Studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, and at Edinburgh University. After acting as House Surgeon at the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, was Surgeon to the Royal Metropolitan Infirmary for Children (Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children). He practised as a Surgeon at 13 New Bridge Street,

George Holden Buckley, son of a doctor, was born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire on 3 February 1896, and was educated at Blackpool Grammar School and Manchester University. His medical studies were interrupted by the first world war, during which he served in the Royal Engineers. After demobilizatio

John Anthony Harding was a surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He gained his FRCS in 1973. He died on 15 August 2014.

Michael Rees Gooding was born on 11 January 1935. He studied medicine at London University, trained at the Royal Free Hospital and graduated MB, BS in 1959. He spent time researching neurosurgery at Atkinson Morley’s Hospital and at Queen Square in London and in the USA at the University of Californ

Shorland William Hosking was a consultant general surgeon in Poole, Dorset. He was born in Australia in 1954, and was brought up in India and then Guildford, Surrey. He was educated at King Edward's School in Witley, and then studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB B

Philip Golding-Wood was a consultant otorhinolaryngologist in Maidstone, Kent. He was born on 3 May 1914, the son of Benjamin and Bessie Wood in Speldhurst. His father was a general storekeeper. His mother's maiden name was Golding, and in 1953 he added his mother's name to his surname by deed poll.

After qualifying and holding training posts in Prince Henry's Hospital, and in Concord and Broken Hill, Robin Colman came to England in 1963, working mostly at Cheltenham, and passed the Fellowship in 1964. He returned to Australia to practise in Vaucluse, New South Wales, and died on 20 August 1979

Roy Ivor Harding Whitlock was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Belfast. He was born in London on 23 April 1916, the son of James Bertie Whitlock, an insurance clerk, and Marjorie Jeanne Whitlock née Crane. He attended St Paul’s School in London, where he was a classical scholar and exc

Born in Myddleton Square, Pentonville, London on 7 July 1848, the fourth child and second son of Golding Bird, MD, FRS, and his wife, Mary Brett. His father (1814-1854) was appointed assistant physician to Guy's Hospital in 1843 on the retirement of Richard Bright; his uncle, Frederic Bird, was obst

Ashworth received his medical education at Manchester, whence he qualified MB ChB in 1940. After war service in the RAMC he obtained the FRCS in 1950 and made his career in urology, holding consultant posts at the Crumpsall Hospital Manchester, at the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, the

Stephen Elsenhammer received his medical education in Cape Town and Edinburgh, qualifying MB ChB Edinburgh in 1930. He obtained his Fellowship in 1941 and specialised in proctology, holding house positions at St Mark's Hospital before returning to South Africa and practising in Johannesburg for many

John Golding was born in London on 15 April 1921 and his early schooling was at Hilltop Court School, Seaford, and then Marlborough. From there he went to Caius College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, graduating in 1944. He did his National Service in the RAMC and in 1946 was