Nothing is known about Charles Murray Dransfield except that he passed the Fellowship in 1946 and was living in Aston-under-Lyne, Lancs at the time of his death on 15 September 1981.

Aravind Keshav Talwalkar passed the Conjoint Diploma in 1936 and became a Fellow of the College the following year. He returned to India and practised at the Fracture and Orthopaedic Hospital, Bombay. He died on 23 March 1985 survived by his son, Dr C A Talwalkar.

Like his brother MG and his cousin AK, Rangnath Gajanar was a member of the Talwalkar family of medical practitioners who obtained the Fellowship of the College in the 1930s. On returning to Bombay RG worked at the GT Hospital. All qualified from Grant Medical College, as did many other members of t

Satya Ranjan Chandra was born on 11 June 1909 in Bengal, the first son of Fakir Chandra, a medical practitioner, and his wife Usha. He attended schools in Calcutta and proceeded to the Calcutta Medical College where he was awarded a scholarship and honours in pathology and hygiene. He qualified in 1

Reid received his medical education at Oxford and the Middlesex Hospital, qualified with the conjoint diploma and the Oxford BM BCh in 1937 and gained his Fellowship in 1949. Having obtained the DLO in 1940 he decided to specialise in otolaryngology and was assistant ENT surgeon at the Royal Victori

Jack Gardiner Wigley was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital, qualifying with the conjoint diploma and the Cambridge MB BChir in 1926, and obtained the Fellowship in 1929. Specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology, he was clinical assistant at the Grosvenor Hospital for

Douglas William Guthrie was educated at Bayfield School and later at Auckland Grammar School. He graduated from Otago Medical School in 1935. After house surgeon years at Auckland Hospital he came to England and passed his Final Fellowship exams in 1939. He returned to Auckland Hospital where he

Rupert Solley was born on 18 July 1910. At the age of 12 he won an open scholarship to the Grocers' School, and from there he won another scholarship to St Catherine's College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he belonged to a successful band: he played the violin, and they toured the streets on a beer barre

Charles Donald qualified in Melbourne in 1934 and served as RMO at Prince Henry's Hospital. In 1936 he came to London and was appointed house surgeon at the West London Hospital under Henry Tyrrell-Grey. He passed the Fellowship in 1938 while at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital before returning as s

Ken Hulbert was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Dartford, Sydenham Children’s Hospital and Chailey Heritage Hospital. He was born on 24 December 1912, the son of a Methodist minister, and was educated at Kingswood School, Bath. He went on to Middlesex Hospital to study medicine. His special int

Donald Fraser was a consultant gynaecologist to St Bartholomew's. He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, on 9 June 1910, the son of Thomas Blake Fraser, a general practitioner who had qualified at McGill. His mother was Jenny Simon Green. He was educated at St John Grammar School and the University o

Selwyn Griffin was born at St Helen's, Lancashire, on 3 May 1913. His father, George Harold Barlow Griffin, was a headmaster, and his mother was Ada Ann, née Gerrard. He was educated at St Helen's and Liverpool University, where he was influenced by Sir Robert Kelly and Sir Reginald Watson-Jones. He