Cornelius Hugh Cullen was born in Belfast in 1912 and qualified MB BCh BAO at Queen's University in 1935. He obtained the FRCSI in 1939; the FRCS in 1941 and the MCh Belfast in the same year. He was resident at Crumpsall Hospital, Manchester, where he later became a member of the consultant staff. H

Howard Beddow was an orthopaedic surgeon in Liverpool. His forebears came from Pembrokeshire, but he was born in Sheffield. As a young boy he moved with his family to Merseyside, where he spent the rest of his life. His early education was at Kingsmead and Birkenhead schools. He was an enthusiastic

Sidney Limbrey Higgs was the son of a solicitor and was born in London on 12 September, 1892. From Whitgift School he went to St John's College, Cambridge, where he rowed in the Lady Margaret's first boat winning his oar. While a student at St Bartholomew's Hospital in August 1914, he served with a

Ernest Arthur Freeman was born on 20 September 1900 at Streatham, London, and educated at Westminster City School. He was called up in the last few weeks of the first world war and served as a private in the Royal West Surreys. With his ex-serviceman's grant he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1

John Frank Herbert Stallman was born in Maida Vale, London, on 14 November 1889. He was the first child of John Henry Zacharia Stallman who was an importer and exporter of crude drugs and spices. He attended Dulwich College and then Guy's Hospital Medical School where he won the Michael Harris Prize

Gerald Marin trained at Guy's and became surgical registrar to St Olave's Hospital. He moved to the USA where he became an orthopaedic surgeon and area medical officer in Buffalo, New York State. He is believed to have died sometime in 2001.

Eric Cyril Lewis was born in Hull and educated at Beverley Grammar School. He studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital and graduated in 1953. Surgical appointments followed at Plymouth and Wolverhampton and medical service with the armed forces in Kenya. He returned to his old teaching hospital as

Charles Robert Griffin was born in 1919 and educated at Morgan's School and Wesley College, Dublin. He qualified at Trinity College, Dublin in 1941, gaining the Hudson Prize in gynaecology together with first class honours in surgery and bacteriology. After appointments at Dublin, Hammersmith and Os

Few details are available about Quinlan's family history and education. After graduating at Manchester in 1944 he underwent post-graduate training there and at Stoke-on-Trent, Oswestry and Cambridge. He was the first orthopaedic surgeon to be appointed at Scarborough and worked single-handed for two

Duncan Davidson Cranna, son of Robert Cranna MB, ChB Aberdeen 1901, of Bolton, was born on 24 June 1909, and was educated at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, and at Manchester University. He graduated MB, ChB in 1934 and obtained the Conjoint Diploma in the same year. His interest in orthopaedic surger

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

Satya Ranjan Chandra was born on 11 June 1909 in Bengal, the first son of Fakir Chandra, a medical practitioner, and his wife Usha. He attended schools in Calcutta and proceeded to the Calcutta Medical College where he was awarded a scholarship and honours in pathology and hygiene. He qualified in 1