Alwyn Wilkinson was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Oldham Hospital. He was born on 9 March 1925. His mother’s maiden name was Day. He grew up in Hollinwood, Oldham and studied medicine at Manchester University. He qualified in 1949 and gained his FRCS in 1961. He trained in Manchester and Oldham, and worked in hospitals in Ashton and Bolton. In 1970, he returned to Oldham as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in treating hand injuries. He was a fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association and a member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. He retired in 1989. In 1961, he married Ursula M Atherton. They had a son, Robert, a daughter, Claire, and five grandchildren. Predeceased by his wife in 1997, Alwyn Wilkinson died on 13 February 2016. He was 90.