Michael Kugler received his medical education at Guy's Hospital, whence he qualified MB BS in 1946. After qualification he specialised in orthopaedics and was for a time senior orthopaedic registrar at the West Middlesex Hospital. He emigrated to Canada, practising in Toronto first as orthopaedic re

Rodney Lam was educated at Edinburgh University, qualifying MB ChB in 1946, and obtained the DTMH in 1947. Deciding to specialise in orthopaedics, he spent his working life in East Kent, first as a surgical registrar with the Canterbury Hospital group and later as a medical assistant (orthopaedic su

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

Aravind Keshav Talwalkar passed the Conjoint Diploma in 1936 and became a Fellow of the College the following year. He returned to India and practised at the Fracture and Orthopaedic Hospital, Bombay. He died on 23 March 1985 survived by his son, Dr C A Talwalkar.

Reginald Cyril Tatham was born on 19 September 1901 at Watford, the youngest son of an import and export merchant in the City of London. He was educated at Felsted School before entering Middlesex Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1924 and in the following year was appointed ship's surgeon to

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

James Richard Hayes was born at Alfreton, Derbyshire, on 4 June 1933. He was the son of James Alfred Hayes, a mining engineer, and Gladys, née Rusby. He was educated at Mansfield Grammar School for Boys and received his medical education at the University of Birmingham where he qualified in 1957. Fo

Alan Hardy was born in Sheffield on 3 August 1915. His father, Thomas Arthur, was a cutlery manufacturer and his mother was Florence Mildred, née Brumby. He was educated at Birkdale Prep School, Sheffield, and Rydal School, Colwyn Bay, and at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he obtained the Oxford and

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

Silvanus Mottram Milner was born on 21 January 1901 at Salford, the son of Edmund T Milner, honorary consultant surgeon at Salford Royal Hospital, and his wife, Emma, née Chandley. During his early childhood his father suffered a stroke, relinquished his hospital appointment and moved with his famil

Henry Milsom was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 30 September 1919. His father, Edwin Henry Britton Milsom, was also a surgeon who had trained at Guy's. Mary Lavinia, née Nelson, his mother, was the daughter of Charles Moseley Nelson, a Church of England canon and the granddaughter of James Coates

Guy Pulvertaft was born in Cork on 31 May 1907, the second son of Amos William Pulvertaft, an engineer, and his wife Clara, née Savage. His early education was at Cork Grammar School and Weymouth College before entering Caius College, Cambridge. He obtained first class honours in the Natural Science