David John Moore was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Colchester General Hospital. Born on 3 November 1960, he studied medicine at London University, graduating MB BS in 1986. After house jobs at Whipps Cross Hospital, he moved to the London Hospital as registrar then senior registrar in orthopaedics. Passing the fellowship of the college in 1990, he was appointed consultant surgeon to the Colchester General Hospital specialising in trauma and orthopaedics. He was also on the staff of the Ramsay Oaks private hospital. Particularly interested in surgery of the foot and ankle, he was a member of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. A popular man, his colleagues started a fundraising page on behalf of cancer charities in his memory when he died on 8 September 2016 aged 55 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was survived by his wife Melanie and children Bethanie, Megan and Thomas.