Frank Radcliffe was born on 30 August 1908 at Oldham, Lancs. His father was a medical practitioner. He was educated at Oundle, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital, graduating in medicine in 1932. After house appointments he was in partnership in general practice at K

Guillaume Tom du Toit, known as 'Gumee', was professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He was born in Johannesburg on 22 November 1909, the son of Guillaume Johannes Izak du Toit, headmaster of the Abraham Kriel Orphanage at Langlaaglte, which had been founded for

Guy Pulvertaft was born in Cork on 31 May 1907, the second son of Amos William Pulvertaft, an engineer, and his wife Clara, née Savage. His early education was at Cork Grammar School and Weymouth College before entering Caius College, Cambridge. He obtained first class honours in the Natural Science