Hanuš Weisl was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in South Glamorgan, Wales. He escaped his native Prague in the last kindertransport to London in June 1939. His parents, Alfred, a dentist, and Marie née Mandler, a doctor, eventually joined him in England after the Second World War. After

Brian Hammond studied medicine in Sydney where he qualified in 1941. He was house surgeon at Sydney Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney. He was medical officer at the Royal Australian Air Force Hospital Butterworth. He came to England to specialise in surgery and became registrar in Ed

Goonatillake received his medical education at the Colombo Medical School, qualifying MB BS Ceylon in 1966 and later gained the MS at that university. From 1949 to 1957 he held posts in hospitals in Ceylon and was a registrar at Colombo General Hospital for three years before coming to Britain in 19

Dhirajlal Chelshanker Vora was born in Kanpur on 20 November 1925, the son of Chelshanker N Vora, a businessman and his wife, Dolatben. He qualified at Lucknow Medical College, winning the Eduljee Hormusha Parakh Gold Medal in the final examination. After junior appointments in his teaching hospi

David Bowen Morgan Williams was born in Cardiff on 6 November 1930 and after early education at Epsom College entered the University of Wales in 1946. He graduated as Bachelor of Science in 1950 and qualified three years later. Despite having had a mid-thigh amputation in adolescence he was determin

Alec Graeme ‘Chick’ Bond was a gynaecologist in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Geelong, Victoria, on 18 September 1926, the son of Alec William Bond, a civil engineer, and May née Webb, the daughter of a grazier. He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, and then went on to Melbourne Unive

Balwant Shenolikar was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India, on 22 November 1923, where his father, Kashinath Shenolikar, was a lawyer. His mother was Indira née Garde. He was educated at the College of Science of the University of Nagpur, and Carmichael Medical College, Calcutta, where he won prize

Anthony (Tony) Benjamin Oliveira was born in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) on 23 November 1923, the only child of Benjamin Ernest Graeme Oliveira and Edith Glenny, née Davies. He was educated at Stowe School and King's College, London, and later at Westminster Hospital. During the second world war he enlist

James Lythgoe was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on 10 November 1926, the son of Sir James Lythgoe CBE, a municipal accountant, who was quondam Chairman of the Manchester Regional Hospital Board, and Dorothy May, née Ashworth. He was educated at Bootham School, York, and St John's College, Cambridge, b

Dick Greenwood was born on 3 May 1928, the son of John Herbert Kay Greenwood, and Hilda née Wild. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he rowed for his college, and did his clinical training at St Thomas's. After junior appointments in London, Exeter and Gl

Joseph Roger Boulle was born on 23 March 1922 at Tinley Manor on the Natal north coast. His parents were of French-Mauritian origin and he was brought up on a sugar plantation where he acquired manual dexterity at an early stage. After completing his early education he entered the University of C

Walter John Burfitt-Williams was born in Bellevue Hill, Sydney, on 27 June 1927. His father, Grosvenor John Williams, was an ophthalmic surgeon. His mother, Mary Boyd Burfitt, was a physician. Two of his brothers were doctors - Thomas was a physician and Grosvenor, an ophthalmologist. Walter was