Hugh Ernest Marsden was born on 17 June 1917 in Australia and qualified MB, BS from Sydney University before travelling to the UK to study for his fellowship. He worked as a surgical registrar at the Rochford General Hospital and passed his FRCS in 1952. On his return to Australia, he was appointed

Alexander Kates qualified in medicine from St Bartholomew's Hospital where he was a house surgeon. He became registrar at the Postgraduate Medical School, London, and then consultant in orthopaedic and traumatic surgery to the Kensington and Westminster Area Health Authority. During the second world

Charles Clinton-Thomas ('CT') was born on the 15 January 1912 in Dehra Dun, India, the eldest son of Brigadier Robert Clinton-Thomas RE and Evelyn Baddeley. He was educated at Charterhouse and University College Hospital and qualified with the conjoint diploma in 1937. His early appointments were at

James Cyril Fraser Cregan, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Manchester, the son of James Grattan Cregan and his wife Gertrude, née Fraser, was born in London on 16 November 1918. His uncle, grandfather and great-uncle had all been doctors in London, Warwickshire, Manchester and Cheshire. His early

Bertram Mendelsohn qualified from Leeds in 1951 and after junior posts specialised in orthopaedics. He was appointed consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery to the Bolton and District Hospital. He is thought to have died in June 1999, survived by his wife.

Michael Broke Heywood-Waddington was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Broomfield, Chelmsford and Black Notley hospitals, Essex. Born in Littlehampton on 24 April 1929, his father, William Broke Heywood-Waddington, was a general practitioner in Arundel and Littlehampton who had served i

Allen Stanley Baker was a surgeon specialising in orthopaedics and traumatology at Bedford General Hospital. Born on 1 February 1950 in Hertford County Hospital, he was educated at St Andrew’s Preparatory School in Pangbourne, Berkshire before attending the King’s School in Worcester. He was the son

Margaret Cothay was an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, in charge of the accident and emergency department. She was born in Sunderland, County Durham, on 23 November 1921, the daughter of Frank Hernaman Cothay, a mining engineer, and Helen Cothay née Osb

Alec Benjamin was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at west Hertfordshire from 1961 until 1984. Initially, he was on the staff of Watford General and Hemel Hempstead hospitals, but in the early eighties he moved his sessions from Watford to St Albans. He was born at home in Stoke Newin

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

Gordon Andrew Hunter was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, the first and largest level one trauma centre in Canada, and professor in the department of surgery, University of Toronto. He was born on 25 May 1937 in London into a medical family. His father,

William Hunter Isles was born in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland on 17 June 1916, the son of William Isles, a company secretary, and Jessie Isabella (née Sutherland). He was educated at Lasswade School, Midlothian, before entering the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 1943. His early appointmen