Iain Stewart Duff was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth. Iain was of Scottish descent. His parents were devout, strict Christians. He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and became captain and fullback for the first XV rugby team. He e

Dennis Henry George Walker was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 17 January 1917, the eldest son of Thomas Presland Walker, a bank official and Edith Mildred Walker, née Passey. He attended Clare House School, Beckenham, Kent, and Eltham College, Mottingham. He studied medicine at King's College and

Hugh Ernest Marsden was born on 17 June 1917 in Australia and qualified MB, BS from Sydney University before travelling to the UK to study for his fellowship. He worked as a surgical registrar at the Rochford General Hospital and passed his FRCS in 1952. On his return to Australia, he was appointed

Arthur Boulton Watson received his medical education at the University of Birmingham and qualified MB ChB in 1938. He gained his Fellowship in 1942 and the Birmingham ChM in 1946. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the second world war as a major and surgical specialist. After the war he w

Charles Clinton-Thomas ('CT') was born on the 15 January 1912 in Dehra Dun, India, the eldest son of Brigadier Robert Clinton-Thomas RE and Evelyn Baddeley. He was educated at Charterhouse and University College Hospital and qualified with the conjoint diploma in 1937. His early appointments were at

Nigel Cobb was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Northampton General Hospital from 1968 to 1993. He was born in Manchester on 5 March 1929, the son of Cyril Cobb and Gladys Cobb née Reece. He had an older sister and a younger brother, Leon. At the age of 18 his father had been sent to t

Gordon Hadfield was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Rowley Bristow Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey. He was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire on 31 August 1924, the youngest of three brothers. Both his parents, James Arthur Hadfield and Grace Sherwood Hadfield née Calver, were consultant psychiatri

William Hunter Isles was born in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland on 17 June 1916, the son of William Isles, a company secretary, and Jessie Isabella (née Sutherland). He was educated at Lasswade School, Midlothian, before entering the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 1943. His early appointmen

Raymond Brown was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon who worked in Stockport. He was born on 29 November 1927 and studied medicine in Manchester, qualifying in 1951. He gained his FRCS in 1964.

Richard Batten was the son of Lindsey Batten, FRCP, FRCGP, a Bart's-trained GP in Hampstead. Batten's disease, an inherited neurological condition, was named after his ancestor, also of Bart's. Richard trained at the Westminster Hospital, entered the RAMC on qualifying, and served in Italy. After de

Michael Broke Heywood-Waddington was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Broomfield, Chelmsford and Black Notley hospitals, Essex. Born in Littlehampton on 24 April 1929, his father, William Broke Heywood-Waddington, was a general practitioner in Arundel and Littlehampton who had served i

Charles Hierons was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. He was born on 16 August 1931. His mother’s maiden name was Ward. He studied medicine at Durham University and qualified in 1954. He gained his FRCS in 1963. Prior to his consultant appointment he wa