Derek Randal Richard was an orthopaedic surgeon at Whipps Cross Hospital and Forest Hospital, Buckhurst Hill. He was born in London on 10 March 1924, the second son of Arthur Richard, a captain in the Royal Navy, and Katherine Emily Richard née Dalzell. He was educated at Winton House, Winchester, a

David Roux graduated at the University of Pretoria in 1949 and shortly after started his training in orthopaedics working mainly at the Johannesburg General Hospital under the guidance of Professors J M Edelstein and G T du Toit. He made a short visit to London in 1955 during which he passed the pri

Henry George Lowe was born on 13 September 1923 and was educated at Bolton School and the University of Manchester where he obtained the MB BCh degree in 1947. After resident appointments he became a demonstrator of anatomy as a preliminary to his surgical training, and he took the Fellowship in 195

Peter Freeman was born on 24 January 1925 in Birmingham, the son of the Reverend Albert Freeman and his wife Winifred, née Wilson, the church organist. His schooling in Newcastle-under-Lyne was interrupted by a two year stay as a patient in Oswestry where his knee was arthrodesed, an event which no

Bernard Cashman was born on 10 June 1920 in Hammersmith, London. He was the son of Joseph, a master tailor, and his wife, Lena, née Whipp, a tailor and dressmaker. He entered the medical school at University College Hospital, London. He was sufficiently advanced in his medical studies to be exempted

Bill Maguire was an orthopaedic surgeon in Brisbane, Australia. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, on 6 March 1925, the second son of John Francis Maguire, a schoolmaster, and his wife, Margaret née Jones. His father had lost his leg in France during the First World War and Bill later based