Michael Wilkinson was the eldest of six sons of Charles Robert Wilkinson and was born in Thetymu, Burma, on 1 May 1899. His father, a civil servant, grandfather and great grandfather were missionaries, and all served in India. His mother was Elizabeth Florence Sinclair and her father was a merchant.

David Hirschowitz was born in Johannesburg in 1943 and spent his early years in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He studied medicine at Cape Town University, commencing in 1961 and, having been based at Groote Schuur Hospital, by a happy coincidence he graduated on the same day in 1967 that Christiaan Bar

William Ramsay Risk was born on 20 June 1929 in Egypt. It is not known where he was educated or where he studied medicine. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1954 and became an orthopaedic surgeon working in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. Married to Brenda Mary, they had a daughter Sara Da

Garthowen Williams studied medicine at Cambridge University and St George's Hospital, London. He became orthopaedic surgeon to the Auckland Hospital, New Zealand, and then went to Kenya as orthopaedic surgeon to the King George VI Hospital in Nairobi. He died on 27 July 1975, survived by his son, Hu

Geoffrey John Sadow was born on 22 January 1930 in Cricklewood, London. His father, Alexander Sadow, was an accountant and his mother was Anne née Wildman. Their only child, he suffered a freak accident when playing football at the age of seven. Without suitable medication, he suffered septicaemia a

Christopher Michael Squire trained at St Mary's Hospital Medical School and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1937. He became a Fellow of the College in 1947. During the second world war he served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as an orthopaedic specialist with the rank of Squadron-

Ian Macfarlane, the son of James Macfarlane and Islena, née Cromarty, was born on 8 September 1925 in Uckfield, Sussex. He was educated at Seafield Park, Fareham, Hampshire, and received his medical training at the Middlesex Hospital. After qualifying in 1948 he held an appointment as casualty offic

Little can be discovered about Ian MacNab. He received his medical education at Birmingham, whence he graduated MB ChB in 1943 and obtained the Fellowship in 1947. Emigrating to Canada he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and specialised in orthopaedic surgery, and was a pro

Norman Martin was born at Keady Town, Monaghan, Ulster on 8 August 1912. His father was the Reverend Samuel Hans Martin BA, the Presbyterian Minister in Keady, and his mother was Lily Irwin, from Armagh. He studied at Campbell College, Belfast, and went from there to Queen's University, Belfast, whe

Jack Carl Rudolf Hindenach was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 19 May 1905, the son of Carl Rudolf Hindenach, a printing engineer. He was educated at Richmond Primary School, Christchurch Boys' High School and Otago University, where he was a junior scholar. He obtained distinction in his firs

Silvanus Mottram Milner was born on 21 January 1901 at Salford, the son of Edmund T Milner, honorary consultant surgeon at Salford Royal Hospital, and his wife, Emma, née Chandley. During his early childhood his father suffered a stroke, relinquished his hospital appointment and moved with his famil

Henry Milsom was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 30 September 1919. His father, Edwin Henry Britton Milsom, was also a surgeon who had trained at Guy's. Mary Lavinia, née Nelson, his mother, was the daughter of Charles Moseley Nelson, a Church of England canon and the granddaughter of James Coates