Reginald Merryweather trained at Guy's Hospital and after junior jobs joined the RAMC. After the war he specialised in orthopaedics, becoming senior registrar at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital in Exeter. He was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Gloucester. His interests includ

Ashworth received his medical education at Manchester, whence he qualified MB ChB in 1940. After war service in the RAMC he obtained the FRCS in 1950 and made his career in urology, holding consultant posts at the Crumpsall Hospital Manchester, at the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, the

After qualifying MB BS from London University in 1946 Eric Martin Kupfer worked as a house surgeon at Ashford County Hospital and Westminster Hospital. He then became registrar in the fractures and orthopaedics department of the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital. Finally he was consultant in orthopa

Alexander Watson received his medical education at the University of Sydney and qualified MB BS there in 1933. He came to London and gained the Fellowship in 1950. Returning to Australia, he practised in Fremantle and Perth and was clinical assistant surgeon and subsequently surgeon at Fremantle Hos

Little can be discovered about Allan Richmond Cockerell. He qualified MB ChB New Zealand in 1945; coming to Britain he gained his FRCS in 1950. Returning to New Zealand he obtained the Fellowship of the Australian College in 1961. Specialising in orthopaedics, he practised in Wanganui and in Tango.

William Martin Walker was a consultant ophthalmologist in Birmingham. He was born on 31 October 1919. He qualified from St Andrews University in 1943, completed his house jobs in Dundee and then served as a captain in the RAMC in Italy from 1945 to 1947. Before he was demobilised he gained his first

After St Patrick's College, Godfrey Goodson qualified from Otago in 1943, did house jobs in Wellington, and then went to England for postgraduate surgical training, passing the FRCS in 1950. He returned to New Zealand in 1951 as resident surgeon at the Hutt Hospital and was elected to the visiting s

Archie Wilmot Middleton studied medicine at Sydney University. After qualifying in 1943, he was RMO at the Repatriation Hospital in Sydney for two years and then registrar at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney for another year. He came to London to specialise in surgery and was regi

Gunter was educated at Melbourne University, qualifying MB BS there in 1945 and gaining his MS in 1950. He held junior appointments at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1945 to 1949. He came to Britain in 1950 and passed the FRCS examination in that year. After spending a year at Frenchay Hospital,

Desmond Peel Greaves was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at University College and Moorfields Eye hospitals in London. He was born on 14 December 1920 in the West Riding of Yorkshire to Bernard Peel, an optician, and Beatrice Peel. He was educated at High Storrs Grammar School, Sheffield, and then w

Kumar Kanti Ghosh was born in India and received his medical education at the Medical College, Calcutta. He obtained the FRCS in 1950 and was appointed professor and director of surgery at the Medical College. He was one of the pioneers of modern surgery in Calcutta, and was an extremely popular tea

Few details are available about Quinlan's family history and education. After graduating at Manchester in 1944 he underwent post-graduate training there and at Stoke-on-Trent, Oswestry and Cambridge. He was the first orthopaedic surgeon to be appointed at Scarborough and worked single-handed for two