John Adye Cholmeley was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, on 31 October 1902, the son of Doctor Mountague Adye Cholmeley and his wife Mary Bertha Gordon, née Cumming. His uncle, William Frederick Cholmeley FRCS, was surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton. He was educated at the Abbey School, Bec

Richard Butler qualified MRCS LRCP from Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital in 1927 and he spent his early postgraduate years gaining experience in general and orthopaedic surgery, working for Bristow, Perkins and Trethowan. He became FRCS in 1928 and took the MCh in 1933, winning the Robert Jones Go

Edward Nangle was an orthopaedic surgeon in Zimbabwe. He was born Edward Jocelyn Nangle Freer in East London, South Africa on 18 March 1916 (he changed his name to 'Nangle' in 1937). His father, Cecil Charles Freer, was a dentist. His mother was Dorothy Ismay Nangle. He was educated at Plumtree Scho

Francis Masina was born in Bombay on 1 February 1909, the son of Hormasji Manekji Masina, FRCS, a famous surgeon in India and the first Parsee to obtain the English FRCS. Francis was the second of four children, all of whom graduated from Cambridge University and obtained English medical qualific

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

William Alan Liddell was born in Herbert, New Zealand, in 1921, the son of a doctor who had graduated in Edinburgh. He attended Waitaki Boys' High School before entering Otago Medical School, from which he graduated in 1945. During his student years he was awarded a blue for tennis and after qualify

Lindsay Black was superintendent of the Westland Hospital, New Zealand, and orthopaedic surgeon to all the west coast hospitals on the South Island. He was born in Auckland on 20 November 1914, the third child of Wilfred Alick Black, a solicitor, and Linda née Culpan. He was educated at King's Colle

Bruce Hay was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 31 May 1913, the elder son of Douglas Baird Hay and Ethna Cherie Pierce. His father was a sharebroker and his mother was manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company. He was educated at Southwell School, Hamilton, King's College, Auckland, and Otago Uni

Thomas Lauder Carr was born in Aberdeen on 5 September 1918, the son of George Carr, a jeweller, and Agnes, née Lauder. His early education was at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen before entering Aberdeen University for his medical studies. He qualified in 1942, and after appointments as house phys

As a haven for severely disabled rheumatic patients, Bath presents a formidable challenge to the orthopaedic surgeon and it was there that Philip Metcalfe Yeoman excelled in the correction and mobilisation of fixed deformities. He was born into a family of Yorkshire doctors. His grandfather, William

John Tracey Scales was a distinguished professor of biomechanical engineering at the Institute of Orthopaedics, University of London, who pioneered the use of biologically inert plastic materials in orthopaedic surgery. He was born an only child, in Colchester, on 2 July 1920. His family later moved

Michael Broke Heywood-Waddington was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Broomfield, Chelmsford and Black Notley hospitals, Essex. Born in Littlehampton on 24 April 1929, his father, William Broke Heywood-Waddington, was a general practitioner in Arundel and Littlehampton who had served i