David Max Colyer (RAMC) MRCS LRCP LDS RCS (Eng) died on 22 October 2005. Born on 14 January 1920, he served in the Guards Armoured Division and took part in the D-Day landings and Operation Market Garden.

He spent the final years of the war in Palestine. He then went on to set up general dental practice in Cheltenham and was an active member of the British Dental Association for 40 years.