Howard Beddow was an orthopaedic surgeon in Liverpool. His forebears came from Pembrokeshire, but he was born in Sheffield. As a young boy he moved with his family to Merseyside, where he spent the rest of his life. His early education was at Kingsmead and Birkenhead schools. He was an enthusiastic

Michael George Allen was born in Cairo on 9 October 1915, the son of Arthur Baylis Allen. After early education at Merchant Taylors' School he entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1940. His early house appointments were at St Thomas's Hospital. During the second world war he jo

Ernest Arthur Freeman was born on 20 September 1900 at Streatham, London, and educated at Westminster City School. He was called up in the last few weeks of the first world war and served as a private in the Royal West Surreys. With his ex-serviceman's grant he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1

Walter Barham Foley was born at Bridgwater, Somerset, on 18 September 1889, the eldest of six sons of Robert and Sarah Foley. He was educated at Sherborne School, Dorset, 1901-1907, distinguishing himself in athletics and shooting. He entered St Thomas's Hospital in 1907 having gained an entrance sc

Michael John Hunter was born in Liverpool on 12 April 1935, the son of Oliver Arnold Hunter, an executive director of Woolworth's, and his early education was at St George's College, Weybridge. He then entered Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. His early appointments were as

William Arthur Elliston (Bill) was born in Ipswich on 4 October 1904. His father, William Rowley Elliston OBE, was a barrister who became Recorder of Great Yarmouth and Mayor of Ipswich and his mother was Ethel Mary, nee Walton. Many of his family had been associated with the medical profession and

Satya Ranjan Chandra was born on 11 June 1909 in Bengal, the first son of Fakir Chandra, a medical practitioner, and his wife Usha. He attended schools in Calcutta and proceeded to the Calcutta Medical College where he was awarded a scholarship and honours in pathology and hygiene. He qualified in 1

Stuart Cameron was born on 6 December 1926, in Wellington, New Zealand. His early education was in Wellington and later at the Hutt Valley High School there. He studied medicine at Otago Medical School and graduated in 1951. After house surgeon years in Wellington and Palmerston North he joined the

Kenneth Francis Cabrera was born in Sydney on 5 June 1932, the son of an accountant, Francis William Vere Cabrera, and his wife Maud. He grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney becoming a committed Christian in his youth, a faith which strongly influenced him throughout his life. He attended the Fo

Peter Kudelka was an orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He was born in Vienna on 31 May 1932, the eldest son of Oscar Kudelka, a medical practitioner, and Caroline Therese Kudelka née Grassl. He attended Scotch College, Melbourne, and went on to study medicine at Melbourne Universi

David Francis Thomas was born in Cork City, Eire, on 5 October, 1913, the son of Frederick Arthur Thomas and Mary Riordan. He was educated first at the Lateran University in Rome and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, having intended to take Holy Orders. He graduated Bachelor of Philosophy,

Brian Thomas came from a strong medical background. His father was a consultant ophthalmologist at Swansea and his father before him was also a doctor, while his mother, Florence, was an Edinburgh medical graduate and her father a general practitioner. Also two uncles and his brothers were in medici