Jon Walley, no-one ever used the George, was born on 15 April 1915 at Horncastle in Lincolnshire. His father, also George Jon and a Colonel in the Lincolnshire Regiment, was killed in the first world war. He was a gifted child and from Horncastle Grammar School he obtained an open scholarship to Bal

Colin Hooker's two passions in life were his profession and his family. With his motto for the way he lived, a quotation from Thomas Huxley, "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something", he participated fully in all life offered. Colin Hooker was born in Pukeroro just

Michael Pickering Pick was born on 6 August 1919, the son of Surgeon Rear-Admiral Bryan Pickering Pick and the grandson of T Pickering Pick, surgeon to St George's Hospital and editor of *Gray's Anatomy* from 1883 to 1905. He was educated at Sherborne and entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School,

Lipmann Kessel was born in South Africa on 19 December 1914. He studied first at Witwatersrand University and then at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, graduating in 1937. Following resident posts in London he joined the RAMC. He volunteered for parachute duties and became surgeon in command of No

Joo Hua Khaw qualified MB BS Malaya in 1961, obtaining the Edinburgh and English Fellowships in 1968 and 1969 respectively. He specialised in orthopaedics and gained MCh Orth Liverpool in 1970. All his career was spent in Kuala Lumpur, practising as an orthopaedic surgeon and he died there on 12 Oct

Arthur Belson King was born in Norwich on 15 July 1909, the son of Arthur Edward King, a retail chemist, and Adelaide, née Walker. He attended Bracondale School, Norwich, and Bishops Stortford College. From here he went to University College, London, and completed his clinical work at University Col

Richard Clive Whalley, the son of Richard and of Gladys Whalley (née Grant), was born on 19 February 1931 at Haywards Heath, Sussex. After education at Hollingbury Court and Haileybury College, he entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1956. He

Roland Hart was born in Pakistan on 22 July 1919 and there he spent his early years. He was educated in England at the Thames Valley School and then at Alleyn's School where he developed a great interest in botany. He became a scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read a natural science t

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

Arthur Jacob Helfet was born in Calvinia, Cape Province, on 19 February 1907, the eldest son of Leon Helfet, a farmer and businessman, and Sara (née Levin). His early education was at Calvinia High School and he proceeded to the University of Cape Town where he graduated BSc in 1929. His clinical st

Little is known of the career of Thomas Charles Howard Davies, beyond that he received his medical education at Cardiff, qualified MB, ChB Wales in 1940 and gained his Fellowship in 1949. He specialized in orthopaedics and was at one time a registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and se