Dudley Owen Hancock was born in North London on 18 May 1927 and after early education at Haileybury entered the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1952. After early house appointments at Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield and Bristol General Hospital he was appointed orthopaedic house surgeo

Sorab Jal Mehta was born in 1929 and had his medical undergraduate education at the Grant Medical College, obtaining the MB BS degree from the University of Bombay in 1953. After holding junior appointments at home he came to England in 1955 and did his surgical training at the Birmingham Accident H

George Hargreaves ‘Steve’ Dunstone was a consultant general surgeon at Dryburn Hospital. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring, county Durham, on 23 October 1925, the son of William Anthony Hargreaves, a jeweller and watchmaker, and Elsie Bailey, the daughter of a schoolmaster. He was educated at the pr

Ken McCluskey was the first orthopaedic surgeon to be appointed in Northern Ontario, Canada. He was born in Sorbie, Scotland, on 18 July 1925, where his father, James Joseph McCluskey, was a secretary. His mother was Alice née McShane. He was educated at St Joseph’s College, Dumfries, and then Stony

Kenneth Perry was born in London on 25 August 1929. His father, John, was a chef and his mother, Cecilia Gertrude, née Berry, a nurse. From Surrey County School he went to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he qualified MB BS, and afterwards held appointments at Princess Beatrice Hospital and the

Maurice Sydney Beare was born in Cork on 14 April, probably in 1920, since he started school in 1925. He was the second son of Isaac William Beare, a draper, and Rosa Leah Sless, daughter of a rabbi. Both his parents were of Lithuanian Jewish origin who had emigrated to Ireland. He was educated at t

George Milner was born on 26 May 1922 in Kingston, Jamaica, where his father, Edgar Webb Milner, was an accountant. His mother was Ida Emerett née Dixon. Educated at Kingston College, he went on to the University of Aberdeen to study medicine. On graduating, he returned to Jamaica to be a casualt

Maurice Brown was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1930. He was educated at the Wilderness School, Pulteney Grammar, St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide Medical School. He was a brilliant student, topping the state in honours mathematics and gaining high credits throughout his med

James Arnold was born on 5 March 1925 in Salisbury, Rhodesia, and his later education was at Michaelhouse, Natal, where he matriculated in 1942. His father was at that time in the British South African Police Force and he himself served in the Rhodesian Army from 1943 to 1946. He was seriously wound

John Walker Wilson was born at Alloa in 1899 and studied medicine at Glasgow University before graduating in 1924. After holding postgraduate appointments at the Miller General Hospital, London, and as medical superintendent of the Seamen's Dispensary at Greenwich, he settled in general practice at

Katharine Mary Burkill (Kit) was born in Cambridge on 25 October 1929, the daughter of John Charles Burkill, FRS, Professor of Pure Mathematics in the University of Liverpool and later Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Helen Margareta Braun-Pritchard. She was educated at the Perse School and Newn

Eric Hardy was a hardworking general surgeon who spent his consultant career in Chester and was awarded emeritus status when he retired in 1982. He was born on 21 July 1918 in Royton, Lancashire. His father was Frank Stanley Hardy, a typewriter mechanic, and his mother Jean née Leslie. Eric was the