Peter Henry Jones (1 March 1917 – 30 July 1984), was born in Monmouth and is best known for his role in assisting Sir Clement Price Thomas in the pneumonectomy of King George VI in 1951.

He subsequently remained professionally close to Price Thomas, pursuing a career in cardiothoracic surgery.

[1] Jones studies medicine at King's College, London and qualified with MRCS, LRCP from Westminster Hospital Medical School in 1939.

Also, in 1960, Jones attended the Presbyterian Hospital in San Francisco to learn new techniques in open heart surgery.

[1] On 23 September 1951, whilst still in the palace, he had assisted Price Thomas with the pneumonectomy on King George VI’s lung cancer.