Keith Hayes was an orthopaedic surgeon at Stawell District Hospital, Victoria, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 4 August 1921, the third child and only son of Francis Leslie Hayes, a chartered accountant, and his wife, Isobel Oliver Hayes née Young. He obtained a scholarship to Malvern Church

Storrs was educated at Sherborne School, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. After qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1928, he held house appointments at St Thomas's, first as a casualty officer for six months, followed by six months as a house surgeon. This was followed by a

John Mounsten Pemberton Clark was born in Leicester on 28 November 1906, the son of Edwin George Clark, a bank clerk, and Hilda Mary, née Pemberton. He was educated at North Manchester Grammar School (Preparatory) and Wellingborough School, Northants. He entered the medical school at Leeds, qualifie

Charles Kindersley was born on 5 May 1890 at Eton, where his father was a housemaster. He was educated at Sedbergh, where he won his colours for rugby, cricket and shooting, and at Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1912. He then went to St Bartholomew's Hospital where he qualifie

Keith Loraine Barnes, the son of a general practitioner, was born in Blackpool and educated at Arnold School and Manchester University where he qualified in 1940. After resident appointments at Manchester Royal Infirmary he enlisted in the Royal Navy and served throughout the second world war in the

Syed Majid received his medical education at Patna University, qualifying MB BS there in 1957 and gaining his University's MS in 1963. Coming to Britain he obtained his FRCS in 1967 and practised as a GP in North London before becoming consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Manor House Hospital in 1989.

Karl Nissen, born in Otago in 1906, had a Danish father and an English mother. He was educated in New Zealand and entered the medical school in Otago, where he qualified in 1932. He first went into general practice before deciding to specialise. He undertook research into several generations of a fa

Arthur Naylor was born in Hoyland, near Barnsley, on 28 September 1912, the son of Albert Naylor, a colliery underground manager, and Louisa Armitage, the daughter of a miner. He was educated at Barnsley Grammar School and did his medical education at Sheffield, where he obtained first class honours

Anthony Walton received his medical education at the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School and qualified MB BS in 1951. After a registrarship in orthopaedics at the Charing Cross Hospital and an appointment as medical assistant in orthopaedics at Hemel Hempstead General Hospital and the Peace Memori

Urala qualified in Manipal in 1962. After junior posts he taught anatomy, becoming reader in his university, and then took up orthopaedics, becoming first reader and then assistant professor. He came to Britain in 1971 and did a number of registrar posts in York, Preston and Blackpool, hoping to spe

William Henry Maitland Smith was born in 1907 and after early education at George Watson's College entered Edinburgh University for his medical studies, qualifying in 1929. After initial house appointments at Birkenhead General Hospital and the Royal South Liverpool Hospital he entered general pract

Frederick Charles Dwyer, the son of Henry Law Dwyer, a civil engineer, and of Edith Maud (née Devenish) was born at East London, South Africa, on 25 August 1907. He was educated at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and the University of Cape Town where he graduated in 1931. After a period in general