Indrajit Ajaykumar Mitra was born on 1 August 1950 in the Midnapore district of the State of West Bengal. His father, Ajay Kumar Mitra, was an employee of a private company, having had to discontinue his medical studies due to meningitis. Urmimala Roy, his mother, was a College graduate who had been

Patrick Brendan Moroney received his medical education from Liverpool University and from St Bartholomew's and Guy's Hospitals, qualifying with the conjoint diploma in 1931 and graduating MB ChB at Liverpool in the same year. He gained his Fellowship in 1935 and two years later obtained the MChir Or

George Tupman received his medical education at Manchester, qualifying MB ChB in 1944. After serving with the RAMC in the second world war as lieutenant colonel and passing the Fellowship in 1952 he specialised in orthopaedics. After house posts and an appointment in the peripheral nerve injury unit

Philip Newman was born in Dovercourt, Essex, on 22 June 1911, the son of a civil servant, John Harker Newman, and his wife Violet Grace, née Williams. He was educated at Cranleigh School and at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London University, where he qualified with the conjoint diploma in

George Arden was born in London in 1913, the last of the Ardens who claimed descent from before the Doomsday book. He qualified from University College Hospital where he did junior jobs and passed the FRCS. He then joined the RAFVR as a surgical specialist and was in charge of the surgical divisions

Richard Winckworth was born in Taunton, Somerset, on 17 January 1909, the eldest son of Wadham Bruce Winckworth, a general practitioner, and Dorothy Frances, née Hellard, a solicitor. He was educated at Hillbrow Preparatory School, Eastbourne, and Radley College, and completed his medical studies at

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

Douglas (Dougal) Caird was born on 21 April 1921 in Dundee. He was educated at the University of St Andrew's. He served in the RAMC in Palestine and North Africa from 1947 to 1948 during National Service. He held training posts in Mansfield, Sheffield and Dundee and was appointed consultant orthopae

Ahmad Kazim was the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first surgeon and the founder and head of the department of orthopaedics at Dubai Hospital, UAE. From a family based in Dubai, he was born in Bombay, India on 15 October 1927, during the time of the British Raj. His father, Haji Abdulla, was a trader w

Frank Zadik was born of Jewish parentage on 29 August 1914, in the German town of Altona, near Hamburg, the son of Manfred Zadik, a solicitor, and Nelly Bondy. He was educated at the Lichtwarek Schule in Hamburg, and began his medical Studies at the Hamburg and Freiburg medical schools in 1932. Foll

Michael Abberton qualified in Sheffield and specialised in orthopaedics. He held registrar posts at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Wrightington Hip Surgery Centre, and Liverpool Royal Infirmary, and went on to become consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the General Infirmary at Leeds. He had two sons,