Geoffrey Fisk was a senior orthopaedic surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow. He was born in Goodmayes, Essex, on 26 May 1916. His father, Harry Marcus Fisk, company director of Meredith and Drew, the biscuit manufacturers, was a descendent of an ancient Suffolk family. One of his ancestors

The following was published in volume 6 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Robert Henry Victor Hafner was born on 31 January 1915 in Sheffield. Educated at Dunstable School he qualified in medicine in 1939 from University College Hospital, subsequently serving as Captain in the RAMC from 1941 to 1

Alan Bell Tawse was born on 18 March 1915 in Nottingham, the only child of Herbert Bell Tawse FRCS, a consultant otolaryngologist, and Gertrude Mary, née Goodall, daughter of a hosiery manufacturer. He was educated at Neville Holt Preparatory School, Uppingham School and Trinity College Cambridge, a

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

Alan Hardy was born in Sheffield on 3 August 1915. His father, Thomas Arthur, was a cutlery manufacturer and his mother was Florence Mildred, née Brumby. He was educated at Birkdale Prep School, Sheffield, and Rydal School, Colwyn Bay, and at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he obtained the Oxford and

Alfred Bingold was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, and Lewisham Hospital. He was born in London on 27 February 1913. His father died when he was very young, and his mother, Maria Martha, née Schwager, remarried. Alfred was adopted by her second husband and took his

John Desmond Cronin was born on 1 March 1916, the son of John Patrick Cronin. He received his medical training at London University where he qualified in 1939. Thereafter he held house officer appointments at St Bartholomew's (1939-1940) and the Royal Free (1941-1942) Hospitals. He joined the Royal

Raymond Alexander King was born on 5 January 1918 and his early education was in China where his father and grandfather were medical missionaries. He entered the London Hospital Medical College for clinical studies and qualified in 1939. Within a few months he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and