Peter Cosmo Shaw was an orthopaedic surgeon in Bromley. He was born in Streatham, London, on 24 February 1934, the son of Eric Cosmo Shaw, a dental surgeon and orthodontist, and Dorothy Margaret Shaw née Butler, a maths teacher. Shaw's grandfather, David Cosmo Shaw, a dentist in Aberdeen, was said t

Gerald Charles Slee was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Hereford and at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. He studied medicine at Liverpool University, gaining his MB ChB in 1947. Prior to being appointed as a consultant, he was a registrar in the accident service a

Born at Bury in Lancashire on March 27th, 1856, the eldest son of John Lomax Openshaw, gentleman, and Mary Horrocks, his wife. He was educated at the Bristol Grammar School and began to train as an engineer, but soon abandoned the course for medicine. He entered the University of Durham, where he gr

Raymond Harry Baker was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Children's Hospital and King Edward VII Hospital, Sheffield. He studied medicine at Sheffield University, qualifying MB ChB in 1960. He gained his FRCS in 1966. Prior to his consultant appointment, he

Bernard Bloch, a Sydney-based surgeon, was a pioneer in the development of international standards for surgical implants. He was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on 7 November 1922, the son of Israel Bloch, a businessman, and Greta Grueschlovsky, who fled Lithuania to start a new life in the Oran

Martin Brett was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Salisbury, based at Odstock Hospital and Salisbury General Infirmary. He was born on 1 January 1923 in Sheerness to Joseph and Margaret Brett. Joseph Brett was born in 1893 and educated at Faversham Grammar School and then Gonville and Caius Colle

Born at Bristol on 21 July 1898, the second son and third child of Edward Sidney Griffiths, building contractor of Fairlawn, Portishead, and his wife, *née* Lambourn. He was educated at St Mary Redcliff School, Bristol and afterwards privately. He entered Bristol University in 1925 and gained the Co

Henry Poirier was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex. The original family name of Birnbaum, meaning 'pear tree', was changed to the French equivalent - Poirier - by his grandfather, who shortly afterwards emigrated to Chile with his English wife, whe

Born in London on 19 November 1889, the fourth child and third son of Leonidas Lambrinudi, originally of Smyrna, a stockbroker, and his wife, *née* Sechiari. He was educated privately and at Christ's College, Cambridge, and entered Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1910. He interrupted his medical st

Born on 25 July 1905, he was educated at King's College, Auckland, and Otago Medical School, Dunedin, and qualified in 1929. While at Knox College, Dunedin, he was a leading cricket player and won his "blue" for hockey, and won medals in the medical school. He held resident posts at Auckland Hospita

Educated at the University of Sydney, he was resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 1945-46 and again in 1948, and orthopaedic registrar. During 1946-47 he was a teaching Fellow in the University, first in pathology and then physiology. He was in Britain 1954-56, took the Ed

John Gladstone Sweeney was born on 26 January 1928. His father James Sweeney was also a doctor who served with the AIF on the Western Front in the 1st World War. The family have fortunately maintained his copperplate hand written diaries of his war service and his interest in the nature and treat