George Fulford studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and after junior posts specialised in surgery. He became senior registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and a lecturer in the Institute of Orthopaedics. He was appointed consultant in orthopaedic surgery to the Princess Margaret Rose Ort

Kenneth Francis Cabrera was born in Sydney on 5 June 1932, the son of an accountant, Francis William Vere Cabrera, and his wife Maud. He grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney becoming a committed Christian in his youth, a faith which strongly influenced him throughout his life. He attended the Fo

Ian Young was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in Swindon. He was born in Rugby on 25 February 1929, the only child of George Sangster Young, an electrical engineer and Margaret Fenton Wright Breingan. He was educated at Rugby School and Merton College, Oxford. He then went on to University Co

'Bala' Balachandran was an eminent orthopaedic surgeon in Singapore and a past President of the Singapore Medical Council. Born on 8 June 1928, in Kota Tinggi, Malaya, he was the second of 12 children. His parents were from Jaffna in Sri Lanka, where his mother had been a teacher and his father a Ta

Ashoke Sengupta was head of the department of surgery at the Institute of Child Health in Calcutta. He was born in Kohima, Nagaland, on 21 June 1931. His father, Jitendra Mohan Sengupta, was a surgeon and had won a gold medal in the DTM&H. His mother was Tarunbala née Majumdar. He was privately educ

Eric Cyril Lewis was born in Hull and educated at Beverley Grammar School. He studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital and graduated in 1953. Surgical appointments followed at Plymouth and Wolverhampton and medical service with the armed forces in Kenya. He returned to his old teaching hospital as

Philip Fulford was born in Bideford, Devon, on 20 September 1930. He was the first member of his family to enter the medical profession. His father Philip John Venton Fulford was a draper. His mother was Hilda Mary Stephens née Gigg. He was educated at Bideford Grammar School, where he became head b

Jim Green was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, Lincolnshire. He was born on 17 March 1930 in Sheffield and attended High Storrs Grammar School, before going to Sheffield University in 1947. He had a great interest in anything to do with science, particularly physics and