Born at Ealing on 26 July 1854, the fourth and youngest son of William John Little, MD, FRCP, and Eliza, his wife, daughter of Thomas Roff Tamplin, of Lewes, Sussex. Dr Little (1810-1894) his father, early became interested in orthopaedics because he had a shortened tendo Achillis, which was divided

Born at Bristol on 21 July 1898, the second son and third child of Edward Sidney Griffiths, building contractor of Fairlawn, Portishead, and his wife, *née* Lambourn. He was educated at St Mary Redcliff School, Bristol and afterwards privately. He entered Bristol University in 1925 and gained the Co

Born at Walsall on 18 July 1883 the eldest child and only son of George Mills, ironmaster, afterwards of Great Barr, Staffordshire, and his wife M E Kettlewell of Howden, whose daughter married Seymour Barling FRCS, he was educated at Harrow and at the Birmingham medical school, but graduated with h

Born in Hertfordshire on 25 May 1891 and educated at Repton and University College Hospital, where he qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1915, he served in the RAMC during the war of 1914-18, attained the rank of Major, and then joined his father-in-law's Brighton practice for a short time. Mechanical thing

Educated at Calcutta Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, he held posts in hospitals at Wisbech, Stourbridge, Whitehaven, and Bishop Auckland. He was orthopaedic registrar at the Albert Dock Hospital, London, and finally in practice at Darlington, Co Durham. He died on 29 March 196

Born on 13 August 1892 Sydney Malkin was educated at Epworth College, Rhyl, and University College Hospital, London. After qualifying in 1915 he went on active service in France as a regimental medical officer. After the war he held resident posts in London at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

The following was published in volume 6 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Robert Henry Victor Hafner was born on 31 January 1915 in Sheffield. Educated at Dunstable School he qualified in medicine in 1939 from University College Hospital, subsequently serving as Captain in the RAMC from 1941 to 1

Edmund Henry Tregothwyn Hambly was born at Port Isaac, Cornwall, in 1914. He was educated at Blundell's and on leaving school entered St Bartholomew's where he graduated in 1937 obtaining his FRCS in the following year. Ill health prevented him from joining the forces in the second world war. He was

Born on 31 December 1896 son of Thomas Massie MB he was educated at Guy's Hospital and won the Treasurer's medal in clinical surgery. He was house surgeon to R P Rowlands, was awarded the Arthur Durham travelling studentship in 1921, and took honours at the London BS examination in 1922. He had been

Born on 28 March 1879 son of Thomas Fairbank MD, MRCS a practitioner at Windsor, he was educated at Epsom College from which he gained an open scholarship to Charing Cross Hospital. He qualified in 1898 as a doctor and in 1899 as a dentist but, after a house surgeon's appointment at Charing Cross, h

Kenneth Leonard Cleminson was an orthopaedic surgeon in Queensland, Australia. He was born on 23 May 1924 in London, the son of Leonard James Cleminson, a master builder, and Ada Aderline Cleminson née Soar, the daughter of a violinist. He was educated at Water Lane Boys' School in West Ham and Borl

Bruce Hay was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 31 May 1913, the elder son of Douglas Baird Hay and Ethna Cherie Pierce. His father was a sharebroker and his mother was manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company. He was educated at Southwell School, Hamilton, King's College, Auckland, and Otago Uni