Herbert Davis was consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the St Helier NHS Trust in Carshalton. He was born in London on 17 December 1919. His father, Thomas Bowyer Davis, was a master builder. His mother was Jessica Sophia née Mosley. He was educated at Wandsworth School, did his pre-clinical work at King's College and his clinical studies at Charing Cross. He qualified with the conjoint diploma in 1942 and, after junior posts at Charing Cross during the Blitz, joined the RAMC and was posted to India. He served for a time on the North West Indian frontier, before being posted to troop ships destined for the Japanese theatre of war. He was demobilised with the rank of Major, and took up his career in surgery at Charing Cross under David Trevor. Later, specialising in orthopaedics, he worked at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore and the Lord Mayor Treloar's Hospital in Alton, before being appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St Helier's Carshalton in 1956. He remained there until he retired from the NHS in 1974. The new trauma unit at Carshalton was named after him. After retirement he remained active in medico-legal cases. He was a keen Rotarian and Chairman of the Sutton division of the BMA in 1967. In 1944 he married Marjorie Benton, who was then dispenser at Apothecaries' Hall. They had two daughters and four grandchildren, one of whom studied medicine at St George's. He was a keen golfer and keen on Grand Prix car racing. He died on 29 November 2000 from carcinoma of the oesophagus.