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

Gordon Joseph Clowes was a general and trauma surgeon in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Sydney on 13 April 1921, the son of Joseph Clowes, a grazier, and Mary Clowes née Lancashire, a housewife. Both of his parents had been born in Manchester, England. His mother was a volunteer nurse in the Firs

Miles Kingsmill Moore was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex and Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot. He was born in Dublin in September 1929 and studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, qualifying in 1953. He was a surgical registrar at Luton and Dunstable Hos

James Anthony Walden Fitzgerald was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Southampton and at the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton. He studied at Cambridge University and at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1961. He gained his FRCS in 1965. Prior to his consultant appointment, he

Eric Baijal was born in India in 1918 and graduated in medicine in 1945 from the University of Agra. He came to England in 1950 for further training in surgery and in 1954 obtained the FRCS. He served in the British Colonial Service as a surgical specialist in Western Nigeria and Sierra Leone before

Roeland Raymakers was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Loughborough General Hospital. He was born in the south of the Netherlands on 3 February 1933, but moved with his family to Accrington, Lancashire, in 1934. He studied medicine at West

Munindra Nigel Blackburn was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedics at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, and a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. He was born in Bombay, India, on 17 January 1949, the only son of William Henry Blackburn, an art director.

Ronald Evans was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Birmingham Accident Hospital. He was born on 13 November 1933 in Liverpool. His father was Thomas James Evans, an oil company employee; his mother was Doris Selina Anne Evans née Foster. He attended the Liverpool Institute High School and went on

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.

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

James Cyril Fraser Cregan, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Manchester, the son of James Grattan Cregan and his wife Gertrude, née Fraser, was born in London on 16 November 1918. His uncle, grandfather and great-uncle had all been doctors in London, Warwickshire, Manchester and Cheshire. His early

Robert Richardson qualified from Durham in 1961 and, after junior posts, specialised in orthopaedics, training in Newcastle, Middlesborough and at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry. In 1974 he was awarded the Malkin travelling scholarship, before taking up his consultant appointment