Vincent Clark Snell was surgeon at St Vincent's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pinner, orthopaedic surgeon to the Harefield Hospital and the Mount Vernon Hospital and consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Harefield and Northwood group of hospitals. He died in Suffolk on 13 March 1982 survived by three daught

Roy Parkinson was born in 1911 and received his medical education at the London Hospital, whence he qualified with the conjoint diploma in 1932 and with the London MB BS the following year. After qualification he held posts as assistant orthopaedic surgeon at the East Ham Memorial Hospital and as su

John Howkins was a gynaecological surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He was born in Hartlepool, County Durham, on 17 December 1907, the son of John Drysdale Howkins, a civil engineer, and Helen Louise née Greenwood, the daughter of a bank manager. He was educated at Cargilfield Preparator

Hugh Morgan Williams was born in Shrewsbury on 10 September 1908, the son of Roger Morgan Williams, a bank manager. He was taken as a young boy to South Africa where his first schooling was at Potchefstroum College in the Transvaal. Returning to England he entered Bedford School and went to St Barth

Richard Winckworth was born in Taunton, Somerset, on 17 January 1909, the eldest son of Wadham Bruce Winckworth, a general practitioner, and Dorothy Frances, née Hellard, a solicitor. He was educated at Hillbrow Preparatory School, Eastbourne, and Radley College, and completed his medical studies at