Graham Roland Anderson was an orthopaedic surgeon at Brisbane General Hospital. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. His father, Leonard Ernest Anderson, was an import and export agent and a managing director; his mother Edith May Anderson née Kitchen was a housewife. He was educated at B

Charles Manning, the son of a dental surgeon, was born in Dublin on 14 August 1918. He came to England at the age of five, was educated at Sherborne School and went to St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, qualifying in 1942. After serving as house surgeon to the ear, nose and throat and to the

Hugh Osborne Williams, the son of Dr William Neville Pennant Williams, a general practitioner, and of May Williams (née Ridgeway), was born at Connah's Quay on 3 February 1920. He was educated at Epworth School, in Rhyl, before entering the medical school of Liverpool University. In the attenuated w

George James was an orthopaedic surgeon. He qualified MB, ChB from Manchester University in 1943 and served as a temporary surgeon lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1944. After the war he moved to Salisbury in what was then known as Southern Rhodesia, and then continued to practice in Durban, South Af

Kenneth Wright was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Fylde. He was born on 8 May 1918 in Haslingden, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Smethurst Wright, a pharmacist, and Ellen Bleazard, a schoolteacher. He was educated at Haslingden Grammar School, proceeding to Manchester University, where he gradua

Anthony Ashford Hodges was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston-on-Sea and Lowestoft. Very general in his approach to orthopaedic conditions, he particularly enjoyed performing joint replacements. He was a unique character, and had an unusual upbringing and an eventful life.

Ross Nicholson was the formative figure in New Zealand orthopaedic surgery through the second half of the 20th century. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 12 October 1922, Ross was educated at Auckland Grammar School, received his medical degree from the University of Otago, and trained in orthopaedi

Leon Casimir Louis Gonet was born in 1916 in Simla, where his father was deputy director-general of Indian Posts and Telegraphs. He was educated in various schools in India, and proved to be both an able student and a natural games player. In 1933 the family moved to England and Leon gained a place

Robert Henderson was born in Lucknow on 23 December 1916, the son of Selby Herriot Henderson IMS and Ruby, née Wells, whose father was a survivor of the siege of the Residency in Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. He qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital and did junior posts at the Birmingham Acci

Michael Devas, a former consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Hastings, invented what he called 'geriatric orthopaedics'. He was born in Holcombe, Somerset, the son of G E Devas. He was educated at Downside and Cambridge, before going to the London Hospital in September 1940 during the Blitz, at a time

Norman Thompson Holden studied medicine at Cambridge University, the Westminster Hospital and Guy's. He was senior registrar to the traumatic and orthopaedic unit at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex, and orthopaedic registrar to Guy's. He was then appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Enfield G

Christopher George Attenborough was born on 25 June 1922 at Farnborough, Hampshire, the son of Wilfred G Attenborough, a medical practitioner. He was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then went to King's College Hospital where he qualified in 1944. Following war service in