surgeon at St Mary's Hospital and he sub

Ken Hobbs was a professor of surgery at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine and a pioneer in the field of liver surgery. He was born in London on 28 December 1936, the son of Thomas Edward Ernest Hobbs and Gladys May Hobbs née Neave. He moved as a child to south Norfolk and attended school in

Johann Joseph Heinrich Mulnier, known as 'Henri', was an orthopaedic surgeon at St Ann's and North Middlesex hospitals, London. He was born on the island of Mauritius and went by boat to study medicine in England. He started his studies at University College London in 1954 and then at University Col

Michael Kevin Murphy was educated at Christian Brothers' College, Cork; Downside School; and the London Hospital Medical College. He graduated in medicine in 1960. After internship and surgical house posts he obtained the Diploma in Anaesthetics and went briefly into anaesthetics, but soon returned

Michael John Hunter was born in Liverpool on 12 April 1935, the son of Oliver Arnold Hunter, an executive director of Woolworth's, and his early education was at St George's College, Weybridge. He then entered Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. His early appointments were as