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.

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

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

George Arden was born in London in 1913, the last of the Ardens who claimed descent from before the Doomsday book. He qualified from University College Hospital where he did junior jobs and passed the FRCS. He then joined the RAFVR as a surgical specialist and was in charge of the surgical divisions

Gordon France was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Lewisham Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. He was born in Heckmondwike, west Yorkshire, on 12 July 1912. His father was a cabinet maker and joiner, and his mother, Harriet Alice née Firth, a dressmaker. From Heckmondwike Grammar School,

Douglas Freebody was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Kingston Hospital. He was born in Woolwich, London, on 19 April 1911, the son of a successful tailor, and attended the City of London School, before entering Guy’s Hospital Medical School, which he represented at hockey and boxing. After quali

Stanley Aubrey Jenkins was born in Cardiff on 3 April 1914, the son of Stanley Eugene Jenkins, chief clerk to a ship repairing firm, and Gladys Eliza, nee Bowers. He was educated at Cardiff High School before entering the University of Wales for his pre-clinical studies and graduating BSc in 1933 as

Peter Islwyn Hywel-Davies was born on 3 July 1914 at Abercynon, Glamorgan, and was educated at the Central School, Aberdare, and Cardiff University where he took the BSc degree in 1933. He then came to the Middlesex Hospital where he qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1936, and took the London M