Herbert Alfred Brittain, son of J W Brittain of Dublin, was educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Dublin where he graduated in 1926. He then held surgical appointments at Bristol Royal Infirmary, Leicester Royal Infirmary, and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London. In 1931 he ob

Ralph Brooke did his medical training at Guy's where he was house surgeon and out-patients' officer. He became general surgeon to the Worthing Hospital and orthopaedic surgeon to the Royal County Hospital. During the second world war he was appointed surgical specialist for the 21st General Hospital

Neville Howard Morgan was born on 9 December 1910, in Brisbane, the son of Dr T Howard Morgan who was born in Milford Haven, Wales, and became the senior surgeon of the Brisbane General Hospital. Neville was educated at Scots College, Warwick, and Brisbane Grammar School where he won an open Scholar

Arthur Bryson was an orthopaedic surgeon in China, Nigeria and London. He was born in China in 1910, the son and grandson of a well-known missionary family. After surgical training in England he returned to China with the Council for World Mission, serving with the Chinese Red Cross in the Sino-Japa

Norman Adrian Boyd was born on 1 May 1934 in Hendon, the son of the Reverend Norman Robert Boyd who was a vicar in the Church of England and his wife Kathleen née Humby. After attending Arnold House Preparatory School in North London, he went to Marlborough College and then studied medicine at Chari