John Roger Hoare studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital and London University. After an early appointment at Harefield Hospital he moved to St Bartholomew's Hospital to specialize in orthopaedics. He also held appointments at St George's and at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. At the time of

Christopher Michael Squire trained at St Mary's Hospital Medical School and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1937. He became a Fellow of the College in 1947. During the second world war he served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as an orthopaedic specialist with the rank of Squadron-

Harold Burton Lee was born in London on 9 December 1909, the son of William Edward Lee FRCS (see *Lives of the Fellows*, 1952-1964, p.237) and Ada, née Burton. He was educated at Highgate School and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, qualifying in 1933. During his early years he was a marath

John Adye Cholmeley was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, on 31 October 1902, the son of Doctor Mountague Adye Cholmeley and his wife Mary Bertha Gordon, née Cumming. His uncle, William Frederick Cholmeley FRCS, was surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton. He was educated at the Abbey School, Bec

Jon Walley, no-one ever used the George, was born on 15 April 1915 at Horncastle in Lincolnshire. His father, also George Jon and a Colonel in the Lincolnshire Regiment, was killed in the first world war. He was a gifted child and from Horncastle Grammar School he obtained an open scholarship to Bal

Gregory Reginald Houghton was born in Leicester on 29 October 1944, the son of L R Houghton, an engineer. Much of his childhood was spent in the Middle East where his father was working. He was educated at Oakham School, Rutland, and in 1963 went up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated

William Anthony Crabbe, the only son of John Gregory Crabbe, a company secretary, and of Elizabeth, (née Hogg), was born at Birtley, Co Durham, on 22 December 1927. After education at Corby Hall, Sunderland, and Douai School, Berkshire, he entered the University of Durham Medical School and graduate

William Alan Liddell was born in Herbert, New Zealand, in 1921, the son of a doctor who had graduated in Edinburgh. He attended Waitaki Boys' High School before entering Otago Medical School, from which he graduated in 1945. During his student years he was awarded a blue for tennis and after qualify

Jitendra Lal Podder qualified MB BS Calcutta in 1954 and obtained the Fellowship in 1966. He died in London on 19 February 1984, survived by a son and daughter. See below for an amended version of the published obituary: Jitendra Lal Podder was an orthopaedic surgeon. He was born in Sylhet,

Garthowen Williams studied medicine at Cambridge University and St George's Hospital, London. He became orthopaedic surgeon to the Auckland Hospital, New Zealand, and then went to Kenya as orthopaedic surgeon to the King George VI Hospital in Nairobi. He died on 27 July 1975, survived by his son, Hu

Heber Langston was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 1 July 1907, the eldest son of Earle Legh Langston, a Clerk in Holy Orders, and Alice, née Carr. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, Bath, and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he qualified in 1931 with distinction in surgery. After junior appoin

John Malcolm Barnes was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Bangor. He was born in Glasgow on 24 March 1943. His father, Roland Barnes (qv), was the first Professor of orthopaedics in Glasgow, who had trained under Sir Harry Platt at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. His mother Mary Mills née Buckley