Michael George Allen was born in Cairo on 9 October 1915, the son of Arthur Baylis Allen. After early education at Merchant Taylors' School he entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1940. His early house appointments were at St Thomas's Hospital. During the second world war he jo

Cyril Jacob Kaplan was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and associate professor of orthopaedics at the Albert Einstein Medical College, New York. He was born in Durban, South Africa, on 29 May 1917, the eldest son of Saul Joseph Kaplan, a merchant, and Zelda Kaplan née Friedman. He attended Durban P

Peter Kudelka was an orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He was born in Vienna on 31 May 1932, the eldest son of Oscar Kudelka, a medical practitioner, and Caroline Therese Kudelka née Grassl. He attended Scotch College, Melbourne, and went on to study medicine at Melbourne Universi

John Bruce Kyle was born in Ballylinny, County Antrim, on 13 May 1909, the son of John Kyle, a Presbyterian minister and Grace, née Moore. His early education was at Campbell College, Belfast, and he won a scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford where he read classics and was captain of the boat club

John Lister Colless Lahz was born in Murgon, Queensland, on 29 November 1925, the son of Rudolf Sergius Lahz a surgeon, and Mary Regis, née Barron. He attended Loreto Convent, Coorparoo, Queensland, and St Joseph's College, Melbourne, and later the University of Queensland Medical School in Brisbane

Max Harrison was a consultant surgeon at the General and Royal Orthopaedic hospitals, Birmingham, and the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. He was born on 16 March 1922 in Leeds. His father, Barnard Harrison, was an insurance broker; his mother, Rebecca Harrison née Greenbe

Desmond Rosborough was born on 31 May 1932 and educated at Epsom College and St Bartholomew's Hospital. After graduating MB BS MRCS LRCP in 1956 he became a house surgeon in his teaching hospital. He then gained experience in general surgery and was registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospit

John Archibald McLauchlan received his medical education at the University of Edinburgh and graduated MB ChB in 1938 and MD in 1939. He obtained the Edinburgh FRCS in 1931 and the English FRCS in 1934. He had been house surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh and resident surgic

Ian William Forster was an orthopaedic surgeon at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Born on 13 November 1945 in Belper, Derbyshire, he studied medicine at London University and trained at University College Hospital qualifying MB BS in 1968. At various times he was a clinical research assist

Donald Cecil Gardner was an orthopaedic surgeon with the Tunbridge Wells District Hospital Group. He studied at London University and King’s College Hospital passing his MB BS in 1953. After house jobs at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street and at King’s, he passed the fellowship in

Little is known about the life and career of Mowaffak Tawfeek Mahmood. After obtaining his Fellowship in 1967, he lived and worked in Baghdad, where in 1980 he served in the orthopaedic department of the Rasheed Military Hospital. Not even the date of his death can be established with certainty. Dr

John Baily was born in Southampton on 29 June 1919, the only son of Guy Baily, an engineer, and of his wife, Kathleen Mary, née Tarrant. His father was at sea while John was a boy, so during his early years he lived with his grandparents in Glasgow. His first school was Glasgow Academy, where his fa