John Richardson had a distinguished career in the Royal Naval Medical Service as a surgeon serving at home and at sea. He was professor of naval surgery and later dean of naval medicine. He was born on 4 July 1930 in Ilford, Essex, the son of Cotsford Wilberforce Richardson, a science master, and Et

Major General Andrew Clyne, a hugely experienced military surgeon who served in a number of campaigns, was director general of medical services for the Royal Australia Army Medical Corps. He was born on 30 June 1907 in Melbourne, Australia, the eldest son of Andrew Morrison Clyne, a stock and statio

Was a surgeon in the Bengal Army (52nd Regiment) at the time he became a Fellow. He is confused in the *Calendar* with the better-known William Crozier. He died apparently some time between 1862 and 1865. **See below for an expanded version of the original obituary which was printed in volume 1 o

Was a Surgeon in the Madras Army. He died apparently in 1885 or 1886.

Mohammed Sharif was a military doctor in the Pakistan, a World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Africa and ultimately director of UNRWA (the United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East) operations on the West Bank. He was born on 7 January 1912 in Nab

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he gained the Bentley Surgical Prize in 1890. He was then appointed House Surgeon and House Physician at the Metropolitan Hospital, and entered the Indian Medical Service as Lieutenant in 1895. His first years were spent mainly on plague and famine duty,

Joined the Army as Hospital Assistant to the Forces on June 24th, 1815, and was gazetted Staff Assistant Surgeon on April 18th, 1822. He was promoted Surgeon to the 35th Foot on January 4th, 1839, was placed on the Staff (1st Class) on November 1st, 1842, and retired on half pay on May 1st, 1849. Wh

Born on September 16th, 1825, son of George Skinner, surgeon, of Walcot, Somerset. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on December 20th, 1852. In 1849-1850 he was student in human and comparative anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, and his MS folio volume referring to work done as a

Was commissioned Hospital Mate for general service on June 28th, 1809, being the first Hospital Mate to be commissioned for general service. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 11th Foot on December 27th, 1810; promoted Surgeon to the Royal African Colonial Corps on May 13th, 1824; Staff Surgeo

Born on November 7th, 1818, and entered the Madras Army as Assistant Surgeon on January 25th, 1841. He was Surgeon to the 33rd Native Infantry, Madras, and saw active service in the Indian Mutiny (1857-1858). He died of dysentery at Dinapur on June 24th, 1858.

Juan Ignacio Vergara was a military surgeon and director of the Santiago Military Hospital, Chile. The Royal College of Surgeons was informed of this death in February 2012.

Entered the Ordnance Medical Department (Medical Establishment for the Military Department of the Ordnance) as Assistant Surgeon on August 1st, 1806, and was promoted Surgeon to the Department on November 11th, 1811. He retired on September 30th, 1826, and then practised in Paris, where he died duri