Garthowen Williams studied medicine at Cambridge University and St George's Hospital, London. He became orthopaedic surgeon to the Auckland Hospital, New Zealand, and then went to Kenya as orthopaedic surgeon to the King George VI Hospital in Nairobi. He died on 27 July 1975, survived by his son, Hu

Harold Burton Lee was born in London on 9 December 1909, the son of William Edward Lee FRCS (see *Lives of the Fellows*, 1952-1964, p.237) and Ada, née Burton. He was educated at Highgate School and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, qualifying in 1933. During his early years he was a marath

Hedley Walter Hall was born in Farsley, near Leeds, on 3 October 1907. His father, Walter, was a Methodist minister. His mother was Julia Florence née Copestake. He was educated at Goole Primary and Secondary Schools, then Shebbear College, north Devon, where he was captain of the school. He studied

Arthur Belson King was born in Norwich on 15 July 1909, the son of Arthur Edward King, a retail chemist, and Adelaide, née Walker. He attended Bracondale School, Norwich, and Bishops Stortford College. From here he went to University College, London, and completed his clinical work at University Col

Freddy Durbin was born in Ealing on 23 January 1913, the son of Frederick William Durbin, a farmer and grocer, and Florence Albertine, née James. From the Merchant Taylors' School he went to St Thomas's Hospital, where he won the William Tite scholarship in anatomy and physiology. After basic surgic

Percival Ross Wheatley was born in Westbury, Wiltshire on 4 May 1909, the son of Reverend Percival Wheatley, a Congregational minister and Margaret, née Wallis, the daughter of a dental surgeon. He won a scholarship to St Dunstan's College, Catford, for his early education and later gained an open s