Little is known about Colin Landon Smith except that he graduated MB BS in London in 1953 and was a Fellow of both the London and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of Surgeons. He practised in Harley Street and died in 1979.

Martin Horowitz was educated at Cambridge and did his clinical studies in Manchester. After junior posts he specialized in ENT surgery, becoming lecturer and senior registrar at the University of Liverpool. He was appointed to the North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, where he became the senior con

George Fulford studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and after junior posts specialised in surgery. He became senior registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and a lecturer in the Institute of Orthopaedics. He was appointed consultant in orthopaedic surgery to the Princess Margaret Rose Ort

Shevket Chaglar H Tahsin graduated MB ChB from the University of Bristol in 1962 and worked there as a demonstrator in anatomy. He then held posts as surgical registrar to the Mile End and Poplar Hospitals in London, obtaining his Fellowship of the College in 1962. He moved to Canada where he joined

Sydney Bradley Williams qualified MB BS in Durham in 1956. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1960 and a Fellow of the College in 1962. He was appointed senior registrar in plastic surgery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and held this post for

Thomas Pirotta qualified MB BS from Adelaide in 1955. He was appointed resident medical officer to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1956. On coming to England he worked as a senior house officer at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 1960 and was appointed registrar to the orthopaedic and traumatological

John Stubbs received his medical education at St George's Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1954, and obtained the London PhD in 1959 and the MS in 1964. After qualification he was first assistant in the surgical unit at St George's before becoming senior registrar at St Mark's Hospita

William Henry Cookson was born on 6 January 1929, the son of Harold Cookson, a shoe maker and his wife, Ethel May neé Winfield. He attended the Liverpool Institution and Liverpool University and became a Fellow of the College in 1962. Moving to Canada, he was appointed as a teaching fellow at Edmont

Jill Evans was born in London on 20 November 1929, the daughter of Donald Evans, an insurance officer and antiquarian bookseller, and Margaret, née Thompson. She was educated in Devon, and later at Brentwood High School, from where she obtained a scholarship to Girton College Cambridge. She later un

Ian Young was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in Swindon. He was born in Rugby on 25 February 1929, the only child of George Sangster Young, an electrical engineer and Margaret Fenton Wright Breingan. He was educated at Rugby School and Merton College, Oxford. He then went on to University Co

William Box was born on 1 December 1924, in Hampstead, London. His parents were William J O Box, a caterer, and Dorothea, née Green, a model. He was educated at Hilltop Hall School, Seaford, Haileybury, Trinity College, Dublin, and Edinburgh. After qualifying, he worked in junior surgical posts in C

Sudhansu Bimal Biswas was born in the Tateswar district of Noakhali, India, on 17 August 1933, the son of Kumar Aswini Biswas. Bimal was educated at Khandal School, Tateswar, and the medical school of the University of Calcutta. He won college scholarships in his last three years, along with the fou