Lindsay received his medical education in Edinburgh and qualified MB ChB Edinburgh in 1945. After taking the Edinburgh and English FRCS he moved to Canada, where he passed the Canadian FRCS in 1956. He practised as a general and colon and rectal surgeon at the Central Hospital, and at the Rudd Clini

Guy Debenham was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, on 27 January 1923, the second son of Leonard Snowden Debenham, a surgeon, and Anna Archer-Shee, a nurse and the daughter of a banker. He was educated at Stonyhurst and Edinburgh University. He did junior posts at Leith Infirmary, Worcester, Wolverham

Arthur Robb studied medicine at Edinburgh University qualifying in 1945. He returned to the Royal Infirmary and Western General Hospital after his army service to complete his training in urology and general surgery. He was first appointed consultant surgeon to the Southern General Hospital in Glasg

Alexander Gordon Moffoot was a general surgeon in British Columbia, Canada. He was born in Edinburgh on 24 April 1923, the son of George Roberston Moffoot, a dental surgeon, and Doris Hilda née Jobey. His brother followed in his father’s footsteps to become a dentist, but after attending Yarm Gramma

Thomas Powell was born on 13 July 1923 at Resolven in South Wales, the son of a miner who took up insurance work when forced to give up mining owing to ill health at the age of 40. He was educated at Aberystwyth County School and Edinburgh University and graduated with honours in 1945, winning the M

Jimmy Lister was an emeritus professor of paediatric surgery at the University of Liverpool and a former vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Born in London on 1 March 1923, the son of Thomas Lister, a chartered accountant, and Anna Rebecca Lister, two of his siblings – John