George Simon Edmund Dowd was an orthopaedic surgeon in London. Born on 9 November 1946 he studied medicine at Liverpool University and graduated MB ChB in 1971. After house jobs in orthopaedics at the David Lewis Northern and the Sefton General Hospitals in Liverpool he passed the fellowship of the

Arthur Boulton Watson received his medical education at the University of Birmingham and qualified MB ChB in 1938. He gained his Fellowship in 1942 and the Birmingham ChM in 1946. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the second world war as a major and surgical specialist. After the war he w

Munindra Nigel Blackburn was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedics at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, and a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. He was born in Bombay, India, on 17 January 1949, the only son of William Henry Blackburn, an art director.

Dennis Henry George Walker was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 17 January 1917, the eldest son of Thomas Presland Walker, a bank official and Edith Mildred Walker, née Passey. He attended Clare House School, Beckenham, Kent, and Eltham College, Mottingham. He studied medicine at King's College and

John Graham Pyper, the eldest of three sons of John Pyper MA, a schoolmaster, and of Bessie Pyper (née Patton), was born at Bangor, County Down, on 26 June 1912. His second brother became a consultant physician and the youngest an orthopaedic surgeon. After education at Bangor Grammar School, where

Ronald Lawrie Huckstep was the inaugural professor of trauma and orthopaedic surgery at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and before that at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. He was born in Chefoo, China, on 22 July 1926. His father, Herbert George Huckstep, was appointed dir

Gordon Joseph Clowes was a general and trauma surgeon in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Sydney on 13 April 1921, the son of Joseph Clowes, a grazier, and Mary Clowes née Lancashire, a housewife. Both of his parents had been born in Manchester, England. His mother was a volunteer nurse in the Firs

Miles Kingsmill Moore was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex and Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot. He was born in Dublin in September 1929 and studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, qualifying in 1953. He was a surgical registrar at Luton and Dunstable Hos

Charles Hierons was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. He was born on 16 August 1931. His mother’s maiden name was Ward. He studied medicine at Durham University and qualified in 1954. He gained his FRCS in 1963. Prior to his consultant appointment he wa

Ronald Evans was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Birmingham Accident Hospital. He was born on 13 November 1933 in Liverpool. His father was Thomas James Evans, an oil company employee; his mother was Doris Selina Anne Evans née Foster. He attended the Liverpool Institute High School and went on

John Templeton was a professor of trauma and orthopaedic surgery at Keele University. He was born on 13 June 1937 in Ballyclare and grew up in Northern Ireland. He qualified in Belfast. After house jobs at the Royal Victoria Hospital, he moved to Saskatoon, Canada in 1962 and Montreal in 1966. A

John Beavis, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, co-founded the charity IDEALS – International Disaster and Emergency Aid with Long term Support. He was born on 8 June 1940 in Brighton and came from a modest background, but the post-War Labour government gave him the opportunity of a good education, w