Former Arbroath surgeon Charles Anderson has died aged 96.
Mr Anderson, described by family as a modest man who enjoyed a long and varied life, worked in the Angus town for 18 years before taking his retirement from the health service.
His father farmed at Auchaber in the parish of Forgue near Huntly and Mr Anderson attended school in Huntly before moving with the family in 1939 to Strocherie near Turriff.
His uncle Willie Anderson was one in a line of well-known and respected surgeons, a torch which was passed on to Mr Anderson and his older brother George.
The pair followed in their uncle’s footsteps and studied medicine at Aberdeen University and both qualified as surgeons.
While George worked at Inverness until his retirement, Charles had a varied career which culminated in Arbroath where he eventually retired.
As a general surgeon he was the last of a breed who undertook any and all types of surgery.
His career, which spanned almost 50 years, began during the Second World War in Aberdeen where he stayed for 10 years.
He was a houseman at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary then senior casualty officer at Woolmanhill in Aberdeen, before being appointed a registrar in general surgery at the infirmary in 1945.
It was during his time in Aberdeen that he met his wife-to-be, Margaret, from Edinburgh. She was a theatre sister and they married in 1949. In 1953 he was appointed to the consultant position on Shetland.
In 1956 the family moved to Arbroath where he was general surgeon until his retirement in 1984. He also covered Stracathro and regularly lectured to students at Dundee University.
In 1963 he bought Old Crombie farm at the bridge of Marnoch near Huntly and his interest in farming was a light relief from the pressures of surgery.
He was a stockman and enjoyed assisting vet Charlie Cameron with calving.
His hobbies included beekeeping and he was helped by his lifelong friend Ian Cruickshank with whom, along with Dr Calder and brother-in-law Logan Morrison, he enjoyed shooting and fishing trips.
Mr Anderson is survived by wife Margaret, sons James and David and daughter Lesley.