Antony Roper was born on 1 February 1920. He studied medicine at Oxford University graduating BM, BCh in 1943 and worked as a registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. In 1949 he passed the fellowship of the college and travelled to Rhodesia where he became a senior orthopaed

Noël Blockley was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Glasgow. He was born in Bolton on 22 December 1921, the son of Frederick Austyn Blockley, a leather factory manufacturer, and Nora Blockley née Jackson, a teacher. He was educated at Miss Coffee's Primary, Bolton School and then Kingswood School

David Evans was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Queen Mary's and the Westminster Hospital, London. He was born in London on 21 September 1919, the son of Arthur Evans OBE FRCS who was a general surgeon at the Westminster and Royal Masonic Hospitals and his wife, Dorothy, née Briant. His eldest b

Thomas Candler, known to everyone as 'Tom', was a general practitioner and general surgeon in Bideford, Devon. He was born on 3 June 1920 in Exeter. His father, Arthur Lawrence Candler, was a surgeon who learned his craft in Mesopotamia in the First World War, and then became a consultant at the Roy

Herbert Davis was consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the St Helier NHS Trust in Carshalton. He was born in London on 17 December 1919. His father, Thomas Bowyer Davis, was a master builder. His mother was Jessica Sophia née Mosley. He was educated at Wandsworth School, did his pre-clinical work at Ki

Michael Pickering Pick was born on 6 August 1919, the son of Surgeon Rear-Admiral Bryan Pickering Pick and the grandson of T Pickering Pick, surgeon to St George's Hospital and editor of *Gray's Anatomy* from 1883 to 1905. He was educated at Sherborne and entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School,

Born in Penarth, South Wales, on 22 December 1915, John Peter Jackson's father was Spencer Jackson, a general practitioner, who died when he was only 12. His mother was Winifred Latta Tolson. He was educated at Epsom College and St Thomas's Hospital, where he qualified in 1940 and, after spending si

William Henry Hyde Joseph de Wolffe de Wytt was born on 20 November 1910 at Wood Green, London. His father had at one time been Professor of Pharmacology in the University at Aberdeen. He was educated at Holloway Secondary School, St Bartholomew's Hospital and after his father's death, at University

George Charles Lloyd-Roberts was born in Liverpool on 23 November 1918, the son of Griffith Lloyd-Roberts (MD Edinburgh) and the Hon Gwendoline Frances (née Wynn). He was educated at Eton College, Magdalene College, Cambridge, and St Thomas's Hospital qualifying in 1942. He then joined the Royal Arm

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

Surgeon captain Bruce Jones RN was born on 26 June 1919 at Ringwood, Hants, the first son of Ernest Victor Jones, a dental surgeon, and Gladys Maud Jones née Sloper. He was educated at Great Ballard School near Hilton, Hants. He then moved on the Sherborne School. Initially, he started dental traini

John Golding was born in London on 15 April 1921 and his early schooling was at Hilltop Court School, Seaford, and then Marlborough. From there he went to Caius College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, graduating in 1944. He did his National Service in the RAMC and in 1946 was