Donal Brooks was an eminent orthopaedic surgeon in London who specialised in hand surgery. He was born in Dublin on 10 April 1917, the third son of Edward Clive Brooks, the chairman and managing director of Brooks Thomas and governor of the Royal Bank of Dublin, and Kathleen née Pollock, the daughte

Frank Dorrens Johnston was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham, on 29 December 1927, the son of John Dorrens Johnston, a general practitioner, and his wife Dorothy (née Patrick). His early education was at Edinburgh Academy and Trent College before going to the University of Edinburgh for his med

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

Rodney Lam was educated at Edinburgh University, qualifying MB ChB in 1946, and obtained the DTMH in 1947. Deciding to specialise in orthopaedics, he spent his working life in East Kent, first as a surgical registrar with the Canterbury Hospital group and later as a medical assistant (orthopaedic su

Peter Broad was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Bournemouth and Poole. He was born on 24 July 1930, the son of Charles and Hilda, née Cook. He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and studied medicine at the Westminster Hospital, where he qualified in 1956. It was while he was in a junior p

David Whibley Ludbrook was born at Pakaraka in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand on 28 February 1931 to Geoffrey Valentine Ludbrook who was a sheep farmer and his wife, Lucy, nee Whibley. He was educated at King's School and College, Auckland and qualified MB, ChB at Otago Medical School in 1956. Afte

Charles Greenidge was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 28 December 1929, the third child and only son of Charles Woseley Greenidge, a jeweller, and Pauline Mary née O'Brien. He was educated at Wesley Hall Boys School, Combermere, and Harrison College, and studied medicine at the University College o