Anthony Fogg was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon. He was born in Swansea, Glamorgan, on 21 June 1950, the son of Harry Fogg, a business executive, and Linda Doreen Fogg née Harrhy. He was educated at Nottage Primary School, Porthcawl, Glamorgan, and Cowbridge

Born in India on 9 February 1947, Nirmal Khaitan qualified from Calcutta University in 1971, and came to England the following year. After junior appointments he became an associate specialist in orthopaedics at Shotley Bridge Hospital. In this capacity, Khaitan was noted for his meticulousness and

Herbert Davis was consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the St Helier NHS Trust in Carshalton. He was born in London on 17 December 1919. His father, Thomas Bowyer Davis, was a master builder. His mother was Jessica Sophia née Mosley. He was educated at Wandsworth School, did his pre-clinical work at Ki

Born on 27 January 1934 in Kilakarai, South India, to Aboothahir Esah, a businessman, Kithur Esah was educated at the American College, Madurai, and the Stanley Medical College in Madras. He came to England in 1959 and did a number of junior jobs at Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Queen Mary's Hospita

Brian Roper was born in Sheffield on New Year's Day, 1933. His father, Arnold, was a railway executive, and his mother, Nora Tuxford, was the daughter of a master cutler. He was educated at Chesterfield School and Queen's College, Oxford (where he won the Legge Prize) and on to University College Ho

John Douglas Allison was educated at Queen's College Cambridge and St Mary's Hospital. His first post after qualification was as casualty officer and house surgeon at St Mary's Hospital. Thereafter he specialised in orthopaedics, being in succession senior house officer and later registrar at the Ro

Alan Graham Apley was born in London on 10 November 1914, the youngest son of a Jewish immigrant tailor from Poland, Samuel Apley. His mother was Mary Hilda, nee Tandos. He attended St Ethelburga's school where he came top of all London in the eleven-plus equivalent of the day. He subsequently atten

James Armstrong came from a staunchly medical Belfast family but spent very little of his life in his native province. His father John was a surgeon and sometime Member of Council of the RCS Ireland; his mother Maria, née Rowan, was a doctor, as were three of his brothers and his sister. James wa

Brian Hammond studied medicine in Sydney where he qualified in 1941. He was house surgeon at Sydney Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney. He was medical officer at the Royal Australian Air Force Hospital Butterworth. He came to England to specialise in surgery and became registrar in Ed

Denis Dunn was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 25 February 1916. His father Herbert Gibson Dunn was a sales representative in drapery: his mother was Frances Ethelwyn née Hawdon. From the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he entered Durham University and completed his clinical studies at the

Cyril Jeffery, or 'Jeff', was born on 13 April 1911 in Southsea, the son of Surgeon Commander T W Jeffery OBE RN. He went to the London Hospital in 1929, initially to study dentistry, but changed to medical studies in 1931. He was surgical dresser to Sir Hugh Cairns and Sir James Walton, and was hou

Leslie Klenerman was professor of orthopaedic and accident surgery at the University of Liverpool. He was born in Johannesburg on 1 May 1929. His parents, Aaron and Fanny Klenerman, were part of a Latvian and Lithuanian community which had emigrated to South Africa earlier in the century. His father