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

George Partridge was educated at Cambridge and St Bartholomew's where he qualified in 1931. After junior posts he specialised in orthopaedics and practised in Chester where he was consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Chester Royal Infirmary. He was an intensely private man. He died on 23 February 1

John Stanley Batchelor was a member of a distinguished medical family in New Zealand. His grandfather, Ferdinand Campion Batchelor MRCS 1871, trained at Guy's and emigrated to Dunedin in 1874 where he established an obstetrics and gynaecology practice, becoming the University of Otago's first Profes

Ronald Furlong was a leading orthopaedic surgeon. He was born in Woolwich on 3 March 1909, the son of Ronald John Furlong, a businessman. Ronald was educated at Eltham College and St Thomas's Hospital, where he qualified in 1931. In the following year he won the Cheselden medal in anatomy and surger