Cicely Pepler studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital and qualified MB, BS in 1944. She was Nuffield Scholar in orthopaedic surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. Other posts she held were as assistant lecturer in anatomy at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine; research fel

John Nevile Aston was born in Cheltenham on 4 March 1919 and educated at Monkton Coombe School where he was distinguished academically and as an oarsman. In 1937 he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College where he qualified in 1942 and became house surgeon there for six months. He was then

Vincent Clark Snell was surgeon at St Vincent's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pinner, orthopaedic surgeon to the Harefield Hospital and the Mount Vernon Hospital and consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Harefield and Northwood group of hospitals. He died in Suffolk on 13 March 1982 survived by three daught

William Wylie Rentoul was born on 2 December 1895 at Clonmel, Co Tipperary, Ireland. He was educated at Clonmel Grammar School and Queen's University, Belfast. During the first world war he served in the Army in France and attained the rank of Major, second in command of the King's Shropshire Light

Alun Iorwerth Rhydderch was born in Dronfield, near Derby, in 1918, but in 1926 the family emigrated to Australia. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School, of which he was dux in 1935. He went to Sydney University where he graduated in medicine. After two years as resident medical officer at the Pr

Brian Thomas came from a strong medical background. His father was a consultant ophthalmologist at Swansea and his father before him was also a doctor, while his mother, Florence, was an Edinburgh medical graduate and her father a general practitioner. Also two uncles and his brothers were in medici

Raymond Cragg Farrow was born in Peterborough on 17 May 1920. He was educated at his father's old school, Bishop's Stortford, and in 1939 he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford, to read medicine. He went to Westminster Hospital for his clinical work, gaining the Bulkeley Medal in 1944. He qualified

St John Dudley Buxton was born on 26 December 1891 in London, the son of Dr Dudley Wilmot Buxton MD, MRCP, who was anaesthetist to University College Hospital, the National Hospital, Queen's Square, and the Royal Dental Hospital. His mother was Louisa Frances Agnes Clarke, daughter of the Rev T G Cl

Evan Stanley Evans, the eldest son of David Evans, was born on 2 July 1904. There are no details of his early education before he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College. After qualifying in 1927 he was house surgeon at St Bartholomew's and later moved to Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot, where

Born on 24 September 1881 at Watford, Ontario, Edwin Algernon was the son of Neville James Lindsay, a pioneer doctor who was the first Canadian Government Physician to the Blackfoot, Stony and Sarcee Indians. As a boy of four he saw the driving of the 'last spike' of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Af

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

David John Fuller, the only son of Wilfred Evelyn Fuller, a civil servant, and of Joan Anne (née Lovering), was born on 23 September 1939 at Fowey, Cornwall. He was educated at Welwyn Garden City Grammar School and London University before entering Charing Cross Hospital Medical School. After qualif