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

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

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

Douglas William Cowley Gawne was born Minneapolis, USA, on 5 September 1906, of Manx parentage. He was educated at King William School, Isle of Man, and later went up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and to St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified MB BCh in 1932. After several house appointm

Oliver Vaughan-Jackson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the London Hospital and a specialist in hand surgery. He was born in Berkhamstead on 6 July 1907, the eldest son of Surgeon-Captain P Vaughan-Jackson RN. He was educated at Berkhamstead and Balliol College, Oxford, where he played for t

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